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ESSA Bancorp
ESSA

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

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66 hedge funds and large institutions have $81.8M invested in ESSA Bancorp in 2019 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 7 funds opening new positions, 26 increasing their positions, 15 reducing their positions, and 3 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

133% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 7 | Existing positions closed: 3

73% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 26 | Existing positions reduced: 15

6% more funds holding

Funds holding: 62 → 66 (+4)

2% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $80.5M → $81.8M (+$1.32M)

0.21% less ownership

Funds ownership: 42.95% → 42.74% (-0.21%)

Holders
66
Holders Change
+4
Holders Change %
+6.45%
% of All Funds
1.3%
Holding in Top 10
–
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
–
New
7
Increased
26
Reduced
15
Closed
3
Calls
–
Puts
–
Net Calls
–
Net Calls Change
–

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
FCM
FJ Capital Management
Virginia
+$500K
2
Renaissance Technologies
Renaissance Technologies
New York
+$305K
3
Russell Investments Group
Russell Investments Group
United Kingdom
+$272K
4
State Street
State Street
Massachusetts
+$198K
5
MAM
Martingale Asset Management
Massachusetts
+$194K

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
MCM
Maltese Capital Management
New York
-$2.2M
2
Wellington Management Group
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
-$872K
3
HSBC Holdings
HSBC Holdings
United Kingdom
-$215K
4
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
-$211K
5
FP
Foundry Partners
Minnesota
-$192K
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
MCM
1
Maltese Capital Management
New York
$13.4M -$2.2M -132,022 -14%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
2
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$9.39M -$107K -6,402 -1%
Renaissance Technologies
3
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$9.21M +$305K +18,319 +3%
BlackRock
4
BlackRock
New York
$8.6M +$24.8K +1,488 +0.3%
Vanguard Group
5
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$8.36M +$170K +10,172 +2%
GJL
6
Gendell Jeffrey L
$3.67M +$186K +11,132 +5%
State Street
7
State Street
Massachusetts
$2.69M +$198K +11,871 +8%
Wellington Management Group
8
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
$2.49M -$872K -52,314 -26%
BCM
9
Bridgeway Capital Management
Texas
$2.39M +$66.7K +4,000 +3%
FP
10
Foundry Partners
Minnesota
$2.19M -$192K -11,500 -8%
Northern Trust
11
Northern Trust
Illinois
$2.12M -$70.4K -4,223 -3%
OC
12
Oppenheimer & Close
New York
$2.03M – – –
Geode Capital Management
13
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$1.66M +$16.3K +976 +1%
Acadian Asset Management
14
Acadian Asset Management
Massachusetts
$1.26M +$80.8K +4,846 +7%
PH
15
Pinnacle Holdings
Oklahoma
$1.2M -$5.75K -345 -0.5%
Bank of New York Mellon
16
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$1.02M -$90.7K -5,442 -8%
AFM
17
Andesa Financial Management
Pennsylvania
$719K – – –
MAM
18
Martingale Asset Management
Massachusetts
$609K +$194K +11,609 +48%
FCM
19
FJ Capital Management
Virginia
$516K +$500K +30,000 New
N
20
Nuveen
North Carolina
$499K -$60K -3,600 -11%
California Public Employees Retirement System
21
California Public Employees Retirement System
California
$432K -$45K -2,700 -10%
SV
22
Stilwell Value
New York
$424K – – –
Morgan Stanley
23
Morgan Stanley
New York
$409K +$143K +8,570 +55%
Charles Schwab
24
Charles Schwab
California
$391K – – –
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co (GMO)
25
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co (GMO)
Massachusetts
$385K – – –
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ESSA Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2019 in Review

66 of the 5,075 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in ESSA Bancorp (ESSA) for Q4 2019, worth a combined $81.8M — up 1.6% from $80.5M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 7 funds opened new ESSA positions and 3 closed out — a net gain of 4 holders — while 26 added to existing stakes and 15 trimmed.

The largest buyer was FJ Capital Management, opening a new position worth an estimated $500K. The largest seller was Maltese Capital Management, cutting an estimated $2.2M.

  • 66 institutional investors held ESSA Bancorp (ESSA) as of Q4 2019, up from 62 in Q3 2019.
  • Funds reported $81.8M of ESSA Bancorp stock for Q4 2019, up 1.6% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 7 funds opened new ESSA Bancorp positions in Q4 2019 and 3 closed out, a net change of +4 holders.
  • The largest ESSA Bancorp buyer in Q4 2019 was FJ Capital Management, an estimated $500K added.
  • The largest ESSA Bancorp seller in Q4 2019 was Maltese Capital Management, an estimated $2.2M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2019.