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ESSA Bancorp
ESSA

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

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64 hedge funds and large institutions have $75.5M invested in ESSA Bancorp in 2019 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 3 funds opening new positions, 19 increasing their positions, 14 reducing their positions, and 4 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

36% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 19 | Existing positions reduced: 14

2% less funds holding

Funds holding: 65 → 64 (-1)

3.58% less ownership

Funds ownership: 45.08% → 41.5% (-3.6%)

8% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $81.7M → $75.5M (-$6.15M)

25% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 3 | Existing positions closed: 4

Holders
64
Holders Change
-1
Holders Change %
-1.54%
% of All Funds
1.39%
Holding in Top 10
–
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
–
New
3
Increased
19
Reduced
14
Closed
4
Calls
–
Puts
–
Net Calls
–
Net Calls Change
–

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
AFM
Andesa Financial Management
Pennsylvania
+$668K
2
Renaissance Technologies
Renaissance Technologies
New York
+$446K
3
MCM
Maltese Capital Management
New York
+$400K
4
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co (GMO)
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co (GMO)
Massachusetts
+$363K
5
Vanguard Group
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
+$337K

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
PCA
PL Capital Advisors
Florida
-$6.33M
2
Wellington Management Group
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
-$601K
3
FP
Foundry Partners
Minnesota
-$468K
4
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
-$317K
5
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
-$303K
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
MCM
1
Maltese Capital Management
New York
$13M +$400K +25,347 +3%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
2
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$8.66M -$35.3K -2,238 -0.4%
Renaissance Technologies
3
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$7.62M +$446K +28,300 +6%
BlackRock
4
BlackRock
New York
$7.39M -$303K -19,249 -4%
Vanguard Group
5
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$7.16M +$337K +21,358 +5%
Wellington Management Group
6
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
$4.17M -$601K -38,119 -12%
State Street
7
State Street
Massachusetts
$2.61M +$158K +10,001 +6%
GJL
8
Gendell Jeffrey L
$2.48M – – –
FP
9
Foundry Partners
Minnesota
$2.32M -$468K -29,675 -16%
BCM
10
Bridgeway Capital Management
Texas
$2.11M – – –
Northern Trust
11
Northern Trust
Illinois
$2.03M +$19K +1,206 +0.9%
OC
12
Oppenheimer & Close
New York
$1.84M – – –
AFM
13
Andesa Financial Management
Pennsylvania
$1.31M +$668K +42,393 +100%
Geode Capital Management
14
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$1.2M +$58.4K +3,702 +5%
BFC
15
Banc Funds Company
Illinois
$1.15M – – –
PH
16
Pinnacle Holdings
Oklahoma
$1.13M – – –
Bank of New York Mellon
17
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$993K +$3.14K +199 +0.3%
SM
18
Salzhauer Michael
$912K – – –
Acadian Asset Management
19
Acadian Asset Management
Massachusetts
$816K +$239K +15,172 +40%
Deutsche Bank
20
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$498K +$307K +19,442 +149%
California Public Employees Retirement System
21
California Public Employees Retirement System
California
$411K – – –
SV
22
Stilwell Value
New York
$385K – – –
MAM
23
Martingale Asset Management
Massachusetts
$375K – – –
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co (GMO)
24
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co (GMO)
Massachusetts
$354K +$363K +23,000 New
PPA
25
Parametric Portfolio Associates
Washington
$334K +$1.18K +75 +0.3%
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ESSA Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2019 in Review

64 of the 4,620 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in ESSA Bancorp (ESSA) for Q1 2019, worth a combined $75.5M — down 7.5% from $81.7M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 4 funds closed out of ESSA and 3 opened new positions — a net loss of 1 holder — while 14 trimmed existing stakes and 19 added.

The largest buyer was Andesa Financial Management, adding an estimated $668K. The largest seller was PL Capital Advisors, exiting entirely with an estimated $6.33M sold.

  • 64 institutional investors held ESSA Bancorp (ESSA) as of Q1 2019, down from 65 in Q4 2018.
  • Funds reported $75.5M of ESSA Bancorp stock for Q1 2019, down 7.5% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 3 funds opened new ESSA Bancorp positions in Q1 2019 and 4 closed out, a net change of -1 holder.
  • The largest ESSA Bancorp buyer in Q1 2019 was Andesa Financial Management, an estimated $668K added.
  • The largest ESSA Bancorp seller in Q1 2019 was PL Capital Advisors, an estimated $6.33M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2019.