ESSA Bancorp, Inc. (ESSA)
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About ESSA Bancorp, Inc.
ESSA Bancorp, Inc. operates as a bank holding company for ESSA Bank & Trust that provides a range of financial services to individuals, families, and businesses in Pennsylvania. The company accepts savings accounts, interest bearing demand accounts, checking accounts, money market accounts, club accounts, certificates of deposit and IRAs, and other qualified plan accounts, as well as commercial checking accounts. Its loan portfolio includes first mortgage loans for the purchase, construction, or refinancing of one- to four-family residential real estate property; commercial real estate loans; home equity loans and lines of credit; and commercial and other consumer loans, as well as loans secured by deposits and personal unsecured loans. In addition, the company offers insurance benefits consulting services, such as health insurance, life insurance, short term and long term disability, dental, vision, 401(K) retirement planning, and individual health products, as well as asset management and trust, and investment services. As of September 30, 2021, it operated 21 community offices, including seven offices in Monroe County, three offices in Lehigh County, five offices in Northampton County, one office in Lackawanna County, one office in Luzerne County, one office in Chester County, two offices in Delaware County, and one office in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
Insider Activity of ESSA Bancorp, Inc.
Over the last 12 months, insiders at ESSA Bancorp, Inc. have bought $206,217 and sold $0 worth of ESSA Bancorp, Inc. stock.
On average, over the past 5 years, insiders at ESSA Bancorp, Inc. have bought $63,709 and sold $8,772 worth of stock each year.
Highest buying activity among insiders over the last 12 months: Selig Robert C Jr (director) — $143,442. Gray Peter A (SEVP and COO) — $62,775.
The last purchase of 1,000 shares for transaction amount of $14,850 was made by Gray Peter A (SEVP and COO) on 2023‑09‑13.
List of Insider Buy and Sell Transactions, ESSA Bancorp, Inc.
| 2023-09-13 | Gray Peter A | SEVP and COO | 1,000 0.0095% | $14.85 | $14,850 | +14.76% | ||
| 2023-09-06 | Selig Robert C Jr | director | 1,000 0.0097% | $15.43 | $15,430 | +11.02% | ||
| 2023-09-06 | Selig Robert C Jr | director | 500 0.0049% | $15.63 | $7,815 | +11.02% | ||
| 2023-08-25 | Gray Peter A | SEVP and COO | 2,500 0.0235% | $15.90 | $39,750 | +4.49% | ||
| 2023-08-23 | Selig Robert C Jr | director | 500 0.0046% | $16.22 | $8,110 | +4.42% | ||
| 2023-08-22 | Selig Robert C Jr | director | 1,250 0.0121% | $16.34 | $20,428 | +4.81% | ||
| 2023-08-22 | Gray Peter A | SEVP and COO | 500 0.0048% | $16.35 | $8,175 | +4.81% | ||
| 2023-08-21 | Selig Robert C Jr | director | 500 0.0047% | $16.55 | $8,275 | +1.37% | ||
| 2023-08-18 | Selig Robert C Jr | director | 1,000 0.0097% | $16.77 | $16,765 | +1.86% | ||
| 2023-08-17 | Selig Robert C Jr | director | 1,000 0.0095% | $16.59 | $16,590 | +2.94% | ||
| 2023-08-16 | Selig Robert C Jr | director | 500 0.0048% | $16.28 | $8,140 | +3.28% | ||
| 2023-08-15 | Selig Robert C Jr | director | 2,500 0.0244% | $16.76 | $41,889 | +2.85% | ||
| 2022-08-24 | Selig Robert C Jr | director | 750 0.0065% | $16.03 | $12,020 | |||
| 2021-10-29 | Selig Robert C Jr | director | 1,000 0.0103% | $16.32 | $16,325 | +8.70% | ||
