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OceanFirst Financial Corp has a consensus price target of $21 based on the ratings of 7 analysts. The high is $24 issued by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods on April 24, 2023. The low is $15 issued by Piper Sandler on October 23, 2023. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by Raymond James, DA Davidson, and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods on October 27, 2025, October 27, 2025, and October 10, 2025, respectively. With an average price target of $21.33 between Raymond James, DA Davidson, and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, there's an implied 18.32% upside for OceanFirst Financial Corp from these most-recent analyst ratings.
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| Buy Now | Get Alert | ||||||
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| 10/27/2025 | Buy Now | 27.57% | Raymond James | $21 → $23 | Reiterates | Strong Buy → Strong Buy | Get Alert |
| 10/27/2025 | Buy Now | 5.38% | DA Davidson | $18.5 → $19 | Assumes | Neutral → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 10/10/2025 | Buy Now | 22.02% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $20 → $22 | Upgrade | Market Perform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/28/2025 | Buy Now | 10.93% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $21 → $20 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 04/02/2025 | Buy Now | 16.47% | Raymond James | $24 → $21 | Maintains | Strong Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/24/2025 | Buy Now | 22.02% | Stephens & Co. | $22 → $22 | Reiterates | Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 12/04/2024 | Buy Now | 22.02% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $21 → $22 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 12/04/2024 | Buy Now | 22.02% | DA Davidson | $22 → $22 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 11/18/2024 | Buy Now | 22.02% | DA Davidson | $20 → $22 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 05/31/2024 | Buy Now | -0.17% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $19 → $18 | Downgrade | Outperform → Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 04/22/2024 | Buy Now | 10.93% | Raymond James | $22 → $20 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/22/2024 | Buy Now | 5.38% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $22 → $19 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/19/2024 | Buy Now | 10.93% | Stephens & Co. | $20 → $20 | Reiterates | Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 01/22/2024 | Buy Now | 22.02% | Raymond James | $21 → $22 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 01/05/2024 | Buy Now | 16.47% | Raymond James | → $21 | Upgrade | Market Perform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 10/23/2023 | Buy Now | -16.81% | Piper Sandler | $17 → $15 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 09/18/2023 | Buy Now | -5.71% | DA Davidson | $21 → $17 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/21/2023 | Buy Now | 10.93% | Stephens & Co. | → $20 | Reiterates | Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 04/24/2023 | Buy Now | 10.93% | DA Davidson | $26 → $20 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 04/24/2023 | Buy Now | 33.11% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $26 → $24 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/21/2023 | Buy Now | 27.57% | Stephens & Co. | → $23 | Reiterates | → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 04/06/2023 | Buy Now | 44.2% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $28 → $26 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
The latest price target for OceanFirst Financial (NASDAQ:OCFC) was reported by Raymond James on October 27, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $23.00 expecting OCFC to rise to within 12 months (a possible 28.71% upside). 6 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
The latest analyst rating for OceanFirst Financial (NASDAQ:OCFC) was provided by Raymond James, and OceanFirst Financial reiterated their strong buy rating.
The last upgrade for OceanFirst Financial Corp happened on October 10, 2025 when Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their price target to $22. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods previously had a market perform for OceanFirst Financial Corp.
The last downgrade for OceanFirst Financial Corp happened on May 31, 2024 when Keefe, Bruyette & Woods changed their price target from $19 to $18 for OceanFirst Financial Corp.
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of OceanFirst Financial, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for OceanFirst Financial was filed on October 27, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around October 27, 2026.
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest OceanFirst Financial (OCFC) rating was a reiterated with a price target of $21.00 to $23.00. The current price OceanFirst Financial (OCFC) is trading at is $17.87, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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