OceanFirst Financial (OCFC) Company Overview

OceanFirst Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:OCFC ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call January 24, 2025 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 Tim Switzer - KBW Christopher Marinac - Janney Montgomery Scott David Bishop - Hovde Group Matthew Breese - Stephens Frank Schiraldi - Piper Sandler Daniel Tamayo - Raymond James Operator Good morning, and thank you all for attending the OceanFirst Financial Corp. Q4 2024 Earnings Call. My name is, Brika, and I will be your moderator for today.

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

OceanFirst Financial (OCFC) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.38 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.36 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.45 per share a year ago.

RED BANK, N.J., Jan. 23, 2025 (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 $20.9 million, or $0.36 per diluted share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2024, a decrease from $26.7 million, or $0.46 per diluted share, for the corresponding prior year period, and $24.1 million, or $0.42 per diluted share, for the prior linked quarter. For the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company reported net income available to common stockholders of $96.0 million, or $1.65 per diluted share, a decrease from $100.0 million, or $1.70 per diluted share, for the prior year. Selected performance metrics are as follows (refer to “Selected Quarterly Financial Data” for additional information):

RED BANK, N.J., Jan. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OceanFirst Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:“OCFC”), (the “Company”), announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.4375 per share for every depositary share, representing 1/40th interest in the Series A Preferred Stock, payable on February 17, 2025 to stockholders of record on January 31, 2025.

Beyond analysts' top -and-bottom-line estimates for OceanFirst (OCFC), evaluate projections for some of its key metrics to gain a better insight into how the business might have performed for the quarter ended December 2024.

RED BANK, N.J., Jan. 06, 2025 (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 December 31, 2024 on Thursday, January 23, 2025 after the market close. Management will then conduct a conference call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, on Friday, January 24, 2025 to discuss highlights of the Company's quarterly operating performance.

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.