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OceanFirst Financial (OCFC) Competitors

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OCFC vs. ABCB, BANR, FFBC, FRME, HOPE, OBK, PPBI, 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), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than OceanFirst Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 2 mentions for OceanFirst Financial. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat OceanFirst Financial's score of 0.94 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

OceanFirst Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. OceanFirst Financial pays out 52.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% 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.

OceanFirst Financial currently has a consensus target price of $20.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.46%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $71.43, indicating a potential upside of 5.31%. Given OceanFirst Financial's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe OceanFirst Financial is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
OceanFirst Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

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
OceanFirst Financial13.59% 5.38% 0.68%
Ameris Bancorp 21.46%9.57%1.32%

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
OceanFirst Financial$379.09M2.88$100.07M$1.5312.23
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.16$358.68M$5.4012.56

71.0% of OceanFirst Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats OceanFirst Financial on 15 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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OCFC vs. The Competition

MetricOceanFirst FinancialFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.09B$615.60M$11.95B$9.09B
Dividend Yield4.21%3.32%5.54%4.01%
P/E Ratio12.2310.1919.2320.40
Price / Sales2.882.2325.9980.80
Price / Cash10.1715.1118.5127.46
Price / Book0.641.022.305.56
Net Income$100.07M$33.50M$989.78M$251.39M
7 Day Performance1.19%-0.06%0.64%3.08%
1 Month Performance10.91%4.50%4.16%11.85%
1 Year Performance11.04%13.38%539.69%17.31%

OceanFirst Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
4.3913 of 5 stars
$18.71
+0.9%
$20.67
+10.5%
+10.0%$1.09B$379.09M12.23960Upcoming Earnings
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.3846 of 5 stars
$67.04
-1.0%
$71.43
+6.5%
+23.4%$4.62B$1.12B12.872,850News Coverage
Positive News
BANR
Banner
2.8187 of 5 stars
$67.96
-1.0%
$70.83
+4.2%
+29.9%$2.37B$832.99M13.351,956News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.6021 of 5 stars
$25.49
-1.4%
$28.75
+12.8%
+8.3%$2.48B$1.62B10.582,090Positive News
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FRME
First Merchants
4.8245 of 5 stars
$40.27
-1.2%
$46.40
+15.2%
+15.8%$2.38B$1.07B11.312,120Positive News
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.7671 of 5 stars
$11.37
-1.6%
$13.50
+18.7%
+0.6%$1.48B$1.00B14.581,244Positive News
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.2784 of 5 stars
$37.38
-1.5%
$42.20
+12.9%
+10.7%$1.16B$358.20M15.201,010
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.8617 of 5 stars
$22.76
-1.5%
$27.25
+19.7%
-9.1%$2.24B$905.41M14.971,325News Coverage
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
3.0864 of 5 stars
$32.01
-2.1%
$29.00
-9.4%
+30.5%$944.38M$500.41M11.99970
WSFS
WSFS Financial
3.4516 of 5 stars
$58.17
-1.5%
$62.75
+7.9%
+17.8%$3.35B$1.05B13.072,309Positive News
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.2075 of 5 stars
$18.56
-1.6%
$23.60
+27.2%
+15.4%$2.46B$1.14B16.721,801Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:OCFC) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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