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OCFC Stock Forecast: OceanFirst Financial Corp. Price Predictions for 2026-2027

Last close, 8 Oct 2026
$16
−0.24% on the day

The 7 Wall Street analysts covering OceanFirst Financial Corp. hold a median 12-month price target of $22 — +34.0% from the last close. Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model, run across ~4,600 US stocks, ranks it 12 of 100 as at 8 Oct 2026 — in the weakest quartile. The Street sees upside; the factor read is a caution. That gap is the story on this page.

Market cap
$1.6B
Ticker Nerd rank
12 / 100
Median analyst target
$22
Analysts covering
7
Revenue$130.2M+32.6% y/y
Net income−$3.0M
Free cash flow$33.5M
Quarterly, 8 quarters to 30 June 2026 · latest quarter's figure shown
Total return, dividends reinvested
1W
−1.5%
1M
−13.3%
YTD
−5.6%
1Y
−6.3%
From 52W high
−18.1%
From 52W low
0.0%
$16
$20
52-week range, adjusted closes · the dot is the last close
Ticker Nerd rank

OCFC stock analysis: one number for the whole business

Consensus tells you what everyone already believes. The model scores OceanFirst Financial Corp. on its factor families — the same systematic rank behind the Ticker Nerd portfolio.

Where the model ranks itAs at 8 Oct 2026
12 / 100

Percentile across ~4,600 US stocks on Ticker Nerd’s systematic factor model. Higher is better. How the model is built and tested

Growth
63
Value
52
Momentum
41
Size
38
Revisions
38
Volatility
17
Quality
13
Issuance
12
Accruals
11

Growth (63): Sales and profits are climbing, and climbing faster than before.

Accruals (11): A large share of reported profit has not shown up as cash, or the balance sheet is expanding quickly — both tend to unwind.

Built and run by Aslam Ghouse, an ex-Goldman Sachs quant trader with fourteen years in markets.

Wall Street

OCFC stock forecast 2026-2027: analyst price targets & predictions

The bullish and bearish analyst opinions on OCFC, reported as data — targets and ratings, the market's view beside the model's.

Share price and the analyst range, 12 monthsAdjusted close, US dollars
$16$18$20$22$24$26Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26OCFCHigh $25Median $22Low $18

Price targets and ratings are third-party analyst estimates, reported here as data. They are not Ticker Nerd forecasts, and they are frequently wrong.

Data provided by Twelve Data

What Wall Street says7 analysts
3 Buy4 Hold0 Sell
Low $18Median $22High $25

The green dot is the last close — the median target sits +34.0% from it.

Recent analyst actionsNewest first

Of the 20 most recent actions, 3 moved their price target up and 0 moved it down.

DateFirmActionRatingTarget
5 Aug 2026Piper SandlerReiteratesNeutral$19 → $21
28 Apr 2026DA DavidsonMaintainsNeutral$19 → $20
28 Apr 2026DA DavidsonMaintainsNeutral—
27 Oct 2025DA DavidsonAssumesNeutral$19 → $19
27 Oct 2025Raymond JamesReiteratesStrong Buy—
10 Oct 2025Keefe, Bruyette & WoodsUpgradeOutperform—
28 Apr 2025Keefe, Bruyette & WoodsMaintainsMarket Perform—
2 Apr 2025Raymond JamesMaintainsStrong Buy—
24 Jan 2025Stephens & Co.ReiteratesEqual-Weight—
4 Dec 2024DA DavidsonMaintainsNeutral—
4 Dec 2024Keefe, Bruyette & WoodsMaintainsMarket Perform—
18 Nov 2024DA DavidsonMaintainsNeutral—
31 May 2024Keefe, Bruyette & WoodsDowngradeMarket Perform—
22 Apr 2024Keefe, Bruyette & WoodsReiteratesOutperform—
22 Apr 2024Raymond JamesMaintainsOutperform—
19 Apr 2024Stephens & Co.ReiteratesEqual-Weight—
22 Jan 2024Raymond JamesMaintainsOutperform—
5 Jan 2024Raymond JamesUpgradeOutperform—
23 Oct 2023Piper SandlerMaintainsNeutral—
18 Sept 2023DA DavidsonDowngradeNeutral—

Price targets and ratings are third-party analyst estimates, reported here as data. They are not Ticker Nerd forecasts, and they are frequently wrong.

Market Radar

This page is one stock. Monday covers all of them.

Computed off the Friday close and sent before the US open.

Market Radar reports the week’s largest rank changes across roughly 4,600 US stocks, the factor behind each one, and where the market went. OCFC appears on the weeks it earns a place.

