OCFC vs. BRKL, PFC, CFFN, NFBK, CASH, TFSL, WD, SMPL, WSFS, and NYCB
Should you be buying OceanFirst Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OceanFirst Financial include Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Premier Financial (PFC), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Pathward Financial (CASH), TFS Financial (TFSL), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), and New York Community Bancorp (NYCB).
OceanFirst Financial (NASDAQ:OCFC) and Brookline Bancorp (NASDAQ:BRKL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
OceanFirst Financial has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookline Bancorp has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
OceanFirst Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brookline Bancorp. OceanFirst Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookline Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
OceanFirst Financial has a net margin of 14.78% compared to Brookline Bancorp's net margin of 12.04%. Brookline Bancorp's return on equity of 6.53% beat OceanFirst Financial's return on equity.
OceanFirst Financial received 58 more outperform votes than Brookline Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.89% of users gave Brookline Bancorp an outperform vote while only 56.16% of users gave OceanFirst Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, OceanFirst Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Brookline Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for OceanFirst Financial and 12 mentions for Brookline Bancorp. Brookline Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat OceanFirst Financial's score of 0.39 indicating that Brookline Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
71.0% of OceanFirst Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of OceanFirst Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
OceanFirst Financial currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.12%. Brookline Bancorp has a consensus target price of $11.25, indicating a potential upside of 7.14%. Given Brookline Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brookline Bancorp is more favorable than OceanFirst Financial.
OceanFirst Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Brookline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. OceanFirst Financial pays out 46.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookline Bancorp pays out 58.1% 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.
Summary
OceanFirst Financial and Brookline Bancorp tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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