OceanFirst FinancialNASDAQ: OCFC

OceanFirst Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:OCFC ) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call October 18, 2024 11:00 AM ET Company Participants Alfred Goon - Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations Christopher Maher - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Lebel - President and Chief Operating Officer Patrick Barrett - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Frank Schiraldi - Piper Sandler Daniel Tamayo - Raymond James Tim Switzer - KBW David Bishop - Hovde Matthew Breese - Stephens Manuel Navas - D.A. Davidson Christopher Marinac - JMS Operator Good morning, and thank you all for attending the OceanFirst Financial Corp. Third Quarter '24 Earnings Release Conference Call.

OceanFirst Financial Corp.'s attractive 5% dividend yield is tempting, but concerns about its commercial real estate loan portfolio make it risky. Q3 earnings were mixed: deposits and loans dipped, but loan loss provisions and book value improved. Asset quality metrics were mixed; net charge-offs increased, and non-performing loans rose, but the efficiency ratio improved.

Although the revenue and EPS for OceanFirst (OCFC) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended September 2024, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

OceanFirst Financial (OCFC) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.39 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.38 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.32 per share a year ago.

RED BANK, N.J., Oct. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OceanFirst Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:OCFC) (the “Company”), the holding company for OceanFirst Bank N.A. (the “Bank”), announced net income available to common stockholders of $24.1 million, or $0.42 per diluted share, for the three months ended September 30, 2024, an increase from $19.7 million, or $0.33 per diluted share, for the corresponding prior year period, and $23.4 million, or $0.40 per diluted share, for the prior linked quarter. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company reported net income available to common stockholders of $75.1 million, or $1.29 per diluted share, an increase from $73.3 million, or $1.24 per diluted share, for the corresponding prior year period. Selected performance metrics are as follows (refer to “Selected Quarterly Financial Data” for additional information):

OceanFirst (OCFC) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

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RED BANK, N.J., Sept. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OceanFirst Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:OCFC), the holding company for OceanFirst Bank, today announced that it will issue its earnings release for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 on Thursday, October 17, 2024 after market close. Management will then conduct a conference call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, on Friday, October 18, 2024 to discuss highlights of the Company's quarterly operating performance.

The headline numbers for OceanFirst (OCFC) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended June 2024, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.