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VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ASX: ESPO) - Share Price and Research

Current share price for ESPO : $14.900 0.21 (1.43%)+

VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ESPO) is an Exchange Traded Fund - commonly known as an ETF. For more details about how ETFs work, feel free to check out our What is an ETF? overview. VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ESPO, formerly VanEck Vectors Video Gaming and eSports ETF) is an exchange-traded fund. ESPO seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MVIS Global Video Gaming and eSports Index (MVESPOTR), which is intended to track the overall performance of companies involved in video game development, esports, and related hardware and software.

ESPO General Information +

ASX Code ESPO
Website http://www.vaneck.com.au
Industry/Sector Asset Management & Custody Banks
Market Cap ($M) 71
ESPO Share Price $14.900
Day High $15.010
Day Low $14.880
Last Close $14.690
ESPO Share Price Movement $0.21 ( 1.43% )
Prices as at 16:40, 8 Nov 2024
+Security prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes and are indicative only.

ESPO Fund Information

Equity World Other
MSCI World Ex Australia NR AUD
Not Rated
Not Rated
Investment Fund
8 Sep 2020
$66.89 million (as at 4 Nov 2024)

ESPO ETF performance (31 Oct 2024)

NOTE : returns for periods greater than 1 year are annualised
  1 Month % 3 Month % 6 Month % 1 Year % p.a. 2 Year % p.a. 3 Year % p.a. 5 Year % p.a. 10 Year % p.a.
Total return 3.39 9.26 22.52 46.24 39.53 11.21 - -
Growth return 3.39 9.26 21.74 45.3 35.15 8.49 - -
Income return (Yield) 0 0 0.78 0.94 4.38 2.72 - -

Market index (MSCI World Ex Australia NR AUD)
Total return 3.92 2.14 10.2 29.31 20.19 11.39 13.27 13.18

ESPO Related Research

VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ESPO) Upcoming Dividends & Yields

Distribution Type Dividend Franking Ex-dividend date Payment date Current Price+ Price 7D Avg Dividend Yield
HFResult 8¢ 13% 1 Jul 2024 23 Jul 2024 $14.900 $14.080 -
HFResult 10¢ 3% 3 Jul 2023 25 Jul 2023 $14.900 $14.080 -
HFResult 9¢ 0% 1 Jul 2022 25 Jul 2022 $14.900 $14.080 -

See all dividends from VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ESPO) or use our Upcoming Dividends tool to search for dividends across all ASX-listed securities.

VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ESPO) Recent ASX Announcements

Company Sector Market Cap ($m) Headline Release
date/time+		 Price at
release+		 Current
price+		 Gain/Loss View
VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ESPO) Financials $71 Issued Units Outstanding as at 31 October 2024 7 Nov 2024 8:49AM $14.360 $14.900 risen by 3.76%
VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ESPO) Financials $71 Issued Units Outstanding as at 30 September 2024 4 Oct 2024 9:15AM $13.690 $14.900 risen by 8.84%
VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ESPO) Financials $71 Annual Report FYE 30 June 2024 30 Sep 2024 2:46PM $13.810 $14.900 risen by 7.89%
VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ESPO) Financials $71 Replacement Product Disclosure Statement 26 Sep 2024 5:20PM $13.800 $14.900 risen by 7.97%
VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ESPO) Financials $71 Issued Units Outstanding as at 31 August 2024 6 Sep 2024 8:41AM $12.740 $14.900 risen by 16.95%
VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ESPO) Financials $71 Issued Units Outstanding as at 31 July 2024 7 Aug 2024 1:23PM $12.240 $14.900 risen by 21.73%

ESPO Financial Summary

Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2024A $12.75 $256.40 18.20% 4.30 8.00 0.70% 13.0%
2023A $14.78 $216.90 -169.90% 4.10 10.00 1.10% 0.0%
2022A -$27.93 -$310.30 -459.80% 0.00 9.00 0.90% 0.0%

