NASDAQ:ESSA - ESSA Bancorp Stock Price, Forecast & News

ESSA Bancorp trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ESSA."

ESSA Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 21st. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 16th will be given a dividend of $0.11 per share on Monday, December 30th. This represents a $0.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 13th. This is an increase from ESSA Bancorp's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10. View ESSA Bancorp's Dividend History.

ESSA Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESSA) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 25th. The financial services provider reported $0.19 EPS for the quarter. The financial services provider earned $13.86 million during the quarter. ESSA Bancorp had a net margin of 17.17% and a return on equity of 6.92%. View ESSA Bancorp's Earnings History.

ESSA Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 17th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for ESSA Bancorp.

1 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for ESSA Bancorp's shares. Their forecasts range from $8.00 to $8.00. On average, they anticipate ESSA Bancorp's share price to reach $8.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 54.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for ESSA Bancorp.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ESSA Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for ESSA Bancorp.

News articles about ESSA stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. ESSA Bancorp earned a news sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for ESSA Bancorp.

ESSA Bancorp saw a drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 10,500 shares, a drop of 26.1% from the December 31st total of 14,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 13,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.8 days. Approximately 0.1% of the company's stock are short sold. View ESSA Bancorp's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to ESSA Bancorp include People's United Financial (PBCT), TFS Financial (TFSL), New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), Radian Group (RDN), MGIC Investment (MTG), Lendingtree (TREE), Washington Federal (WAFD), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB) and Brookline Bancorp (BRKL).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other ESSA Bancorp investors own include General Electric (GE), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Aspen Technology (AZPN), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), PacWest Bancorp (PACW), People's United Financial (PBCT), First Horizon National (FHN), KeyCorp (KEY) and Markel (MKL).

ESSA Bancorp's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Renaissance Technologies LLC (4.81%), State Street Corp (1.41%), Foundry Partners LLC (1.14%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (0.66%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.54%) and Martingale Asset Management L P (0.32%). Company insiders that own ESSA Bancorp stock include Allan A Muto, Charles Hangen, Christine Davis Gordon, Daniel J Henning, Diane K Reimer, Elizabeth B Weekes, Gary S Olson, Peter A Gray and Robert L Selitto. View Institutional Ownership Trends for ESSA Bancorp.

ESSA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Foundry Partners LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and California Public Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for ESSA Bancorp.

ESSA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., State Street Corp, Martingale Asset Management L P, Strs Ohio, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Barclays PLC and UBS Group AG. Company insiders that have bought ESSA Bancorp stock in the last two years include Charles Hangen, Christine Davis Gordon and Peter A Gray. View Insider Buying and Selling for ESSA Bancorp.

Shares of ESSA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ESSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.50.

ESSA Bancorp has a market capitalization of $197.58 million and generates $75.92 million in revenue each year. ESSA Bancorp employs 256 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About ESSA Bancorp.

The official website for ESSA Bancorp is http://ir.essabank.com/.

ESSA Bancorp's mailing address is 200 Palmer Street, Stroudsburg PA, 18360. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 570-421-0531 or via email at [email protected]