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Performance

OCFC vs the S&P 500

Both lines are total return — dividends reinvested — so the comparison is honest on both sides.

Over the twelve months to 8 Oct 2026, OceanFirst Financial Corp. returned −6.3% against +16.2% for the S&P 500, dividends included.

OCFC vs S&P 500, last 12 monthsTotal return, rebased to 100
95100105110115120Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26OCFCS&P 500

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Data provided by Twelve Data

Estimates

OCFC analyst estimate revisions

Not the forecast itself — the direction analysts are revising it. Revision direction is one of the model's factor families.

Which way the estimates are movingNext fiscal year
EPS revision, 90 days
−6.0%
Analysts raising
0
Analysts cutting
3
Fundamentals

OceanFirst Financial Corp. (OCFC) financial data

A margin means little on its own. Each bar marks where the figure sits across the whole US universe we score.

Valuation
Trailing P/E
20.9×

Cheaper than 36% of US stocks

Price / sales
3.8×

Cheaper than 32% of US stocks

Price / book
0.7×

Cheaper than 80% of US stocks

EV / EBITDA
—
Growth & margins
Revenue growth (YoY)
32.2%

Higher than 79% of US stocks

Earnings growth (YoY)
32.6%

Higher than 67% of US stocks

Gross margin
—
Operating margin
36.8%

Higher than 90% of US stocks

Net margin
11.2%

Higher than 72% of US stocks

Returns & dividend
Return on equity
2.4%

Higher than 48% of US stocks

Return on assets
0.3%

Higher than 44% of US stocks

Dividend yield
4.8%

Higher than 93% of US dividend payers

Bars mark the percentile across the ~4,600 US stocks Ticker Nerd covers, among those reporting the figure.

Key statistics

OceanFirst Financial Corp. (OCFC) statistics: revenue, profit & scale

The headline figures, each with its date. Every row carries its own link — cite it straight from here.

  • OceanFirst Financial Corp. has a market value of $1.6B and an enterprise value of $3.7B.

  • Revenue in the twelve months to 30 June 2026: $437.7M. The latest quarter grew 32.2% year on year.

  • Net income over the same four quarters: $48.0M, a 11.0% net margin.

  • Diluted earnings per share, trailing twelve months: $0.85.

  • Free cash flow in the twelve months to 30 June 2026: $112.7M.

  • OceanFirst Financial Corp. spent $7.6M on share buybacks and $45.9M on dividends in the twelve months to 30 June 2026.

  • Shares outstanding: 96.6M.

  • Trailing P/E: 20.9×; forward P/E: 7.3× — the forward figure prices analyst consensus estimates, not reported earnings.

  • Forward dividend yield: 4.84%, paying out 100% of earnings.

  • OceanFirst Financial Corp. employs 898 people — $487K of revenue per employee.

Statement figures: company filings via Twelve Data, four quarters to 30 June 2026 · market figures as at 8 Oct 2026

Data provided by Twelve Data

Peers

OCFC vs competitors

The nearest names by industry and size, scored by the same model — like for like.

Its peer group, ranked by the same modelBanks - Regional
CompanyMarket capTKN rank
OCFCOceanFirst Financial Corp.$1.6B
12
LOBLive Oak Bancshares, Inc.$1.6B
33
RBCAARepublic Bancorp, Inc. (Kentucky)$1.6B
71
OBKOrigin Bancorp, Inc.$1.6B
65
QCRHQCR Holdings, Inc.$1.6B
77
CASHPathward Financial, Inc.$1.5B
63
CNOBConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.$1.5B
74

Look up any of the roughly 4,600 stocks we score.

The rank is the raw material. Whether the rules would actually own OceanFirst Financial Corp. — and when they’d sell — is the membership. See the Ticker Nerd 20 →

News

Latest OCFC news & analysis

OceanFirst Financial Corp. Schedules Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call

GlobeNewsWire · 5 Oct 2026neutral

OceanFirst Financial Corp. announced it will release its third quarter 2026 financial results after market close on October 27, 2026, and will hold a conference call to discuss the results at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on October 28, 2026.

Why it matters — This schedule gives OceanFirst watchers the specific dates and times for the upcoming third-quarter earnings release and management's conference call.

OceanFirst Financial CIO Sells 5,500 Shares at $18.91

The Motley Fool · 8 Sept 2026neutral

OceanFirst Financial Corp.'s chief information officer sold 5,500 shares at $18.91 per share, for a total value of $104,005. The transaction represented 6% of the insider's equity stake held before the filing.

Why it matters — A watcher of OCFC would care because insider share sales can signal management sentiment about the company's stock.