ESPO Peer Comparison

Company Mkt Cap EPS Growth (%) P/E (%) Dividend Yield (%)
2022 A 2023 A 2024 A 2022 A 2023 A 2024 A 2022 A 2023 A 2024 A
VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ESPO) $70M 0.1823 0.0000 0.0000 5.7284 0.0000 0.0000 0.54% 0.00% 0.00%
HMC Capital (HMC) $4,267M 0.0191 0.0000 0.0000 49.6165 0.0000 0.0000 1.16% 0.00% 0.00%
Netwealth Group (NWL) $7,013M 0.2382 0.2683 0.2210 84.0176 66.2428 54.2511 0.98% 1.23% 1.49%
Pinnacle Investment Management Group (PNI) $4,181M 0.1667 0.1969 0.1911 45.2308 37.7892 31.7250 2.04% 2.38% 2.84%
Perpetual (PPT) $2,359M -0.1521 0.2241 -0.0452 14.5030 11.8479 12.4089 5.73% 6.31% 5.83%

ESPO Market Comparison

Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth
Company 0.00 5.81 1.20 0.00
Market 0.48 14.10 1.09 0.91
Sector 0.61 13.50 1.05 1.03

ESPO Directors

Name Position Start Date
Mr Michael Brown Non-Executive Director 1 Jan 0001
Mr Jonathan Simon Non-Executive Director 1 Jan 0001
Mr Arian Neiron Non-Executive Director 1 Jan 0001
Mr Jan van Eck Non-Executive Director 1 Jan 0001
Mr Lee Rappaport Non-Executive Director 1 Jul 2023

VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ESPO) Changes in Directors' Interest & Trades

There are no directors' trades from VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ESPO). Please use our Changes in directors' interest tool to search for changes & trades across all ASX-listed securities.

ESPO Management

Name Position
Timothy Bethe Company Secretary,Head of Operations and Risk

FAQs about VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ESPO)

VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF's (ESPO) current share price is $14.90. This constitutes a price movement of 5.82% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is 0% below ESPO's 12-month high of $14.90 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $14.69, VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF's (ESPO) current share price of $14.90 constitutes a movement of $0.21 or 1.43%. VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF's (ESPO) share price movement is 5.82% when compared to 7 days ago and is 0% below ESPO's 52-week high of $14.90.

VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF's (ESPO) 52-week high is $14.90 which was reached on 8 Nov 2024. Relative to this, ESPO's current share price of $14.90 constitutes a or 0% drop since that high of $14.90 per ESPO share.

VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF's (ESPO) 52-week low is $10.18 which was reached on 8 Jan 2024. Relative to this, ESPO's current share price of $14.90 constitutes a $4.72 or 46.37% gain since that low of $10.18 per ESPO share.

VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF's (ESPO) current market capitalisation is $71,138,053. Market capitalisation, sometimes referred to as "market cap", is the total value of a company's or ETF's issued shares or units owned by shareholders or unitholders. Market capitalisation is equal to the market price per share or unit multiplied by the number of shares or units outstanding.

VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ESPO) last distribution or dividend was $0.08 per share and was paid on 23 Jul 2024. This last ESPO distribution or dividend included 13% franking.

Upcoming ex-distribution date: 1 Jul 2024

Upcoming record date: 2 Jul 2024

Upcoming payment date: 23 Jul 2024

ETFs, such as VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ESPO), pay distributions instead of dividends. The difference is that dividends are declared by companies from part of the profits made during any given year and the company’s management decide the amount of earnings retained verses how much to pay out to investors. An ETF, like VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ESPO), must pay out all realised income. This is a combination of any dividends received plus capital gains realised from the buying and selling of underlying holdings within VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ESPO).


A distribution has three key dates:

Ex-distribution date: Date the distribution value leaves the ETF. This will normally correspond with the ETF unit price dropping in value by the same amount as the distribution.

Record date: Date someone must be on the unit registry to receive the distribution.

Payment date date: Date the distribution is paid to the unit holder.

VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ESPO) has a franking level of 13%. Franking represents the tax a company has already paid on any profit it distributes to shareholders as a dividend. Only Australian companies pay franking credits therefore you will not see franking on ETFs that invest internationally. For ETFs that are diversified across asset classes, you may see partial franking.

VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ESPO) has a current dividend yield of 0.60% this year. Last year's dividend yield was 1%. The dividend yield for ESPO is a ratio that tells you the percentage of VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ESPO)'s share price that it pays out in dividends each year. The dividend yield is calculated by dividing the annual dividends by the current share price.

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