OceanFirst Financial (OCFC) Competitors

Simply Good Foods (NASDAQ:SMPL) and OceanFirst Financial (NASDAQ:OCFC) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend SMPL or OCFC?

Simply Good Foods presently has a consensus target price of $41.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.02%. OceanFirst Financial has a consensus target price of $20.67, indicating a potential upside of 23.98%. Given OceanFirst Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe OceanFirst Financial is more favorable than Simply Good Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Simply Good Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
OceanFirst Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is SMPL or OCFC more profitable?

OceanFirst Financial has a net margin of 14.45% compared to Simply Good Foods' net margin of 10.40%. Simply Good Foods' return on equity of 10.25% beat OceanFirst Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Simply Good Foods	10.40%	10.25%	7.63%
OceanFirst Financial	14.45%	5.75%	0.72%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SMPL or OCFC?

Simply Good Foods received 27 more outperform votes than OceanFirst Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.61% of users gave Simply Good Foods an outperform vote while only 55.84% of users gave OceanFirst Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Simply Good Foods	Outperform Votes 309 67.61%	Underperform Votes 148 32.39%
OceanFirst Financial	Outperform Votes 282 55.84%	Underperform Votes 223 44.16%

Is SMPL or OCFC a better dividend stock?

Simply Good Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. OceanFirst Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Simply Good Foods pays out 25.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OceanFirst Financial pays out 52.3% 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.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of SMPL or OCFC?

88.4% of Simply Good Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of OceanFirst Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of Simply Good Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of OceanFirst Financial 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, SMPL or OCFC?

Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OceanFirst Financial has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SMPL or OCFC?

Simply Good Foods has higher revenue and earnings than OceanFirst Financial. OceanFirst Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simply Good Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Simply Good Foods	$1.41B	2.57	$139.31M	$1.44	24.97
OceanFirst Financial	$379.09M	2.57	$100.07M	$1.53	10.90

Does the media prefer SMPL or OCFC?

In the previous week, OceanFirst Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Simply Good Foods. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for OceanFirst Financial and 13 mentions for Simply Good Foods. Simply Good Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat OceanFirst Financial's score of 0.79 indicating that Simply Good Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Simply Good Foods	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
OceanFirst Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Simply Good Foods beats OceanFirst Financial on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.