| 2021-05-13 | Gray Peter A | EVP and Chief Banking Officer | 2,000 0.0206% | $15.44 | $30,872 | +10.93% | ||
| 2021-01-29 | Gray Peter A | EVP and Chief Banking Officer | 1,000 0.0103% | $14.25 | $14,247 | +16.77% | ||
| 2020-12-03 | Sale | Grayuski Thomas J | Vice President | 900 0.0093% | $15.75 | $14,175 | +5.82% | |
| 2020-09-17 | Gray Peter A | EVP and Chief Banking Officer | 500 0.005% | $12.59 | $6,295 | +23.38% | ||
| 2020-08-24 | Gray Peter A | EVP and Chief Banking Officer | 1,000 0.0104% | $13.00 | $13,000 | +22.82% | ||
| 2020-03-02 | Sale | Olson Gary S | President and CEO | 198 0.002% | $17.02 | $3,370 | -19.36% |
Insider Historical Profitability
| Selig Robert C Jr | director | 102755 1.0142% | $16.25 | 13 | 0 | +10.46% |
| Gray Peter A | SEVP and COO | 28713 0.2834% | $16.25 | 10 | 0 | +12.33% |
| Reimer Diane K | Senior Vice President | 94623 0.9339% | $16.25 | 1 | 3 | +4.56% |
| Svetik Joseph | director | 77619 0.7661% | $16.25 | 0 | 8 | |
| Muto Allan A | EVP and CFO | 66199 0.6534% | $16.25 | 0 | 5 | |
| Henning Daniel J | director | 56690 0.5595% | $16.25 | 0 | 8 | |
| Olson Gary S | President and CEO | 55826 0.551% | $16.25 | 0 | 37 | |
| Howes Robert S Jr | Senior Vice President | 30223 0.2983% | $16.25 | 0 | 2 | |
| Weekes Elizabeth B | director | 28850 0.2848% | $16.25 | 0 | 5 | |
| Bryant V Gail | Senior Vice President | 28051 0.2769% | $16.25 | 0 | 20 | |
| Douglass William P | director | 26227 0.2589% | $16.25 | 0 | 2 | |
| Schoonover John S Jr | director | 19377 0.1913% | $16.25 | 0 | 1 | |
| Burrus John E | director | 16881 0.1666% | $16.25 | 0 | 9 | |
| Kutteroff Frederick E | director | 10280 0.1015% | $16.25 | 3 | 0 | <0.0001% |
| Hangen Charles | EVP and COO | 9856 0.0973% | $16.25 | 1 | 0 | +0.49% |
| Viechnicki William A | director | 7810 0.0771% | $16.25 | 6 | 6 | +3.61% |
| Fallon Timothy S. | director | 5160 0.0509% | $16.25 | 3 | 0 | +7.66% |
| Grayuski Thomas J | Vice President | 5000 0.0494% | $16.25 | 20 | 8 | +4.29% |
| Gordon Christine Davis | director | 2000 0.0197% | $16.25 | 1 | 0 | <0.0001% |
| Selitto Robert L | Vice President | 1972 0.0195% | $16.25 | 0 | 15 | |
| Hosbach Philip H. IV | director | 1262 0.0125% | $16.25 | 1 | 0 | +14.24% |
| Durkin Joseph S | director | 1200 0.0118% | $16.25 | 1 | 0 | <0.0001% |
| Patterson Stephen H | SVP and CLO | 1000 0.0099% | $16.25 | 1 | 0 | +6.63% |
Institutional Investor Ownership
| FJ Capital Management | $17.17M | 9.3 | 941,992 | 0% | +$0 | 1.75 | |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | $8.86M | 4.8 | 486,064 | 0% | +$0 | <0.01 | |
| BlackRock | $8.46M | 4.58 | 464,213 | -4.11% | -$362,886.38 | <0.0001 | |
| The Vanguard Group | $8.04M | 4.36 | 441,226 | +0.47% | +$37,480.89 | <0.0001 | |
| Maltese Capital Management LLC | $7.33M | 3.97 | 401,812 | +19.61% | +$1.2M | 1.46 | |
| Renaissance Technologies | $5.62M | 3.05 | 308,518 | -1.69% | -$96,614.14 | 0.01 | |
| The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company | $5.25M | 2.84 | 287,834 | -1.33% | -$70,695.94 | 0.01 | |
| Geode Capital Management | $3.24M | 1.75 | 177,510 | +1.51% | +$48,005.34 | <0.0001 | |
| Bridgeway Capital Management | $2M | 1.09 | 109,899 | +2.95% | +$57,424.51 | 0.04 | |
| State Street | $1.81M | 0.98 | 99,142 | +1.25% | +$22,331.75 | <0.0001 | |
