ESSA Bancorp, Inc. (ESSA) To Go Ex-Dividend on December 16th

ESSA Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESSA) announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 19th,Wall Street Journal reports. Investors of record on Monday, December 16th will be paid a dividend of 0.15 per share by the financial services provider on Monday, December 30th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 16th.

ESSA Bancorp has increased its dividend by an average of 10.9% annually over the last three years. ESSA Bancorp has a dividend payout ratio of 30.9% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings.

ESSA Bancorp Stock Down 1.8 %

ESSA Bancorp stock opened at $20.12 on Friday. ESSA Bancorp has a twelve month low of $15.29 and a twelve month high of $21.50. 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 firm has a market cap of $203.82 million, a PE ratio of 11.30 and a beta of 0.38. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $19.76 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $18.58.

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.