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OceanFirst Financial (OCFC) Competitors

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OCFC vs. ABCB, BANR, FFBC, FRME, HOPE, OBK, 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), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Origin Bancorp (OBK), 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

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

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OceanFirst Financial has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $72.14, suggesting a potential downside of 3.64%. OceanFirst Financial has a consensus target price of $20.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.91%. Given OceanFirst Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
OceanFirst Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

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 4.4%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OceanFirst Financial pays out 56.7% 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.

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of OceanFirst Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of OceanFirst Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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
Ameris Bancorp$1.13B4.56$358.68M$5.6813.18
OceanFirst Financial$692.36M1.49$100.07M$1.4112.76

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
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
OceanFirst Financial 12.89%5.22%0.66%

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 7 more articles in the media than OceanFirst Financial. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 4 mentions for OceanFirst Financial. OceanFirst Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 1.32 indicating that OceanFirst Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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OCFC vs. The Competition

MetricOceanFirst FinancialFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.03B$636.37M$12.63B$10.30B
Dividend Yield4.52%3.26%5.42%4.62%
P/E Ratio12.7810.45246.6226.52
Price / Sales1.492.1430.9687.93
Price / Cash9.7216.0122.2360.63
Price / Book0.621.032.326.31
Net Income$100.07M$36.72M$1.01B$271.37M
7 Day Performance-1.61%-0.62%-0.38%0.57%
1 Month Performance4.81%4.25%3.08%6.20%
1 Year Performance-0.80%8.88%541.37%28.33%

OceanFirst Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
4.3896 of 5 stars
$17.99
+0.6%
$20.67
+14.9%
-1.5%$1.03B$692.36M12.78960Positive News
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.6245 of 5 stars
$73.46
-0.8%
$72.14
-1.8%
+19.2%$5.08B$1.13B14.102,850Positive News
Dividend Announcement
BANR
Banner
2.8182 of 5 stars
$67.64
0.0%
$70.17
+3.7%
+11.8%$2.34B$832.99M12.881,956
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.5468 of 5 stars
$26.34
-0.2%
$29.40
+11.6%
+0.6%$2.53B$1.62B10.542,090Short Interest ↑
FRME
First Merchants
4.9502 of 5 stars
$40.89
-0.3%
$48.25
+18.0%
+6.8%$2.37B$637.74M10.592,120Positive News
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.9025 of 5 stars
$11.17
+0.4%
$13.25
+18.6%
-14.4%$1.43B$444.74M31.911,244Positive News
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.6316 of 5 stars
$38.95
+0.8%
$43.20
+10.9%
+8.2%$1.22B$347.73M15.831,010Positive News
SBCF
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida
2.8449 of 5 stars
$31.08
-0.9%
$29.40
-5.4%
+12.1%$2.75B$555.30M19.071,504Positive News
Ex-Dividend
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
3.4457 of 5 stars
$31.36
+0.6%
$29.00
-7.5%
+8.6%$898.15M$500.41M11.45970Positive News
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.4453 of 5 stars
$58.15
-0.2%
$66.00
+13.5%
+3.6%$3.26B$1.40B12.752,309
PFS
Provident Financial Services
3.9694 of 5 stars
$19.88
-0.6%
$22.70
+14.2%
+4.9%$2.61B$1.14B11.231,801

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This page (NASDAQ:OCFC) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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