| Oppenheimer + Close LLC | $1.57M | 0.85 | 86,175 | 0% | +$0 | 1.45 | |
| Northern Trust | $1.31M | 0.71 | 71,899 | -0.06% | -$747.43 | <0.0001 | |
| Pinnacle Holdings Llc | $1.09M | 0.59 | 59,656 | -0.56% | -$6,107.05 | 0.54 | |
| Philadelphia Trust Co | $945,000.00 | 0.51 | 51,859 | 0% | +$0 | 0.08 | |
| Empowered Funds Llc | $764,858.00 | 0.41 | 41,956 | +8.12% | +$57,424.51 | 0.01 | |
| BNY Mellon | $531,181.00 | 0.29 | 29,138 | -9.66% | -$56,822.40 | <0.0001 | |
| Panagora | $512,281.00 | 0.28 | 28,101 | +27.73% | +$111,202.95 | <0.01 | |
| Morgan Stanley | $506,775.00 | 0.27 | 27,798 | -13.53% | -$79,266.77 | <0.0001 | |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | $455,750.00 | 0.25 | 25,000 | -16.67% | -$91,150.00 | <0.0001 | |
| Stilwell Value LLC | $455,750.00 | 0.25 | 25,000 | 0% | +$0 | 0.4 | |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc Adv | $456,000.00 | 0.25 | 25,000 | -16.67% | -$91,200.00 | <0.01 | |
| Charles Schwab | $420,129.00 | 0.23 | 23,046 | 0% | +$0 | <0.0001 | |
| PNC Financial Services | $406,256.00 | 0.22 | 22,285 | 0% | +$0 | <0.0001 | |
| HSBC | $311,405.00 | 0.17 | 17,082 | +9.26% | +$26,378.82 | <0.0001 | |
| Cedar Brook Financial Partners LLC | $311,226.00 | 0.17 | 17,072 | 0% | +$0 | 0.07 | |
| Beese Fulmer Private Wealth Management | $311,678.00 | 0.17 | 17,097 | New | +$311,678.00 | 0.03 | |
| Invesco | $304,131.00 | 0.17 | 16,683 | New | +$304,131.00 | <0.0001 | |
| JPMorgan Chase | $285,008.00 | 0.15 | 15,634 | +58.27% | +$104,931.95 | <0.0001 | |
| Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd | $269,403.00 | 0.15 | 14,778 | -0.47% | -$1,276.10 | <0.01 | |
| Quadrant Private Wealth | $228,672.00 | 0.12 | 12,544 | +3.37% | +$7,455.90 | 0.06 | |
| Nuveen | $210,830.00 | 0.11 | 11,565 | 0% | +$0 | <0.0001 | |
| Harbor Advisors Llc | $182,300.00 | 0.1 | 10,000 | 0% | +$0 | 0.03 | |
| RhumbLine Advisers | $167,454.00 | 0.09 | 9,186 | +4.53% | +$7,255.25 | <0.0001 | |
| UBS | $159,258.00 | 0.09 | 8,736 | -10.88% | -$19,451.50 | <0.0001 | |
| Barclays | $143,000.00 | 0.08 | 7,807 | -46.73% | -$125,434.10 | <0.0001 | |
| Royal Bank of Canada | $135,000.00 | 0.07 | 7,412 | -26.53% | -$48,739.88 | <0.0001 | |
| Bank of America | $100,101.00 | 0.05 | 5,491 | -66.44% | -$198,178.47 | <0.0001 | |
| Advisor Group Holdings Inc | $92,116.00 | 0.05 | 5,053 | -1.02% | -$947.96 | <0.0001 | |
| MetLife Investment Management | $86,301.00 | 0.05 | 4,734 | 0% | +$0 | <0.01 | |
| American International Group | $76,037.00 | 0.04 | 4,171 | -3.43% | -$2,698.03 | <0.0001 | |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | $61,000.00 | 0.03 | 3,372 | -0.18% | -$108.54 | <0.0001 | |
| Wells Fargo | $54,417.00 | 0.03 | 2,985 | +11.55% | +$5,633.12 | <0.0001 | |
| Comerica | $40,580.00 | 0.02 | 2,226 | 0% | +$0 | <0.0001 | |
| Citigroup | $28,913.00 | 0.02 | 1,586 | +27.9% | +$6,307.63 | <0.0001 | |
| Founders Capital Management | $27,345.00 | 0.02 | 1,500 | 0% | +$0 | 0.02 | |
| Peoples Financial Services | $26,637.00 | 0.01 | 1,462 | 0% | +$0 | 0.01 | |
| Tower Research Capital | $24,410.00 | 0.01 | 1,339 | +166.2% | +$15,240.30 | <0.0001 | |
| Legal & General | $14,493.00 | 0.01 | 795 | 0% | +$0 | <0.0001 | |
| CalSTRS | $15,514.00 | 0.01 | 851 | -40.49% | -$10,555.35 | <0.0001 | |
| Ameritas Investment Partners Inc | $13,089.00 | 0.01 | 718 | 0% | +$0 | <0.0001 |