Valley National Bancorp (VLY) Competitors

Valley National Bancorp (NASDAQ:VLY) and Banco Santander (Brasil) (NYSE:BSBR) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in VLY or BSBR?

61.0% of Valley National Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.5% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Valley National Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VLY or BSBR?

Banco Santander (Brasil) received 248 more outperform votes than Valley National Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.26% of users gave Banco Santander (Brasil) an outperform vote while only 24.27% of users gave Valley National Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Valley National Bancorp	Outperform Votes 25 24.27%	Underperform Votes 78 75.73%
Banco Santander (Brasil)	Outperform Votes 273 55.26%	Underperform Votes 221 44.74%

Is VLY or BSBR a better dividend stock?

Valley National Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Banco Santander (Brasil) pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Valley National Bancorp pays out 63.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander (Brasil) pays out 22.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do analysts rate VLY or BSBR?

Valley National Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $10.55, indicating a potential upside of 20.53%. Banco Santander (Brasil) has a consensus price target of $5.35, indicating a potential upside of 2.20%. Given Valley National Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Valley National Bancorp is more favorable than Banco Santander (Brasil).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Valley National Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36
Banco Santander (Brasil)	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has better earnings & valuation, VLY or BSBR?

Banco Santander (Brasil) has higher revenue and earnings than Valley National Bancorp. Banco Santander (Brasil) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valley National Bancorp, 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
Valley National Bancorp	$1.87B	2.62	$380.27M	$0.69	12.68
Banco Santander (Brasil)	$49.01B	0.40	$1.89B	$0.81	6.46

Does the media prefer VLY or BSBR?

In the previous week, Valley National Bancorp had 12 more articles in the media than Banco Santander (Brasil). MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Valley National Bancorp and 0 mentions for Banco Santander (Brasil). Valley National Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Banco Santander (Brasil)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Valley National Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Valley National Bancorp	Positive
Banco Santander (Brasil)	Neutral

Is VLY or BSBR more profitable?

Valley National Bancorp has a net margin of 10.62% compared to Banco Santander (Brasil)'s net margin of 0.00%. Valley National Bancorp's return on equity of 5.14% beat Banco Santander (Brasil)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Valley National Bancorp	10.62%	5.14%	0.55%
Banco Santander (Brasil)	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, VLY or BSBR?

Valley National Bancorp has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander (Brasil) has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Valley National Bancorp beats Banco Santander (Brasil) on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.