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In the latest session, OceanFirst Financial Corp (NASDAQ: OCFC) closed at $17.95 down -1.83% from its previous closing price of $18.28. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.83 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.93 million shares were traded. OCFC stock price reached its highest trading level at $18.27 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $17.87.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of OceanFirst Financial Corp’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. 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 1030128704 and an Enterprise Value of 2743513344. As of this moment, OceanFirst’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 13.84, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.69. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.78. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.52 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.62. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 7.247.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for OCFC is 1.05, which has changed by -0.005540192 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.15196204 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 -4.95%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 1.28%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, OCFC has traded an average of 433.01K shares per day and 604480 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 76.21% stake in the company. Shares short for OCFC as of 1765756800 were 2488653 with a Short Ratio of 5.75, 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
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for OCFC is 0.80, from 0.8 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.04375171. 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
. The current assessment of OceanFirst Financial Corp (OCFC) involves the perspectives of 6.0 analysts closely monitoring its market dynamics.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 $1.85, with 6.0 analysts recommending between $2.06 and $1.68.
Revenue Estimates
A total of 4 analysts believe the company’s revenue will be $103.55M this quarter.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 $486.49M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $643M and the low estimate is $432.85M.
