Valley National Bancorp (VLY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Valley National Bancorp is the bank holding company for Valley National Bank, a full-service regional financial institution headquartered in Wayne, New Jersey. Founded in 1927, the company provides banking and financial services to consumers, businesses, commercial real estate clients and municipalities.

Valley National Bank offers deposit accounts, consumer and business lending, commercial and industrial loans, commercial real estate financing, residential mortgages, home equity products, and treasury management services. Its additional offerings include wealth management, investment services, insurance and digital banking solutions.

The company serves customers through branches and digital channels in key markets including New Jersey, New York, Florida and Alabama. Valley National Bancorp is led by Ira Robbins, who serves as president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $13.00 to $13.07
• 50-Day Range: $12.87 to $15.02
• 52-Week Range: $9.64 to $15.20
• Volume: 293,929 shs
• Average Volume: 7.07 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $7.19 billion
• P/E Ratio: 11.02
• Dividend Yield: 3.38%
• Price Target: $16.54
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Valley National Bancorp Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Valley National Bancorp scored higher than 97% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 60th out of 851 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Valley National Bancorp has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.94, and is based on 3 strong buy ratings, 9 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Valley National Bancorp has a consensus price target of $16.54, representing about 27.6% upside from its current price of $12.96.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Valley National Bancorp has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 19.53%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Valley National Bancorp are expected to grow by 19.53% in the coming year, from $1.28 to $1.53 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Valley National Bancorp is 10.98, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.92.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Valley National Bancorp is 10.98, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.96.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Valley National Bancorp has a P/B Ratio of 0.97. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

8.48% of the float of Valley National Bancorp has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Valley National Bancorp has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.57.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Valley National Bancorp has recently increased by 8.04%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Valley National Bancorp pays a meaningful dividend of 3.35%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Valley National Bancorp does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Valley National Bancorp is 37.29%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Valley National Bancorp will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.76% next year. This indicates that Valley National Bancorp will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.48

News Sentiment

Valley National Bancorp has a news sentiment score of 1.48. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.70 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Valley National Bancorp this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Valley National Bancorp to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Valley National Bancorp insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.06% of the stock of Valley National Bancorp is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

61.00% of the stock of Valley National Bancorp is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/1 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/1 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/01/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/23/2026
• Record date for 10/1 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/1 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Today: 9/25/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/01/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/22/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Regional Banks
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:VLY
• CIK: 714310
• Web: www.valley.com
• Phone: (973) 305-8800
• Fax: 973-305-1605
• Employees: 3,675
• Year Founded: 1927

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Valley National Bancorp: $16.54
• High Price Target: $17.50
• Low Price Target: $15.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +27.6%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.94
• Research Coverage: 16 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.18
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.98
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.13
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $597.98 million
• Net Margins: 19.49%
• Pretax Margin: 24.20%
• Return on Equity: 9.13%
• Return on Assets: 1.06%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.35
• Current Ratio: 0.96
• Quick Ratio: 0.96

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.49 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.05
• Cash Flow: $1.09 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.89
• Book Value: $13.37 per share
• Price / Book: 0.97

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 552,600,000
• Free Float: 546,747,000
• Market Cap: $7.16 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.03