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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Ameris Bancorp beats OceanFirst Financial on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:OCFC) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff