OceanFirst Financial (OCFC) Competitors

OceanFirst Financial (NASDAQ:OCFC) and Simply Good Foods (NASDAQ:SMPL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, OCFC or SMPL?

Simply Good Foods has higher revenue and earnings than OceanFirst Financial. OceanFirst Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simply Good Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
OceanFirst Financial	$641.60M	1.71	$104.03M	$1.75	10.72
Simply Good Foods	$1.33B	2.57	$139.31M	$1.41	24.02

Which has more risk and volatility, OCFC or SMPL?

OceanFirst Financial has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of OCFC or SMPL?

71.0% of OceanFirst Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of OceanFirst Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer OCFC or SMPL?

OceanFirst Financial presently has a consensus target price of $20.42, indicating a potential upside of 8.83%. Simply Good Foods has a consensus target price of $40.22, indicating a potential upside of 18.75%. Given Simply Good Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Simply Good Foods is more favorable than OceanFirst Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OceanFirst Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Simply Good Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media refer more to OCFC or SMPL?

In the previous week, OceanFirst Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Simply Good Foods. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for OceanFirst Financial and 1 mentions for Simply Good Foods. OceanFirst Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Simply Good Foods' score of 0.13 indicating that OceanFirst Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
OceanFirst Financial	Positive
Simply Good Foods	Neutral

Is OCFC or SMPL more profitable?

OceanFirst Financial has a net margin of 15.28% compared to Simply Good Foods' net margin of 10.40%. Simply Good Foods' return on equity of 10.25% beat OceanFirst Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OceanFirst Financial	15.28%	6.08%	0.76%
Simply Good Foods	10.40%	10.25%	7.63%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OCFC or SMPL?

Simply Good Foods received 28 more outperform votes than OceanFirst Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.14% of users gave Simply Good Foods an outperform vote while only 55.89% of users gave OceanFirst Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
OceanFirst Financial	Outperform Votes 280 55.89%	Underperform Votes 221 44.11%
Simply Good Foods	Outperform Votes 308 68.14%	Underperform Votes 144 31.86%

Summary

Simply Good Foods beats OceanFirst Financial on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.