ESN ETF — Essential 40 Stock ETF

Essential 40 Stock ETF (ESN)

ESN is an ETF. its distribution rate is 0.75%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.75%, its expense ratio is 0.70%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 50/100 (Unproven). Total return is 35.5% over the past 1.9 years, 2.0 points ahead of SPY at 33.5%.

At the current 0.75% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $75 per year if the next payment matches the last regular one.

Essential 40 Stock ETF is issued by KKM Financial. Asset class: Equity.

ESN performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-09-18.

Total return is 35.5% over the past 1.9 years, 2.0 points ahead of SPY at 33.5%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 22.5%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 6.4%.

ESN key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

50 · Unproven

Issuer

KKM Financial

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

05/11/2026

Expense ratio

0.70%

Distribution rate

0.75%

Distribution frequency

Annual

Trailing yield

0.75%

Last close

$20.71 (as of 2026-09-21)

NAV

$20.57

Premium / discount

0.68% premium

AUM

$346,834,075

Average volume

50259.0

Last dividend

$0.156

Beta

0.76

P/E ratio

21.1349

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.75%) is the latest regular payout annualized by the fund's stated frequency, divided by the last close. Issuers often publish this as “Distribution Rate” on the fact sheet. Trailing-12-month yield (0.75%) is the sum of distributions paid in the last 12 months, split-adjusted, divided by the last close. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: KKM Financial; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

ESN risks and drawbacks

ESN's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 6.4%.

Who may consider ESN — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (ESN pays annual); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

Frequently asked questions

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