OceanFirst Financial Corp. trades at a reasonable forward P/E of 7.7x with steady net margins of 18%, but an extremely elevated put/call ratio of 6.50, below-average quality fundamentals, and limited growth make it a hold rather than a buy at current prices.
Thesis pillars
- Reasonable Valuation Forward Pe→Stable
- Elevated Put Call Risk↓Deteriorating
- Weak Growth Below Trend↓Deteriorating
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
OceanFirst Financial Corp. (OCFC) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup
Financial Services · Banks - Regional
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $19.53 — A.R:R is negative (-0.6) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Concentration risk — Loan Portfolio: commercial real estate loans (69.2%).
OceanFirst Financial Corp. operates as the bank holding company for OceanFirst Bank N.A. that provides community banking services to retail and commercial customers in the United States. The company accepts deposit products, such as money market accounts, savings accounts,... Read more
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $19.53 — A.R:R is negative (-0.6) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Concentration risk — Loan Portfolio: commercial real estate loans (69.2%). Chart setup: RSI 59 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 5/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio and earnings proximity 5d<=7d. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-07-26Recent Developments — OceanFirst Financial Corp.
Latest news
- NEWS OceanFirst Financial (OCFC) Reports Q1: Everything You Need To Know Ahead Of Earnings - StockStory — StockStory neutral
- NEWS OceanFirst Financial Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend - TipRanks — TipRanks neutral
- NEWS OceanFirst Financial Corp. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.20 per Share - Quiver Quantitative — Quiver Quantitative neutral
- NEWS Strategic Value Bank Partners Opens $11.6 Million Position in OceanFirst Financial Ahead of Merger - The Motley Fool — The Motley Fool positive
- NEWS OCFC Maintained by DA Davidson -- Price Target Raised to $20.00 - GuruFocus — GuruFocus positive
Generated 2026-07-26T10:57:22Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHloan_portfoliocommercial real estate loans69%10-K Item 1A: '$7.63 billion, or 69.2%, of the Company's total loans consisted of commercial real estate'
- MEDIUMloan_portfolioinvestor owned commercial real estate loans49%10-K Item 1: '$5.42 billion, or 49.1% of total loans, were investor owned commercial real estate, multi-family, and construction loans'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-06-01Item 2.01MEDIUMOceanFirst completed its previously announced merger with Flushing Financial Corporation effective June 1, 2026; Flushing merged into OceanFirst and Flushing Bank merged into OceanFirst Bank, with OceanFirst as the surviving corporation.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $19.53 — A.R:R is negative (-0.6) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Concentration risk — Loan Portfolio: commercial real estate loans (69.2%). Chart setup: RSI 59 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $18.74. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $19.91 (-3.3% upside). Prior stop was $18.74. Stop-loss: $18.74.
Concentration risk — Loan Portfolio: commercial real estate loans (69.2%); Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Earnings in 5 days (event risk).
OceanFirst Financial Corp. trades at a P/E of 16.4 (forward 8.5). TrendMatrix value score: 6.4/10. Verdict: Sell.
13 analysts cover OCFC with a consensus score of 3.8/5. Average price target: $22.
What does OceanFirst Financial Corp. do?OceanFirst Financial Corp. operates as the bank holding company for OceanFirst Bank N.A. that provides community...
OceanFirst Financial Corp. operates as the bank holding company for OceanFirst Bank N.A. that provides community banking services to retail and commercial customers in the United States. The company accepts deposit products, such as money market accounts, savings accounts, interest-bearing checking accounts, non-interest-bearing accounts, and time deposits, including brokered deposits. It also offers commercial real estate, multi-family, land loans, construction, and commercial and industrial loans; fixed-rate and adjustable-rate mortgage loans that are secured by one-to-four family residences; and consumer loans, such as home equity loans and lines of credit, student loans, loans on savings accounts, overdraft line of credit, and other consumer loans. In addition, the company invests in mortgage-backed securities, securities issued by the U.S. government and agencies, corporate securities, and other investments; and provides bankcard services, trust and asset management products and services, deposit account services, sales of loans and investments, bank owned life insurance and commercial loan swap income. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Toms River, New Jersey.