VLY vs. AFRM, BSBR, CFG, BAP, SOFI, BCH, BSAC, ALLY, WF, and CIB
Should you be buying Valley National Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valley National Bancorp include Affirm (AFRM), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Credicorp (BAP), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Banco de Chile (BCH), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Ally Financial (ALLY), Woori Financial Group (WF), and Bancolombia (CIB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Valley National Bancorp vs.
Valley National Bancorp (NASDAQ:VLY) and Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, Affirm had 6 more articles in the media than Valley National Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Affirm and 4 mentions for Valley National Bancorp. Valley National Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Affirm's score of 0.58 indicating that Valley National Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
61.0% of Valley National Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of Affirm shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Valley National Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Affirm shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Valley National Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $10.55, suggesting a potential upside of 16.01%. Affirm has a consensus target price of $64.85, suggesting a potential upside of 6.31%. Given Valley National Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Valley National Bancorp is more favorable than Affirm.
Valley National Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Affirm. Affirm 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.
Valley National Bancorp has a net margin of 10.62% compared to Affirm's net margin of -7.10%. Valley National Bancorp's return on equity of 5.14% beat Affirm's return on equity.
Affirm received 87 more outperform votes than Valley National Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 41.18% of users gave Affirm an outperform vote while only 24.27% of users gave Valley National Bancorp an outperform vote.
Valley National Bancorp has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Affirm has a beta of 3.58, suggesting that its stock price is 258% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Affirm beats Valley National Bancorp on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:VLY) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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