OCFC vs. TFSL, SMPL, WSFS, WD, WAFD, PFS, AGM, BANC, NWBI, and DCOM
Should you be buying OceanFirst Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OceanFirst Financial include TFS Financial (TFSL), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), WaFd (WAFD), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), Banc of California (BANC), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), and Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
OceanFirst Financial vs. Its Competitors
TFS Financial (NASDAQ:TFSL) and OceanFirst Financial (NASDAQ:OCFC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
TFS Financial received 17 more outperform votes than OceanFirst Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.34% of users gave TFS Financial an outperform vote while only 55.84% of users gave OceanFirst Financial an outperform vote.
TFS Financial has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OceanFirst Financial has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
OceanFirst Financial has a net margin of 14.45% compared to TFS Financial's net margin of 10.58%. OceanFirst Financial's return on equity of 5.75% beat TFS Financial's return on equity.
OceanFirst Financial has higher revenue and earnings than TFS Financial. OceanFirst Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TFS Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TFS Financial currently has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.47%. OceanFirst Financial has a consensus target price of $20.67, suggesting a potential upside of 19.53%. Given OceanFirst Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe OceanFirst Financial is more favorable than TFS Financial.
9.8% of TFS Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of OceanFirst Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of TFS Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of OceanFirst Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
TFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. OceanFirst Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. TFS Financial pays out 403.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OceanFirst Financial pays out 52.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, OceanFirst Financial had 2 more articles in the media than TFS Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for OceanFirst Financial and 1 mentions for TFS Financial. TFS Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat OceanFirst Financial's score of 1.69 indicating that TFS Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
OceanFirst Financial beats TFS Financial on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:OCFC) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
