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OceanFirst Financial (OCFC) Competitors

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$18.49 -0.29 (-1.54%)
As of 07/7/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

OCFC vs. ABCB, BANR, FFBC, FRME, HOPE, PPBI, 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), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), 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 better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk and valuation.

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OceanFirst Financial has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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$1.12B4.11$358.68M$5.4012.41
OceanFirst Financial$379.09M2.85$100.07M$1.5312.08

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to OceanFirst Financial's net margin of 13.59%. 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 13.59%5.38%0.68%

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. OceanFirst Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% 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.

In the previous week, OceanFirst Financial had 6 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for OceanFirst Financial and 4 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat OceanFirst Financial's score of 0.32 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
OceanFirst Financial
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of OceanFirst Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $71.43, indicating a potential upside of 6.55%. OceanFirst Financial has a consensus price target of $20.67, indicating a potential upside of 11.77%. 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)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
OceanFirst Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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$1.10B$633.01M$12.01B$9.02B
Dividend Yield4.26%3.29%5.53%4.05%
P/E Ratio12.0910.2019.9520.09
Price / Sales2.852.2126.0692.99
Price / Cash10.3115.2018.7228.59
Price / Book0.631.022.255.55
Net Income$100.07M$33.50M$990.08M$248.49M
7 Day Performance1.48%1.12%0.55%4.87%
1 Month Performance6.94%3.55%3.39%6.63%
1 Year Performance19.29%17.74%540.31%20.38%

OceanFirst Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
4.2855 of 5 stars
$18.49
-1.5%
$20.67
+11.8%
+20.5%$1.10B$379.09M12.09960
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
2.6226 of 5 stars
$64.77
-0.2%
$71.43
+10.3%
+37.0%$4.46B$1.12B12.432,850
BANR
Banner
2.7002 of 5 stars
$64.15
+0.2%
$70.83
+10.4%
+43.5%$2.21B$832.99M12.601,956
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.6586 of 5 stars
$24.26
-0.4%
$28.75
+18.5%
+17.5%$2.33B$1.62B10.072,090
FRME
First Merchants
4.6927 of 5 stars
$38.30
-0.9%
$46.40
+21.1%
+24.4%$2.25B$1.07B10.762,120
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.8773 of 5 stars
$10.73
-0.6%
$13.50
+25.8%
+9.6%$1.38B$1.00B13.761,244News Coverage
Positive News
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.6876 of 5 stars
$21.09
+0.1%
$27.25
+29.2%
+3.5%$2.04B$905.41M13.881,325
SBCF
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida
1.9532 of 5 stars
$27.62
+0.5%
$29.20
+5.7%
+26.2%$2.36B$808.99M18.541,504High Trading Volume
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
3.4108 of 5 stars
$30.04
-1.9%
$29.00
-3.5%
+44.1%$884.31M$500.41M11.25970
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.2059 of 5 stars
$55.00
-0.1%
$62.75
+14.1%
+26.2%$3.12B$1.40B12.362,309Positive News
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.136 of 5 stars
$17.55
-0.9%
$23.60
+34.5%
+30.5%$2.31B$1.14B15.811,801

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This page (NASDAQ:OCFC) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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