ESSA Bancorp, Inc. (ESSA) To Go Ex-Dividend on March 17th

ESSA Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESSA) declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 25th, Wall Street Journal reports. Investors of record on Monday, March 17th will be paid a dividend of 0.15 per share by the financial services provider on Monday, March 31st. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.11%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 17th.

ESSA Bancorp has increased its dividend payment by an average of 7.7% per year over the last three years.

ESSA Bancorp Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ ESSA opened at $19.30 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $20.53 and a 200 day moving average price of $19.73. ESSA Bancorp has a 52 week low of $15.29 and a 52 week high of $22.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 0.94 and a current ratio of 0.94. The stock has a market capitalization of $195.99 million, a PE ratio of 11.09 and a beta of 0.40.

ESSA Bancorp (NASDAQ:ESSA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 29th. The financial services provider reported $0.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. ESSA Bancorp had a return on equity of 7.27% and a net margin of 14.83%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, StockNews.com started coverage on ESSA Bancorp in a research note on Monday, March 10th. They set a “hold” rating on the stock.

About ESSA Bancorp

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.