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$18.27 -0.23 (-1.24%)
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ESSA vs. CFFN, TRST, HIFS, TREE, NFBK, FFIC, KRNY, HBCP, WSBF, and HMST

Should you be buying ESSA Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ESSA Bancorp include Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), LendingTree (TREE), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Flushing Financial (FFIC), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Home Bancorp (HBCP), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), and HomeStreet (HMST). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.

ESSA Bancorp vs.

Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ:CFFN) and ESSA Bancorp (NASDAQ:ESSA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

Capitol Federal Financial has higher revenue and earnings than ESSA Bancorp. ESSA Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capitol Federal Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Capitol Federal Financial$183.58M4.07$38.01M$0.4014.06
ESSA Bancorp$65.23M2.86$16.99M$1.5511.85

Capitol Federal Financial received 100 more outperform votes than ESSA Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.85% of users gave ESSA Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.58% of users gave Capitol Federal Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Capitol Federal FinancialOutperform Votes
247
53.58%
Underperform Votes
214
46.42%
ESSA BancorpOutperform Votes
147
54.85%
Underperform Votes
121
45.15%

Capitol Federal Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. ESSA Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Capitol Federal Financial pays out 85.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ESSA Bancorp pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

ESSA Bancorp has a net margin of 14.83% compared to Capitol Federal Financial's net margin of 12.67%. ESSA Bancorp's return on equity of 7.27% beat Capitol Federal Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Capitol Federal Financial12.67% 4.96% 0.53%
ESSA Bancorp 14.83%7.27%0.75%

Capitol Federal Financial has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESSA Bancorp has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

88.5% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of ESSA Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of ESSA Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Capitol Federal Financial had 2 more articles in the media than ESSA Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Capitol Federal Financial and 2 mentions for ESSA Bancorp. Capitol Federal Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat ESSA Bancorp's score of 0.39 indicating that Capitol Federal Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Capitol Federal Financial
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ESSA Bancorp
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Capitol Federal Financial presently has a consensus target price of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.56%. Given Capitol Federal Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Capitol Federal Financial is more favorable than ESSA Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Capitol Federal Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
ESSA Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Capitol Federal Financial beats ESSA Bancorp on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ESSA vs. The Competition

MetricESSA BancorpSavings institutions, except federal IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$186.50M$431.68M$11.50B$8.35B
Dividend Yield3.12%2.28%5.45%4.10%
P/E Ratio10.5521.9922.2519.65
Price / Sales2.863.7127.36119.78
Price / Cash13.7521.3717.6234.62
Price / Book0.800.922.784.50
Net Income$16.99M-$21.83M$1.04B$248.32M
7 Day Performance-4.20%-2.01%-1.30%-0.96%
1 Month Performance0.30%0.97%4.46%10.86%
1 Year Performance4.29%14.99%538.60%9.08%

ESSA Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESSA
ESSA Bancorp
2.2702 of 5 stars
$18.27
-1.2%
N/A+4.2%$185.53M$65.23M10.50250Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
CFFN
Capitol Federal Financial
3.6562 of 5 stars
$5.84
-0.5%
$6.50
+11.3%
+8.7%$775.56M$183.58M14.97730Positive News
TRST
TrustCo Bank Corp NY
2.4335 of 5 stars
$32.17
-0.2%
N/A+8.0%$611.87M$175.70M12.52820Dividend Announcement
HIFS
Hingham Institution for Savings
0.7719 of 5 stars
$269.45
+1.1%
N/A+46.7%$579.32M$68.11M21.0087Positive News
High Trading Volume
TREE
LendingTree
4.8693 of 5 stars
$37.96
-0.7%
$64.13
+68.9%
-19.9%$513.79M$972.18M-14.061,250Gap Down
NFBK
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)
4.38 of 5 stars
$11.80
-0.2%
$13.00
+10.2%
+20.5%$502.99M$131.45M16.39400News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
FFIC
Flushing Financial
4.0245 of 5 stars
$12.73
-0.5%
$16.17
+27.0%
-10.0%$429.98M$137.32M-12.60540News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
KRNY
Kearny Financial
2.5919 of 5 stars
$6.28
-0.8%
$7.75
+23.4%
+0.7%$405.56M$152.24M-5.56552
HBCP
Home Bancorp
3.4846 of 5 stars
$51.06
-0.4%
$55.50
+8.7%
+32.4%$398.32M$138.20M11.22440Gap Down
WSBF
Waterstone Financial
1.8969 of 5 stars
$12.90
+1.2%
N/A-1.0%$249.23M$129.79M12.77600
HMST
HomeStreet
3.3923 of 5 stars
$12.28
-2.8%
$14.00
+14.0%
+23.3%$232.35M$49.34M-1.60940Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ESSA) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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