OceanFirst Financial Corp. offers a 5% dividend yield, but concerns about its loan portfolio and asset quality justify a hold/neutral rating. Q1 results were mixed: revenue slightly beat expectations, but net income and EPS declined year-over-year and sequentially. Asset quality metrics are mixed with increased delinquent loans and higher provisions for credit losses, signaling potential risks.

OceanFirst Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:OCFC ) Q1 2025 Results Earnings Conference Call April 25, 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 III - President and Chief Operating Officer Patrick Barrett - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Frank Schiraldi - Piper Sandler Tim Switzer - KBW David Bishop - Hovde Group Christopher Marinac - Janney Montgomery Scott Daniel Tamayo - Raymond James Matthew Breese - Stephens, Inc. Manuel Navas - D.A. Davidson Companies Operator Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining the OceanFirst Financial Corp. Q1 2025 earnings call.

Although the revenue and EPS for OceanFirst (OCFC) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended March 2025, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

RED BANK, N.J., April 24, 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 $20.5 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, a decrease from $27.7 million, or $0.47 per diluted share, for the corresponding prior year period, and a decrease from $20.9 million, or $0.36 per diluted share, for the linked quarter. Selected performance metrics are as follows (refer to “Selected Quarterly Financial Data” for additional information):

RED BANK, N.J., April 14, 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 March 31, 2025 on Thursday, April 24, 2025 after the market close. Management will then conduct a conference call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, on Friday, April 25, 2025 to discuss highlights of the Company's quarterly operating performance.

RED BANK, N.J., April 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OceanFirst Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: OCFC) (the “Company”), the holding company for OceanFirst Bank N.A. (the “Bank” or “OceanFirst”), announced today that it will redeem 57,370 shares of its 7.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), constituting all of the outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, on May 15, 2025, the next dividend payment date for the Series A Preferred Stock (the “Redemption Date”). Payment of the cash redemption price equal to $1,000 per share of Series A Preferred Stock (the “Redemption Price”) (equivalent to $25 per Depositary Share) will be made on the Redemption Date. The Redemption Price does not include the previously declared dividend payment that is due on the Redemption Date and that will be paid immediately prior to the redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock on the Redemption Date to holders of record on the record date for such dividend payment. On the Redemption Date, simultaneous with the redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock, the depositary for the Series A Preferred Stock will redeem 2,294,800 depositary shares (the “Depositary Shares”), each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of the Series A Preferred Stock, for an amount per Depositary Share equal to 1/40th of the Redemption Price per share of Series A Preferred Stock.