ESSA Bancorp Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ESSA Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" ESSA Bancorp stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ESSA, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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ESSA Bancorp is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 5th 2021.
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ESSA Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESSA) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January, 26th. The financial services provider reported $0.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.02. The financial services provider earned $16.05 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.49 million. ESSA Bancorp had a net margin of 18.64% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.51%.
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ESSA Bancorp's stock was trading at $13.47 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ESSA shares have increased by 18.8% and is now trading at $16.00.
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ESSA Bancorp announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 25th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 16th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Wednesday, March 31st. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.00%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 15th. This is an increase from ESSA Bancorp's previous quarterly dividend of $0.11.
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ESSA Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.00%. ESSA Bancorp does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of ESSA Bancorp is 34.53%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ESSA Bancorp will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.43% next year. This indicates that ESSA Bancorp will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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1 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for ESSA Bancorp's stock. Their forecasts range from $15.00 to $15.00. On average, they anticipate ESSA Bancorp's stock price to reach $15.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.3%.
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7 employees have rated ESSA Bancorp CEO Gary S. Olson on Glassdoor.com. Gary S. Olson has an approval rating of 64% among ESSA Bancorp's employees.

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

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One share of ESSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.00.

ESSA Bancorp has a market capitalization of $173.14 million and generates $77.33 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $14.42 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.39 on an earnings per share basis.

ESSA Bancorp employs 234 workers across the globe.

The official website for ESSA Bancorp is ir.essabank.com.

ESSA Bancorp is headquartered at 200 Palmer Street, Stroudsburg PA, 18360.

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]