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

Should you be buying OceanFirst Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OceanFirst Financial include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), 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), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), and Provident Financial Services (PFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

OceanFirst Financial vs. Its Competitors

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

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to OceanFirst Financial's net margin of 11.77%. 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
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
OceanFirst Financial 11.77%5.00%0.63%

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. OceanFirst Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OceanFirst Financial pays out 62.0% 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.

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

Ameris Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $72.14, indicating a potential downside of 2.47%. OceanFirst Financial has a consensus price target of $21.80, indicating a potential upside of 16.64%. Given OceanFirst Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe OceanFirst Financial is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
OceanFirst Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameris Bancorp$1.13B4.51$358.68M$5.6813.02
OceanFirst Financial$692.36M1.55$100.07M$1.2914.49

In the previous week, OceanFirst Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for OceanFirst Financial and 22 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat OceanFirst Financial's score of 0.85 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameris Bancorp
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
OceanFirst Financial
4 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of OceanFirst Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of OceanFirst Financial 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.

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats OceanFirst Financial on 13 of the 18 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$1.04B$581.39M$12.71B$10.69B
Dividend Yield4.40%3.23%5.56%4.82%
P/E Ratio14.4913.8722.2130.83
Price / Sales1.552.2730.60174.99
Price / Cash9.9815.4922.3661.44
Price / Book0.641.052.206.61
Net Income$100.07M$36.82M$1.02B$277.10M
7 Day Performance5.65%1.76%1.57%2.56%
1 Month Performance4.36%-0.85%0.23%3.77%
1 Year Performance5.71%8.12%538.07%33.01%

OceanFirst Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
4.3435 of 5 stars
$18.69
+2.7%
$21.80
+16.6%
+3.9%$1.04B$692.36M14.49960News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.4788 of 5 stars
$72.75
+2.7%
$72.14
-0.8%
+17.4%$4.86B$1.13B13.962,850Upcoming Earnings
Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
DCOM
Dime Community Bancshares
4.0496 of 5 stars
$28.85
+3.7%
$37.17
+28.8%
-8.8%$1.22B$646.19M34.35820Trending News
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.8817 of 5 stars
$24.30
+2.4%
$29.83
+22.8%
-5.3%$2.27B$1.62B9.722,090Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
FRME
First Merchants
4.9786 of 5 stars
$36.75
+2.9%
$48.00
+30.6%
+3.5%$2.06B$637.74M9.522,120Trending News
Earnings Report
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.8296 of 5 stars
$10.60
+3.6%
$13.25
+25.0%
-15.8%$1.31B$444.74M30.291,244Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SBCF
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida
2.9481 of 5 stars
$30.27
+3.5%
$29.80
-1.6%
+16.1%$2.57B$555.30M18.571,504News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
3.7192 of 5 stars
$29.37
+2.8%
$29.00
-1.3%
+9.4%$822.97M$500.41M10.72970News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.637 of 5 stars
$52.58
+2.4%
$66.25
+26.0%
+4.5%$2.87B$1.05B11.532,309Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
FCF
First Commonwealth Financial
4.3259 of 5 stars
$16.16
+1.6%
$18.90
+16.9%
-3.0%$1.66B$490.58M12.431,545Analyst Forecast
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.1032 of 5 stars
$18.65
+2.1%
$22.70
+21.7%
-0.3%$2.39B$839.40M10.531,801News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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