Hometown Bancorp Inc. reported earnings results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009. For the quarter, the company reported net interest income of $1,586,000, income before taxes of $235,000, net income of $145,000 or $0.06 basic and diluted per share as compared to net interest income of $1,668,000, income before taxes of $324,000, net income of $193,000 or $0.068 basic and diluted per share for the same period last year. Return on average assets was 0.38% and return on average equity of 0.03% as compared to return on average assets was 0.54% and return on average equity of 4.06% for the same period last year. For the nine months, the company reported net interest income of $4,698,000, income before taxes of $652,000, net income of $400,000 or $0.18 basic and diluted per share as compared to net interest income of $4,696,000, income before taxes of $902,000, net income of $552,000 or $0.24 basic and diluted per share for the same period last year. Return on average assets was 0.35% and return on average equity of 2.79% as compared to return on average assets was 0.54% and return on average equity of 3.91% for the same period last year. Book value per share was $8.22 as compared to $8.01 for the same period last year. On October 22, 2009, the board of directors of the company declared a cash dividend on the company's common stock of $0.02 per share. The dividend will be payable to stockholders of record as of November 5, 2009 and is expected to be paid on November 20, 2009.

On October 1, 2009, Beard resigned as the auditors of the Hometown Bancorp Inc. and with the approval of the Audit Committee of the Company's Board of Directors, ParenteBeard was engaged as its independent registered public accounting firm.

Hometown Bancorp Inc. reported earnings results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2009. For the quarter, the company reported income before income taxes of $102,000 and net income of $62,000 or $0.03 per basic and diluted share on interest income of $2,077,000 compared to the income before income taxes of $321,000 and net income of $202,000 or $0.09 per basic and diluted share on interest income of $2,149,000 for the same quarter year ago. Return on average assets was 0.16% compared to the 0.59% for the same quarter year ago. Return on average equity was 1.30% compared to the 4.30% for the same quarter year ago. For the same period, the company reported income before income taxes of $417,000 and net income of $255,000 or $0.11 per basic and diluted share on interest income of $4,223,000 compared to the income before income taxes of $578,000 and net income of $359,000 or $0.16 per basic and diluted share on interest income of $4,331,000 for the same period year ago. Return on average assets was 0.34% compared to the 0.53% for the same quarter year ago. Return on average equity was 2.68% compared to the 3.83% for the same quarter year ago. The company book value per share on $8.16 compared to the $7.92 for the same period year ago.