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OceanFirst Financial Corp.

OCFC

Financial Services · 16.79 +1.6% today

Partial group confirmationMarket checked 2 Oct, 15:30 GMT-4

Market read

OceanFirst Financial Corp.'s move is spreading beyond its market group.

OCFC accounts for 22.1% of the group's measured movement across 5.9 effective names. all 8 measured members are rising in raw terms, but 7 of 8 session-normalized paths align to the upside. Capital-flow agreement is 13%, so confirmation is not yet clean. No verified headline preceded the measured group move.

MOVE ANATOMY

Is this move genuinely shared?

Session-normalized 5m paths
Role in the moveAligned contributor#2 of 8 by movement share
Group movement share22.1%Absolute path energy—not portfolio weight
Relative path+0.69%aligned
Effective breadth5.9 / 8broad
Relative alignment7/8upside path · 0 counter-moving
Capital-flow agreement13%not yet clean
SEQUENCE READ

HOPE moved materially before OCFC. OCFC crossed its material path threshold at 15:50 ET. BANR, AX, BFST followed.

EVIDENCE COVERAGE

7 of 8 members in Banks and Insurers are active. 0 of 1 disclosed connections are confirming.

What would change this read
  • At least 6 of 8 members remain active in the next snapshot.
  • Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
  • NBTB remains aligned with the group in the next market snapshot.

Invalidation: The live read weakens if participation falls to 2 of 8 members or fewer.

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Research brief

The story so far

Financial Services · Banks - Regional

OCFC accounts for 22.1% of the group's measured movement across 5.9 effective names. all 8 measured members are rising in raw terms, but 7 of 8 session-normalized paths align to the upside. Capital-flow agreement is 13%, so confirmation is not yet clean. No verified headline preceded the measured group move.

Evidence that supports

No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.

Evidence that challenges

No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.

What would clarify the read
  • At least 6 of 8 members remain active in the next snapshot.
  • Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
  • NBTB remains aligned with the group in the next market snapshot.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Oct 2, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods0
Price observations334
Usable filing statements131
Verified relationships1
Evidence supporting the case

No qualifying supportive evidence was identified.

Evidence challenging the case
  • Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 3 filings.
Questions before a position

No credible peer-relative valuation comparison is available yet.

Longer-term price context

Price as of Oct 1, 2026

16.68
6m-4.6%12m-9.8%24m—

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Credit and interest ratesnegative · 3 filings
“Other borrowings increased by $57.7 million to $255.2 million, from $197.5 million primarily due to the issuance of $185.0 million in subordinated notes in October 2025 at an initial rate of 6.375% and stated maturity of November 15, 2035.”
10-K · Feb 27, 2026 ↗
Macroeconomic conditionspositive · 2 filings
“The remaining increase of $4.8 million was primarily driven by an increase in compensation and benefits of $2.7 million, mostly due to the net impact of discontinuation of residential initiatives and commercial banking hires adjusted for annual inflationary i…”
10-Q · May 1, 2026 ↗
Restructuring and cost reductionsnegative · 2 filings
“Operating expenses in the current quarter were adversely impacted by merger-related expenses of $4.2 million, for the anticipated merger with Flushing, and restructuring charges of $128,000, related to the discontinuation of residential loan originations.”
10-Q · May 1, 2026 ↗
Legal and regulatory exposuremixed · 1 filings
“Additional drivers were increases in professional fees of $4.3 million, partly related to Premier Banking recruitment fees, data processing expense of $3.4 million, other operating expenses of $3.3 million, primarily related to loan servicing expenses, occupa…”
10-K · Feb 27, 2026 ↗

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales — · EV/sales —. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Scenarios are withheld for Financial Services until sector-specific earnings and capital metrics are available; generic revenue/P/S scaffolds would be misleading.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

16.79+1.6% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 2 Oct, 15:30 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for OCFC. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Filing analysis

No comparable filing assessment is available yet

Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for OCFC. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind OCFC

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depended on by

UMHUMH Properties, Inc.lenderFeb 25, 2026 ▾

“The Company had a $ 20 million revolving line of credit with OceanFirst Bank (“OceanFirst Line”) secured by the Company’s eligible notes receivable.”

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

OCFC is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Banks and Insurers. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 1 filing-linked name are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.