ESSA Bancorp, Inc. Announces Operating Results for the First Fiscal Quarter of 2012

STROUDSBURG, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ESSA Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ Global MarketSM “ESSA”), the holding company for ESSA Bank & Trust, today announced fiscal first quarter 2012 results for the three months ended December 31, 2011. The Company reported net income of $886,000, or $0.08 per diluted share, for the three months ended December 31, 2011, compared with $1.0 million, or $0.09 per diluted share, for the corresponding 2010 period.