OceanFirst Financial Corp. (OCFC) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha · 31 July 2026neutral

OceanFirst Financial Corp. released the transcript of its Q2 2026 earnings call on Seeking Alpha, covering the company's second-quarter financial results and management commentary.

Why it matters — The earnings call transcript provides OCFC shareholders with detailed insights into the company's quarterly performance and management's perspective on its financial health.

OceanFirst Financial Q2 Earnings Call Highlights

MarketBeat · 31 July 2026neutral

OceanFirst Financial reported a second-quarter GAAP net loss of $0.04 per share, driven by $33.6 million in after-tax merger-related costs from its acquisition of Flushing Financial Corporation. On a core basis, excluding non-recurring items, earnings were $0.43 per share, flat with the prior quarter and up 39% year over year.

Why it matters — The results show both the immediate financial drag from the Flushing Financial acquisition and the underlying earnings strength of the combined company's ongoing operations.

OceanFirst Financial: Merger Complete, Great Dividend Yield

Seeking Alpha · 31 July 2026positive

OceanFirst Financial Corp. completed its acquisition of Flushing Financial, scaling assets to $23.3 billion and expanding its New York metro presence. Q2 2026 results showed adjusted earnings of $0.43 per share, with net interest margin expanding to 3.05% and improvements in credit quality and core return metrics, though merger costs produced headline GAAP losses.

Why it matters — Shareholders would care because the Flushing Financial merger significantly expands OCFC's scale and geographic footprint, while the quarter's adjusted earnings and margin improvement indicate the deal is progressing as expected.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about OCFC stock

What is the OCFC stock price forecast for 2026-2027?

The 7 Wall Street analysts covering OceanFirst Financial Corp. have a median 12-month price target of $22, with estimates ranging from $18 to $25. These are third-party analyst estimates, not Ticker Nerd forecasts, and they are frequently wrong.

Is OCFC stock a buy right now?

Of the 7 analysts covering OceanFirst Financial Corp., 3 rate it a Buy, 4 a Hold and 0 a Sell. Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model ranks OceanFirst Financial Corp. 12 out of 100 across roughly 4,600 US stocks as at 8 Oct 2026. None of this is personal advice — it does not consider your circumstances.

How does Ticker Nerd's model rank OCFC?

As at 8 Oct 2026, OceanFirst Financial Corp. ranks 12 out of 100 on Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model — a percentile across roughly 4,600 US stocks, built from its factor families. Its strongest factor family is Growth (63 of 100).

Will OCFC stock go up?

No one can know that. What the data says: the median 12-month target from 7 analysts implies +34.0% from the last close, and Ticker Nerd's factor model ranks OceanFirst Financial Corp. 12 out of 100 as at 8 Oct 2026. Analyst targets are third-party estimates and frequently wrong; none of this is personal advice.

What is the OCFC stock forecast for 2030?

No analyst covering OceanFirst Financial Corp. publishes a 2030 price target — Wall Street targets run 12 to 18 months out. Sites quoting a 2030 price for OCFC are extrapolating price history, which says nothing about the business. The furthest attributed numbers are the current analyst targets: $18 to $25 over the next 12 months.

How has OCFC stock performed over the past year?

OceanFirst Financial Corp. returned -6.3% over the 12 months to 8 Oct 2026, with dividends reinvested. Past performance does not indicate future returns.

What does OceanFirst Financial Corp. do?

OceanFirst Financial Corp. is a U.S.

What is the latest news on OCFC?

The most recent item we track (GlobeNewsWire, 5 Oct 2026): "OceanFirst Financial Corp. Schedules Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call". OceanFirst Financial Corp. announced it will release its third quarter 2026 financial results after market close on October 27, 2026, and will hold a conference call to discuss the results at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on October 28, 2026.

Company

About OceanFirst Financial Corp.

OceanFirst Financial Corp. is a U.S. bank holding company that operates through OceanFirst Bank N.A., providing community banking and a broad range of financial services to retail and commercial customers. Its core activities include deposit products, residential and commercial lending, mortgage banking, and related banking services designed to support everyday financial needs and business financing. The company also offers wealth management, trust and asset management, bankcard services, and other treasury-related solutions that serve individuals, small businesses, and larger commercial clients. OceanFirst Financial Corp. focuses on relationship-based banking across the communities it serves, with products aimed at deposit gathering, loan origination, and fee-based financial services. It plays a regional role in the financial sector by connecting local customers with traditional banking, financing, and advisory capabilities.

CEO Mr. Christopher D. Maher · 898 employees · United States · https://www.oceanfirst.com