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.
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.
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.
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.
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 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff