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The closing price of OceanFirst Financial Corp (NASDAQ: OCFC) was $17.49 for the day, down -1.19% from the previous closing price of $17.7. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.19 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.93 million shares were traded. OCFC stock price reached its highest trading level at $17.78 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $17.32.
Ratios:
Our analysis of OCFC’s different ratios will help us gain a deeper understanding of the company. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.20 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.16.
On October 10, 2025, Keefe Bruyette Upgraded its rating to Outperform which previously was Mkt Perform but kept the price unchanged to $22.
Hovde Group reiterated its Outperform rating for the stock on January 27, 2025, while the target price for the stock was revised from $23 to $22.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, OCFC now has a Market Capitalization of 1003761024 and an Enterprise Value of 2717114624. As of this moment, OceanFirst’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 13.48, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.36. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.71. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.48 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.61. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 7.178.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for OCFC is 1.05, which has changed by -0.018302858 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16623151 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, OCFC has reached a high of $20.61, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $14.29. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -7.04%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -1.36%.
Shares Statistics:
OCFC traded an average of 466.30K shares per day over the past three months and 740990 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 57.39M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 55.50M. Insiders hold about 3.29% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 76.20% stake in the company. Shares short for OCFC as of 1765756800 were 2488653 with a Short Ratio of 5.34, compared to 1763078400 on 2249274. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2488653 and a Short% of Float of 4.4799999999999995.
Dividends & Splits
With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 0.8, OCFC has a forward annual dividend rate of 0.80. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.04519774. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.12. The current Payout Ratio is 48.56% for OCFC, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-11-03 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-11-03. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2002-05-20 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
Current recommendations for the stock of the company come from 6.0 analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.4, with high estimates of $0.43 and low estimates of $0.35.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $1.51 and $1.38 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $1.43. EPS for the following year is $1.87, with 6.0 analysts recommending between $2.06 and $1.68.
Revenue Estimates
It is expected that $90B in revenue will be generated in. The current quarter, according to 4 analysts. It ranges from a high estimate of $105.3M to a low estimate of $101.28M. As of. The current estimate, OceanFirst Financial Corp’s year-ago sales were $95.57MFor the next quarter, 4 analysts are estimating revenue of $103.29M. There is a high estimate of $104M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $101.67M.
A total of 4 analysts have provided revenue estimates for OCFC’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $405M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $401.11M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $403.15M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $380MBased on 4 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $530.91M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $643M and the low estimate is $432.85M.
