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OCFC vs. ABCB, BANR, DCOM, FFBC, FRME, HOPE, SBCF, UVSP, WSFS, and PFS

Should you be buying OceanFirst Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OceanFirst Financial include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Banner (BANR), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (SBCF), Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP), WSFS Financial (WSFS), and Provident Financial Services (PFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

OceanFirst Financial vs. Its Competitors

OceanFirst Financial (NASDAQ:OCFC) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

In the previous week, OceanFirst Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for OceanFirst Financial and 2 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat OceanFirst Financial's score of 0.34 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
OceanFirst Financial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Ameris Bancorp
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to OceanFirst Financial's net margin of 12.89%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat OceanFirst Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
OceanFirst Financial12.89% 5.22% 0.66%
Ameris Bancorp 21.46%9.57%1.32%

OceanFirst Financial has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

OceanFirst Financial currently has a consensus target price of $20.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.12%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $72.14, suggesting a potential downside of 2.84%. Given OceanFirst Financial's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe OceanFirst Financial is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
OceanFirst Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

OceanFirst Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. OceanFirst Financial pays out 56.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% 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.

71.0% of OceanFirst Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of OceanFirst Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
OceanFirst Financial$692.36M1.51$100.07M$1.4112.96
Ameris Bancorp$1.13B4.52$358.68M$5.6813.07

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats OceanFirst Financial on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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OCFC vs. The Competition

MetricOceanFirst FinancialFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.05B$591.11M$12.66B$10.65B
Dividend Yield4.45%3.17%5.52%4.74%
P/E Ratio12.9613.5330.1827.59
Price / Sales1.511.7830.28139.52
Price / Cash9.8716.2522.6661.77
Price / Book0.631.082.296.75
Net Income$100.07M$36.82M$1.02B$275.88M
7 Day Performance5.24%0.04%0.33%3.69%
1 Month PerformanceN/A-0.59%0.40%10.17%
1 Year Performance4.16%10.80%539.27%35.86%

OceanFirst Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
3.8291 of 5 stars
$18.27
+0.8%
$20.67
+13.1%
+2.5%$1.05B$692.36M12.96960Analyst Forecast
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.1072 of 5 stars
$74.83
+1.4%
$72.14
-3.6%
+22.0%$5.13B$1.13B14.362,850
BANR
Banner
3.843 of 5 stars
$63.05
-1.9%
$70.17
+11.3%
+6.9%$2.22B$832.99M12.011,956Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
DCOM
Dime Community Bancshares
3.8471 of 5 stars
$30.64
+1.3%
$37.17
+21.3%
+9.9%$1.33B$358.33M36.48820Analyst Forecast
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.7979 of 5 stars
$26.01
-0.2%
$29.80
+14.6%
+6.8%$2.50B$852.23M10.402,090Analyst Forecast
FRME
First Merchants
4.9743 of 5 stars
$38.49
+1.3%
$48.00
+24.7%
+5.7%$2.19B$1.07B9.972,120Analyst Downgrade
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.7701 of 5 stars
$11.12
+3.2%
$13.25
+19.2%
-11.3%$1.38B$1.00B31.771,244Analyst Forecast
SBCF
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida
3.2203 of 5 stars
$31.47
+1.8%
$29.40
-6.6%
+22.9%$2.72B$808.99M19.311,504Analyst Forecast
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
3.5373 of 5 stars
$30.51
+2.2%
$29.00
-4.9%
+10.8%$859.84M$500.41M11.14970
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.6259 of 5 stars
$54.53
+1.1%
$66.25
+21.5%
+9.0%$3.02B$1.40B11.962,309Analyst Forecast
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.1131 of 5 stars
$20.00
+1.6%
$22.70
+13.5%
+9.3%$2.57B$1.14B11.301,801Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:OCFC) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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