OCFC vs. BRKL, DCOM, PFC, CFFN, PFS, NWBI, NFBK, KRNY, CLBK, and WAFD
Should you be buying OceanFirst Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OceanFirst Financial include Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Premier Financial (PFC), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Columbia Financial (CLBK), and WaFd (WAFD). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
OceanFirst Financial (NASDAQ:OCFC) and Brookline Bancorp (NASDAQ:BRKL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment and dividends.
OceanFirst Financial received 58 more outperform votes than Brookline Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.05% of users gave Brookline Bancorp an outperform vote while only 56.28% of users gave OceanFirst Financial an outperform vote.
71.0% of OceanFirst Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of OceanFirst Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
OceanFirst Financial has a net margin of 15.54% compared to Brookline Bancorp's net margin of 13.13%. Brookline Bancorp's return on equity of 7.09% beat OceanFirst Financial's return on equity.
OceanFirst Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Brookline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. OceanFirst Financial pays out 46.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookline Bancorp pays out 58.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
OceanFirst Financial has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookline Bancorp has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Brookline Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than OceanFirst Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Brookline Bancorp and 4 mentions for OceanFirst Financial. Brookline Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat OceanFirst Financial's score of 0.54 indicating that Brookline Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
OceanFirst Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Brookline Bancorp. OceanFirst Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookline Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
OceanFirst Financial currently has a consensus price target of $18.20, indicating a potential upside of 15.78%. Brookline Bancorp has a consensus price target of $11.08, indicating a potential upside of 25.80%. Given Brookline Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brookline Bancorp is more favorable than OceanFirst Financial.
Summary
Brookline Bancorp beats OceanFirst Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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