# OceanFirst Financial (OCFC.US)

Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/OCFC

Analysis as of: 2026-10-16T07:30:50.416Z. Financial observations: FY2015–FY2025.

Listing currency: USD. Reporting currency: USD.

## Verdict

Not a wonderful business

Quality tests for Buy: not passed (profit record: pass; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no.

Share price: $15.96 per share; close as of 2026-10-15.

Estimated value: low $12.20 per share, central $14.49 per share, high $17.82 per share. Buy at or below the central value $14.49 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-16T07:30:50.416Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals.

Expected annual return: 9.5% at the stated quote. About 9.5% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%). required return 10.0% a year (10% floor; US 10-year bond 5.1% + 4 points).

## Checklist

### understandable: pass

- Financial history: 10 years

- Profitable years in the last ten: 10

- Required profitable years: 9

- Return on common equity variation (informational): 0.51×

Chart: Net income; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: $23M

- FY2017: $42M

- FY2018: $72M

- FY2019: $89M

- FY2020: $61M

- FY2021: $106M

- FY2022: $143M

- FY2023: $100M

- FY2024: $96M

- FY2025: $67M

### moat: fail

- Tangible common book per share

- median return on common equity below threshold

- return on tangible common equity below 5% in more than one year

- Bank / P&C ROTE, median of available years: 8.5%

- Required median return: 12.0%

- Return uses tangible common equity: Yes

- Bank ROTE, second-lowest year: 1.0%

- Years with reported combined ratio: 0

Chart: Return on tangible common equity; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: 5.5%

- FY2017: 9.6%

- FY2018: 10.5%

- FY2019: 11.6%

- FY2020: 0.6%

- FY2021: 1.0%

- FY2022: 13.4%

- FY2023: 8.7%

- FY2024: 8.2%

- FY2025: 5.9%

### economics: fail

- Tangible common book per share

- book value per share plus dividends compounded below 7% annually

- Book value per share + reinvested dividends, annualized return: -14.5%

- Book return interval: 10 years

- Starting book value per share: $133.49

- Ending book value per share: $19.78

Chart: Annual book + dividend return; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: -86.4%

- FY2017: -21.1%

- FY2018: 12.1%

- FY2019: 9.5%

- FY2020: 1088.4%

- FY2021: 4.0%

- FY2022: -89.7%

- FY2023: 12.2%

- FY2024: 7.4%

- FY2025: 3.1%

### management: fail

- Tangible common book per share

- book per share gain below retained common earnings per share

- Diluted shares, 10-year annual growth: 13.1%

- Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: -0.9%

- Share growth excluding flagged crisis recapitalisations: 13.1%

- Five-year share growth excluding flagged crisis recapitalisations: -0.9%

- Flagged crisis recapitalisations: 0

- Book created / earnings retained after dividends and buybacks: -26.44×

- Book value created per share: -$113.71

- Earnings retained per share after dividends and buybacks: $4.30

Chart: Shares (first year = 100); fiscal year observations.

- FY2015: 100

- FY2016: 140

- FY2017: 197

- FY2018: 283

- FY2019: 302

- FY2020: 357

- FY2021: 355

- FY2022: 350

- FY2023: 351

- FY2024: 347

- FY2025: 342

### accounting: pass

- Financial accounting warning count: 0

- Deposits, annualized growth: 19.1%

- Known restatement years: 0

- Years loan growth exceeded twice deposit growth: 0

- Years credit losses exceeded peer median: 0

## Holders

- [Martin Whitman](https://gigainvestors.com/TA): tracked 13F investor; follow the investor page for holding quarter and amounts.

## Price story

Down 33% since Jan 2023 · net income -30.1%

Story as of 2026-10-16T09:59:18.645Z; price observation 2026-10-15.

The price assumes profits grow 5.1% a year forever

- 2025-10-23: OceanFirst outlines 7%–9% loan growth target for 2026 amid strong commercial momentum and restructuring ([seekingalpha.com](https://seekingalpha.com/news/4507734-oceanfirst-outlines-7-percent-9-percent-loan-growth-target-for-2026-amid-strong-commercial?utm_source=feed_news_all&utm_medium=referral&feed_item_type=news))

### Net income · FY2025

net income -30.1%; source https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004702/000100470226000015/ocfc-20251231.htm; observed 2026-02-27.

- FY2016: $23M 

- FY2017: $42M 

- FY2018: $72M 

- FY2019: $89M 

- FY2020: $61M 

- FY2021: $106M 

- FY2022: $143M 

- FY2023: $100M 

- FY2024: $96M 

- FY2025: $67M 

## Owner memo

Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z.

