For the quarter ended December 2025, OceanFirst Financial (OCFC) reported revenue of $104.69 million, up 9.6% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.41, compared to $0.38 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.94% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $102.7 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.39, the EPS surprise was +6.03%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how OceanFirst performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Efficiency Ratio: 80.4% compared to the 68.9% average estimate based on two analysts.
- Net Interest Margin: 2.9% compared to the 2.9% average estimate based on two analysts.
- Total Non-Interest Income: $9.41 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $8.85 million.
- Net Interest Income: $95.28 million compared to the $94.35 million average estimate based on two analysts.
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Shares of OceanFirst have returned -3.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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