Essential 40 Stock ETF (NASDAQ:ESN) Short Interest Update

Essential 40 Stock ETF (NASDAQ:ESN) saw a large increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 10,105 shares, an increase of 70.0% from the November 30th total of 5,945 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 38,725 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.3 days. Currently, 0.1% of the company’s stock are short sold. Currently, 0.1% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 38,725 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.3 days.

Essential 40 Stock ETF Stock Down 0.2%

Essential 40 Stock ETF stock traded down $0.04 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $17.24. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 4,912 shares, compared to its average volume of 40,543. Essential 40 Stock ETF has a fifty-two week low of $13.53 and a fifty-two week high of $17.55. The company has a market cap of $180.34 million, a P/E ratio of 19.18 and a beta of 0.79. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $17.16 and a 200-day simple moving average of $16.69.

Essential 40 Stock ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed an annual dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 11th were paid a $0.156 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 11th. This represents a yield of 91.0%.

About Essential 40 Stock ETF

The Essential 40 Stock ETF (ESN) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Essential 40 Stock index. The fund attempts to track an index of 40 US blue-chip stocks that are deemed essential to the US economy by the index provider. Holdings are equally weighted in the index ESN was launched on Jun 11, 2014 and is issued by KKM Financial.