### How it makes money

Operates in regional banking; annual sales are USD 404.9 million.

- Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004702/000100470226000015/ocfc-20251231.htm#000100470226000015 (filed 2026-02-27); FY2025: revenue 404924000.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-15); OCFC.US: 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.

### Why customers stay

It earns 8.5% on shareholders’ money, excluding intangible assets.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-02-27); 10-year return on tangible equity observations [[2016,0.055410360289963094],[2017,0.0959654732180181],[2018,0.10517219951896717],[2019,0.11610476090604027],[2020,0.0057267130788763694],[2021,0.009648888185343079],[2022,0.13388224424375927],[2023,0.08730924318836354],[2024,0.08239874200131943],[2025,0.059090352924192555]]; median 0.08485399259484148. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity.

### Where the cash goes

Paid dividends in 10 of 10 years; bought back USD 82.3 million of shares.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-02-27); Dividend observations: [[2016,12616000],[2017,19286000],[2018,29564000],[2019,34241000],[2020,42917000],[2021,44510000],[2022,47511000],[2023,51274000],[2024,50880000],[2025,48247000]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement.

- Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004702/000100470226000015/ocfc-20251231.htm (filed 2026-02-27); FY2025: cash repurchases 82278000 USD.

### Are managers owners

Insiders own 2.4% of the company.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-15); OCFC.US SharesStats.PercentInsiders = 2.3970000000000002 percentage points; cache date 2026-10-15.

### What the price says

The price assumes profits grow 5.1% a year forever.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-02-27); Price 15.96; FX 1; original perpetual distributable cash 0.7749025442427036; discount 0.1; growth 0.051447209007349406. Same book-value model and 4× ceiling; no ten-year operating fade applies. Closing-price date 2026-10-15.

