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ESSA Bancorp
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ESSA was delisted on the 23rd of July, 2025.

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65 hedge funds and large institutions have $81.7M invested in ESSA Bancorp in 2018 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 8 funds opening new positions, 21 increasing their positions, 15 reducing their positions, and 1 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

700% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 8 | Existing positions closed: 1

40% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 21 | Existing positions reduced: 15

12% more funds holding

Funds holding: 58 → 65 (+7)

1.75% more ownership

Funds ownership: 43.33% → 45.08% (+1.8%)

2% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $83.1M → $81.7M (-$1.39M)

Holders
65
Holders Change
+7
Holders Change %
+12.07%
% of All Funds
1.45%
Holding in Top 10
–
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
–
New
8
Increased
21
Reduced
15
Closed
1
Calls
–
Puts
–
Net Calls
–
Net Calls Change
–

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
MCM
Maltese Capital Management
New York
+$2.22M
2
Wellington Management Group
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
+$1.65M
3
State Street
State Street
Massachusetts
+$312K
4
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
+$228K
5
RhumbLine Advisers
RhumbLine Advisers
Massachusetts
+$218K

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
GJL
Gendell Jeffrey L
-$2.03M
2
SM
Salzhauer Michael
-$360K
3
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank
Germany
-$318K
4
BFC
Banc Funds Company
Illinois
-$289K
5
FP
Foundry Partners
Minnesota
-$251K
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
MCM
1
Maltese Capital Management
New York
$12.8M +$2.22M +138,164 +20%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
2
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$8.81M +$1.25K +78 +0%
BlackRock
3
BlackRock
New York
$7.79M +$228K +14,190 +3%
Renaissance Technologies
4
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$7.28M -$38.7K -2,408 -0.5%
Vanguard Group
5
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$6.92M +$96.2K +5,984 +1%
PCA
6
PL Capital Advisors
Florida
$6.33M – – –
Wellington Management Group
7
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
$4.82M +$1.65M +102,842 +50%
FP
8
Foundry Partners
Minnesota
$2.82M -$251K -15,600 -8%
GJL
9
Gendell Jeffrey L
$2.51M -$2.03M -126,227 -44%
State Street
10
State Street
Massachusetts
$2.49M +$312K +19,435 +14%
BCM
11
Bridgeway Capital Management
Texas
$2.14M – – –
Northern Trust
12
Northern Trust
Illinois
$2.03M +$77.3K +4,808 +4%
OC
13
Oppenheimer & Close
New York
$1.87M – – –
Geode Capital Management
14
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$1.16M +$78.6K +4,889 +7%
BFC
15
Banc Funds Company
Illinois
$1.15M -$289K -17,955 -19%
PH
16
Pinnacle Holdings
Oklahoma
$1.14M -$2.73K -170 -0.2%
Bank of New York Mellon
17
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$1M +$27.3K +1,697 +3%
SM
18
Salzhauer Michael
$925K -$360K -22,383 -27%
AFM
19
Andesa Financial Management
Pennsylvania
$662K – – –
Acadian Asset Management
20
Acadian Asset Management
Massachusetts
$591K +$56.4K +3,510 +10%
Morgan Stanley
21
Morgan Stanley
New York
$512K +$123K +7,672 +30%
California Public Employees Retirement System
22
California Public Employees Retirement System
California
$417K – – –
SV
23
Stilwell Value
New York
$390K – – –
MAM
24
Martingale Asset Management
Massachusetts
$380K -$1.61K -100 -0.4%
PPA
25
Parametric Portfolio Associates
Washington
$337K -$27.7K -1,725 -7%
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ESSA Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2018 in Review

65 of the 4,488 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in ESSA Bancorp (ESSA) for Q4 2018, worth a combined $81.7M — down 1.7% from $83.1M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 8 funds opened new ESSA positions and 1 closed out — a net gain of 7 holders — while 21 added to existing stakes and 15 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Maltese Capital Management, adding an estimated $2.22M. The largest seller was Gendell Jeffrey L, cutting an estimated $2.03M.

  • 65 institutional investors held ESSA Bancorp (ESSA) as of Q4 2018, up from 58 in Q3 2018.
  • Funds reported $81.7M of ESSA Bancorp stock for Q4 2018, down 1.7% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 8 funds opened new ESSA Bancorp positions in Q4 2018 and 1 closed out, a net change of +7 holders.
  • The largest ESSA Bancorp buyer in Q4 2018 was Maltese Capital Management, an estimated $2.22M added.
  • The largest ESSA Bancorp seller in Q4 2018 was Gendell Jeffrey L, an estimated $2.03M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2018.