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

STROUDSBURG, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ESSA Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ Global MarketSM “ESSA”), the holding company for ESSA Bank & Trust (the “Bank”), today announced its operating results for the three and six months ended March 31, 2012. The Company reported net income of $659,000, or $0.06 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2012, as compared to net income of $1.2 million, or $0.10 per diluted share, for the corresponding 2011 period.