## Monthly share-price history (USD per share)

- 2016-10: $20.68 per share

- 2016-11: $23.72 per share

- 2016-12: $30.03 per share

- 2017-01: $28.41 per share

- 2017-02: $29.19 per share

- 2017-03: $28.18 per share

- 2017-04: $27.65 per share

- 2017-05: $26.50 per share

- 2017-06: $27.12 per share

- 2017-07: $27.08 per share

- 2017-08: $24.96 per share

- 2017-09: $27.49 per share

- 2017-10: $27.75 per share

- 2017-11: $27.75 per share

- 2017-12: $26.25 per share

- 2018-01: $26.45 per share

- 2018-02: $25.88 per share

- 2018-03: $26.75 per share

- 2018-04: $26.98 per share

- 2018-05: $29.32 per share

- 2018-06: $29.96 per share

- 2018-07: $29.17 per share

- 2018-08: $29.20 per share

- 2018-09: $27.22 per share

- 2018-10: $25.32 per share

- 2018-11: $25.77 per share

- 2018-12: $22.51 per share

- 2019-01: $24.01 per share

- 2019-02: $25.20 per share

- 2019-03: $24.06 per share

- 2019-04: $25.18 per share

- 2019-05: $23.82 per share

- 2019-06: $24.85 per share

- 2019-07: $24.40 per share

- 2019-08: $21.02 per share

- 2019-09: $23.60 per share

- 2019-10: $23.93 per share

- 2019-11: $23.98 per share

- 2019-12: $25.54 per share

- 2020-01: $23.26 per share

- 2020-02: $20.44 per share

- 2020-03: $15.91 per share

- 2020-04: $16.85 per share

- 2020-05: $16.70 per share

- 2020-06: $17.63 per share

- 2020-07: $15.32 per share

- 2020-08: $15.61 per share

- 2020-09: $13.69 per share

- 2020-10: $14.97 per share

- 2020-11: $15.77 per share

- 2020-12: $18.63 per share

- 2021-01: $18.16 per share

- 2021-02: $21.73 per share

- 2021-03: $23.94 per share

- 2021-04: $22.86 per share

- 2021-05: $22.11 per share

- 2021-06: $20.84 per share

- 2021-07: $19.50 per share

- 2021-08: $21.26 per share

- 2021-09: $21.41 per share

- 2021-10: $22.17 per share

- 2021-11: $20.61 per share

- 2021-12: $22.20 per share

- 2022-01: $22.70 per share

- 2022-02: $22.38 per share

- 2022-03: $20.10 per share

- 2022-04: $18.73 per share

- 2022-05: $20.17 per share

- 2022-06: $19.13 per share

- 2022-07: $20.56 per share

- 2022-08: $19.44 per share

- 2022-09: $18.64 per share

- 2022-10: $22.58 per share

- 2022-11: $23.36 per share

- 2022-12: $21.25 per share

- 2023-01: $23.92 per share

- 2023-02: $23.72 per share

- 2023-03: $18.48 per share

- 2023-04: $16.00 per share

- 2023-05: $14.20 per share

- 2023-06: $15.62 per share

- 2023-07: $18.63 per share

- 2023-08: $16.87 per share

- 2023-09: $14.47 per share

- 2023-10: $12.66 per share

- 2023-11: $13.86 per share

- 2023-12: $17.36 per share

- 2024-01: $17.23 per share

- 2024-02: $15.20 per share

- 2024-03: $16.41 per share

- 2024-04: $14.76 per share

- 2024-05: $15.05 per share

- 2024-06: $15.89 per share

- 2024-07: $18.17 per share

- 2024-08: $17.87 per share

- 2024-09: $18.59 per share

- 2024-10: $18.20 per share

- 2024-11: $20.68 per share

- 2024-12: $18.10 per share

- 2025-01: $17.96 per share

- 2025-02: $18.01 per share

- 2025-03: $17.01 per share

- 2025-04: $16.56 per share

- 2025-05: $16.81 per share

- 2025-06: $17.61 per share

- 2025-07: $16.78 per share

- 2025-08: $18.39 per share

- 2025-09: $17.57 per share

- 2025-10: $18.18 per share

- 2025-11: $18.85 per share

- 2025-12: $17.95 per share

- 2026-01: $18.75 per share

- 2026-02: $18.06 per share

- 2026-03: $18.04 per share

- 2026-04: $19.07 per share

- 2026-05: $18.79 per share

- 2026-06: $19.53 per share

- 2026-07: $19.31 per share

- 2026-08: $18.84 per share

- 2026-09: $16.53 per share

- 2026-10: $15.96 per share

## Annual estimated value (USD per share)

- FY2016: low $10.44 per share, central $12.31 per share, high $15.00 per share

- FY2017: low $9.02 per share, central $10.85 per share, high $13.61 per share

- FY2018: low $9.60 per share, central $11.59 per share, high $14.62 per share

- FY2019: low $10.87 per share, central $13.23 per share, high $16.91 per share

- FY2020: low $106.28 per share, central $127.04 per share, high $157.88 per share

- FY2021: low $72.99 per share, central $84.77 per share, high $101.10 per share

- FY2022: low $7.09 per share, central $8.24 per share, high $9.85 per share

- FY2023: low $8.83 per share, central $10.37 per share, high $12.54 per share

- FY2024: low $12.85 per share, central $15.39 per share, high $19.17 per share

- FY2025: low $15.89 per share, central $17.47 per share, high $19.42 per share

Historical values use today's bond yield for every fiscal year

Historical values use today's FX rate into trading currency for every fiscal year

Historical values use current restated fundamentals and current commodity classification; they are not point-in-time estimates

## Sources

[Original 10-K filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004702/000100470226000015/ocfc-20251231.htm); period 2025-12-31, filed 2026-02-27.

Estimates depend on assumptions and are not guarantees or investment advice. Underlying data remains subject to its source licenses; public reading does not grant bulk redistribution rights.

## Reported holder observations

- [Martin Whitman](https://gigainvestors.com/TA): 246,662 OCFC shares; USD 4,817,000 reported position value; 0.77% of portfolio; hold; quarter 2026 Q2.

# OCFC — OceanFirst Financial Corp.

Held by 1 investor · USD 4,817,000 total · 2026 Q2 · reported price USD 19.53 (split-adjusted).
Page: https://gigainvestors.com/s/OCFC

## Holders (2026 Q2)

| Investor | Value | % of their portfolio | This quarter |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Martin Whitman (https://gigainvestors.com/TA) | USD 4,817,000 | 0.8% | hold |

## Total held by quarter

- 2024 Q4: USD 1,102,156 · 1 holder · USD 18.11
- 2025 Q1: USD 1,984,097 · 1 holder · USD 17.01
- 2025 Q2: USD 2,857,011 · 1 holder · USD 17.61
- 2025 Q3: USD 2,818,066 · 1 holder · USD 17.36
- 2025 Q4: USD 3,460,886 · 1 holder · USD 17.95
- 2026 Q1: USD 4,449,782 · 1 holder · USD 18.04
- 2026 Q2: USD 4,817,000 · 1 holder · USD 19.53