Company Analysis

OceanFirst Financial Corp. (OCFC)

Nasdaq: OCFC · National Commercial Banks · Toms River, NJ · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade4.3
◀ Past 5.5● Present 4.6▶ Future 1.8

The grade of OceanFirst Financial Corp.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.3/10
◀ Past5.540% of the headline
● Present4.635% of the headline
▶ Future1.825% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.5/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2022-03-03.

weight 45% of this tense · 35th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

OceanFirst Financial Corp.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2022-03-03); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2019-03-01) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+19.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

OceanFirst Financial Corp.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $133 million in fiscal 2016 to $642 million in fiscal 2025, up 19.1% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 10% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span19.1%top 21% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 31% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 42% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak9.9%bottom 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.8% a year. 65% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 3 sales, 3 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 79th percentile among 81 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, OceanFirst Financial Corp.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 65% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 3 sales and 3 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-03, buying about $278 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 27% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.6/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 4%: 4¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 89%: owes 89¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 49th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, OceanFirst Financial Corp. earned about 4 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 89 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 36% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 7% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
2.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 29% of 79 in its family; net margin 11%.

weight 33% of this tense · 29th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

OceanFirst Financial Corp.'s standing among 79 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $642 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 49% by size; a net margin of 11% ranks in the bottom 11%; revenue growth of 14.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 28% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$642Mbottom 49% of its family
  • net margin11.0%bottom 11% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth14.2%bottom 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 35% of 74 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2015.

weight 22% of this tense · 65th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

OceanFirst Financial Corp.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Maher, Christopher (Chairman and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2015-03-20, 11.7 years (top 25% of its family); the 24 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.3 years (bottom 24%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 24 people in charge now (top 4%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge3 in three years among 24 peopletop 4% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.3 yearsbottom 24% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record11.7 yearstop 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

1.8/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
1.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 18% of 71 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 18th percentile among 71 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

OceanFirst Financial Corp.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $135 million against debt of $255 million leaves -0.8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 20% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 12.4% of revenue (bottom 15%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-0.8%bottom 20% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue12.4%bottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
1.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 17% of 79 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 17th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

OceanFirst Financial Corp.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 14.2% a year over the last three filed years against 19.1% over all 10, slowing (bottom 8% of its family); the newest year grew 0% (bottom 31%); capital spending grew -21.8% a year (bottom 11%) (its annual reports). OceanFirst Financial Corp. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-4.9 points a yearbottom 8% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth0.0%bottom 31% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-21.8%bottom 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
1.9/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 19% of 76 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 19th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

OceanFirst Financial Corp.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $642 million in fiscal 2025 came in 18% below the $784 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 48% of its family); net income of $71 million against a prior three-year average of $117 million (bottom 5%); a net margin of 11% against 22.2% before (bottom 5%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-18.0%bottom 48% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-39%bottom 5% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-11.2 pointsbottom 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton OCFC · research, not advice