ESSA BANCORP INC (ESSA) Stock Technical Analysis
NASDAQ:ESSA - Nasdaq - US29667D1046 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
Taking everything into account, ESSA scores 2 out of 10 in our technical rating. ESSA has been an average performer in the overall market. Also recent evolutions are not that positive: both the medium and short term time frames give negative signs.
In the last month ESSA has a been trading in the 19.57 - 22.22 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the lows of this range.
Warning: ESSA has an average volume of 28168 traded shares per day. This is quite low and it might be dangerous to invest in illiquid stocks.
The short term trend is negative, the long term trend is neutral. Not much exciting going on here.
When comparing the yearly performance of all stocks, we notice that ESSA is one of the better performing stocks in the market, outperforming 72% of all stocks. However, this overall performance is mostly based on the strong move around 4 months ago.
ESSA is part of the Banks industry. There are 402 other stocks in this industry, ESSA did better than 54% of them.
ESSA is currently trading in the middle of its 52 week range. This is in line with the S&P500 Index, which is also trading in the middle of its range.
The technical rating of ESSA is bad and it also does not present a quality setup at the moment. Price movement has been a little bit too volatile to find a nice entry and exit point. It is probably a good idea to wait for a consolidation first.
More info and screens
17.97
22.40
3 important support areas can be observed.
- A support zone ranging from 18.97 to 19.46. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- A support zone ranging from 18.61 to 18.63. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in the daily time frame.
- Support @18.15 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
When analyzing the resistance we notice 2 important areas.
- A resistance zone ranging from 20.47 to 20.63. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @22.18 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS72.64
Mansfield0.3
10 Day High21.28
10 Day Low19.57
20 Day High22.22
20 Day Low19.57
52 Week High22.22
52 Week Low15.29
Performance
1 Week-5.52%
2 Weeks-5.52%
1 Month-8.99%
3 Month-2.7%
6 Month9.55%
12 Month10.96%
2 Year26.21%
3 Year10.53%
5 Year45.35%
10 Year54.76%
15 Year58.21%
Daily CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (D)
Bullish Hammer (D)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (D)
Hanging Man (D)
Bullish Harami (D)
Doji (D)
Gravestone Doji (D)
DragonFly Doji (D)
Bearish Engulfing (D)
Bearish Shooting Star (D)
Bearish Harami (D)
Inside Bar (D)
Red Dog Reversal Down (D)
Red Dog Reversal Up (D)
Dark Cloud Cover (D)
Weekly CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (W)
Bullish Hammer (W)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (W)
Hanging Man (W)
Bullish Harami (W)
Doji (W)
Gravestone Doji (W)
DragonFly Doji (W)
Bearish Engulfing (W)
Bearish Shooting Star (W)
Bearish Harami (W)
Inside Bar (W)
Dark Cloud Cover (W)
Daily Chart Patterns
Bull Flag
Bear Flag
Ascending Triangle (D)
Descending Triangle (D)
Symmetrical Triangle (D)
Squeeze
Channel (D)
Channel Up (D)
Channel Down (D)
Rising Wedge (D)
Falling Wedge (D)
Double Bottom (D)
Multiple Bottom (D)
Double Top (D)
Multiple Top (D)
Weekly Chart Patterns
Weekly Bull Flag
Weekly Bear Flag
Squeeze Week
Channel (W)
Double Bottom (W)
Multiple Bottom (W)
Double Top (W)
Multiple Top (W)
Technical Indicators
MACD(12,26,9)-0.22
RSI(14)32.66
LBB19.74
UBB22.04
19.84
-0.16 (-0.8%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorFinancials
GICS IndustryBanks
Performance
% Chg-0.8%
1 Week-5.52%
2 Weeks-5.52%
1 Month-8.99%
3 Month-2.7%
6 Month9.55%
12 Month10.96%
2 Year26.21%
3 Year10.53%
5 Year45.35%
10 Year54.76%
15 Year58.21%
Volatility
ATR(14)0.45
ATR(20)%2.24%
ATR Inc-3.33%
Range Today0.4
ADR(20)0.4
ADR(20)%2.01%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS72.64
Mansfield0.3
10 Day High21.28
10 Day Low19.57
20 Day High22.22
20 Day Low19.57
52 Week High22.22
52 Week Low15.29
CS1 End19.46
CR1 Start20.47
Volume & EV
DER(3)-1%
DER(5)0.16%
Volume19.80K
Volume Incr-14.21%
Vol(5)18.48K
Vol(50)28.17K