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OceanFirst Financial Corp.OCFCCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Savings Banks

Jersey Shore, New Jersey-based bank offering commercial and retail banking along the New Jersey coast.

Momentum neutral 55
Mkt cap
$1.82B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
88%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$21.5M
20-day average traded
P/B
0.75×
price to book
ROE
2.3%
delivered
Implied ROE
8.1%
what the price asks
Next earnings
83 days
28 Jan 2027
Close · USD$18.13
1D-1.1%
1W+1.1%
1M+10.4%
3M-4.6%
6M-3.6%
YTD+1.0%
1Y-0.7%
ATR %2.9%
Beta0.55
52w lowhigh12.0% off high

What OceanFirst Financial does

Jersey Shore, New Jersey-based bank offering commercial and retail banking along the New Jersey coast.

Earns mainly from the gap between interest on loans and what it pays on deposits, with a loan book weighted to commercial lending. It began on the Jersey Shore and has extended into the New York and Philadelphia areas through bank acquisitions.

Products and services

  • Commercial banking
  • Retail banking

Customers

  • Jersey Shore small businesses and consumers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Regional banks
  • New Jersey coastal community banking

What could go right

  • New Jersey coastal commercial loan growth

What could go wrong

  • Net interest margin compression
  • Regional economic slowdown

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution). Established Jersey Shore branch franchise built through community-bank acquisitions.

Headquarters: Toms River, New Jersey, US · Founded: 1902 · Employees: 954

Named competitors

OceanFirst Financial at a glance

Size OceanFirst Financial (OCFC) is a United States Financials company (Savings Banks) with a market value of $1.82B, the 1863rd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $18.13 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 3.6%, against +8.8% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 4th lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 31.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.4%); the operating margin is 31.8% (peer median 43.9%).

Valuation It trades at 0.75× book value against a peer median of 1.14× (2nd cheapest of 20).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 8.1%; OceanFirst Financial delivers 2.3%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Short interest Short interest is 5.7% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 28 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 110OCFC 99
Six months, rebased to 100: OceanFirst Financial against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

OceanFirst Financial financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$890M$687M$688M$640M$482M
Revenue growth—0%+8%+33%—
Net income$47.0M$71.0M$100M$104M$147M
Free cash flown/a$60.4M$98.4M$121M$230M
Capital expendituren/a$7.70M$7.57M$7.71M$20.9M
Total debt$2.30B$1.73B$1.35B$1.14B$1.50B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

OceanFirst Financial competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+20%+40%0%+10%SHAWNWBITFINPFSCLBKSPOLCFFNMINGTRSTSMBCTFSLHIFSTCBXGCBCSOAGMORGKRNYPDLBOCFC6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. OceanFirst Financial is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

5%10%15%10×20×SHAWNWBITFINPFSCLBKSPOLCFFNTRSTWSFSSMBCTFSLHIFSTCBXGCBCMORGKRNYPDLBOCFCReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. OceanFirst Financial is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

5%10%15%5%10%15%SHAWNWBITFINCLBKSPOLCFFNMINGTRSTWSFSSMBCTFSLHIFSTCBXGCBCSOAGMORGKRNYPDLBOCFCROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. OceanFirst Financial is the large dot.

OceanFirst Financial competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (OCFC vs PFS vs CLBK vs CNOB)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
OceanFirst Financial OCFC$1.82B-4%+31%2%0.75×8.1%
Provident Financial Services PFS$2.99B+2%+4%11%1.05×9.2%
Columbia Financial CLBK$2.99B+25%+23%2%0.95×6.2%
ConnectOne Bancorp CNOB$1.63B+8%+24%10%1.10×10.7%

How OceanFirst Financial compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

OceanFirst Financial against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureOCFCPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+10.4%+2.4%2nd highest of 21
6-month return-3.6%+8.8%4th lowest of 20
Return on equity2.3%10.7%2nd lowest of 20
Price / book0.75×1.14×2nd cheapest of 20
Trailing P/E25.4×12.2×4th most expensive of 20
ROE the price implies8.1%9.2%9th least demanding of 20
ROE delivered2.3%10.7%2nd lowest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
OceanFirst Financial OCFCUnited States$1.82B-4%+31%2%0.75×8.1%2.3%
Shawbrook SHAW.LUnited Kingdom$1.96B-12%+5%12%0.79×8.0%12.2%
Northwest Bancshares NWBIUnited States$2.23B+10%+13%11%1.18×9.3%10.7%
Triumph Financial TFINUnited States$1.46B-8%+13%5%1.57×17.5%5.3%
American Savings Bank N.A ASBHUnited States$1.30Bn/an/an/an/an/an/a
Provident Financial Services PFSUnited States$2.99B+2%+4%11%1.05×9.2%11.0%
Columbia Financial CLBKUnited States$2.99B+25%+23%2%0.95×6.2%2.3%
Sparebank 1 Ostlandet SPOL.OLNorway$3.01B+9%-2%9%1.09×7.1%9.1%
Capitol Federal Financial CFFNUnited States$1.06B+7%+6%8%1.04×8.4%8.4%
SpareBank 1 SMN MING.OLNorway$3.38B+16%-6%9%1.08×7.0%8.8%
TrustCo Bank Corp NY TRSTUnited States$947M+17%+6%10%1.50×10.7%10.0%
WSFS Financial WSFSUnited States$3.99B+10%+2%12%1.53×12.4%12.4%
Southern Missouri Bancorp SMBCUnited States$775M+2%+3%13%1.29×10.5%12.9%
TFS Financial TFSLUnited States$4.61B+9%+6%5%2.72×18.1%5.1%
Hingham Institution for Savings HIFSUnited States$647M+5%+3%13%1.26×10.6%12.6%
Third Coast Bancshares TCBXUnited States$646M+1%+18%13%0.96×7.9%12.7%
Greene County Bancorp GCBCUnited States$615M+51%+8%17%2.15×12.5%16.7%
SpareBank 1 Ostfold Akershus SOAG.OLNorway$609M-4%+2%12%1.14×6.2%12.1%
Sparebanken More MORG.OLNorway$604M-2%-15%12%0.65×4.9%11.6%
Kearny Financial KRNYUnited States$585M+10%+1%5%0.77×6.8%4.9%
Ponce Financial PDLBUnited States$525M+22%+15%8%1.49×9.7%8.2%

Questions

Who are OceanFirst Financial's main competitors?
Named competitors: Provident Financial Services (PFS), Columbia Financial (CLBK), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Shawbrook (SHAW.L), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Triumph Financial (TFIN), American Savings Bank N.A (ASBH), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Columbia Financial (CLBK).
Is OceanFirst Financial expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 0.75× against a peer median of 1.14×, 2nd cheapest of 20 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 8.1%; OceanFirst Financial delivers 2.3%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has OceanFirst Financial stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -3.6% against +8.8% for the median peer; over one year -0.7%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.