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$10.80 -0.12 (-1.05%)
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VLY vs. ABCB, CATY, HWC, OZK, PNFP, SFNC, UBSI, BKU, FNB, and HOMB

Should you be buying Valley National Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valley National Bancorp include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Bank OZK (OZK), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Simmons First National (SFNC), United Bankshares (UBSI), BankUnited (BKU), F.N.B. (FNB), and Home BancShares (HOMB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Valley National Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

Valley National Bancorp (NASDAQ:VLY) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Valley National Bancorp's net margin of 12.87%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Valley National Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Valley National Bancorp12.87% 5.89% 0.66%
Ameris Bancorp 21.46%9.57%1.32%

Valley National Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Valley National Bancorp pays out 56.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% 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.

Valley National Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $12.54, indicating a potential upside of 15.48%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus price target of $72.14, indicating a potential downside of 2.84%. Given Valley National Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Valley National Bancorp is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Valley National Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

61.0% of Valley National Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Valley National Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Valley National Bancorp had 7 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Valley National Bancorp and 3 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Valley National Bancorp's score of 0.51 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Valley National Bancorp
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ameris Bancorp
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Valley National Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Valley National Bancorp$3.58B1.70$380.27M$0.7813.92
Ameris Bancorp$1.13B4.52$358.68M$5.6813.07

Valley National Bancorp has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Valley National Bancorp on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VLY vs. The Competition

MetricValley National BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.08B$928.65M$12.73B$10.53B
Dividend Yield4.14%3.09%5.51%4.67%
P/E Ratio13.9217.0430.2126.89
Price / Sales1.702.6030.43183.63
Price / Cash12.9422.5519.7231.10
Price / Book0.781.142.306.68
Net Income$380.27M$54.76M$1.02B$276.44M
7 Day Performance2.41%0.19%0.24%3.12%
1 Month Performance1.16%-1.38%0.63%10.19%
1 Year Performance22.79%13.91%541.27%40.24%

Valley National Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VLY
Valley National Bancorp
4.5852 of 5 stars
$10.80
-1.1%
$12.54
+16.1%
+22.9%$6.04B$3.58B13.843,732
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.2717 of 5 stars
$74.23
-0.8%
$72.14
-2.8%
+21.3%$5.09B$1.13B14.252,850Positive News
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.8164 of 5 stars
$47.94
-1.3%
$50.17
+4.6%
+15.3%$3.36B$1.39B11.581,266
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.2773 of 5 stars
$62.48
-1.2%
$70.00
+12.0%
+24.3%$5.36B$2.06B11.513,476Upcoming Earnings
OZK
Bank OZK
4.5173 of 5 stars
$51.21
-1.5%
$57.80
+12.9%
+22.3%$5.91B$2.77B8.313,028Dividend Increase
PNFP
Pinnacle Financial Partners
4.8893 of 5 stars
$94.48
-1.6%
$112.45
+19.0%
-2.7%$7.45B$3.07B12.533,565
SFNC
Simmons First National
4.9021 of 5 stars
$19.36
-1.8%
$22.75
+17.5%
-9.3%$2.85B$1.46B15.242,946
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.856 of 5 stars
$37.24
-0.3%
$40.50
+8.8%
+4.0%$5.29B$1.63B13.162,553Positive News
BKU
BankUnited
4.0287 of 5 stars
$38.15
-1.2%
$41.91
+9.9%
+8.9%$2.90B$2.02B11.191,680Positive News
FNB
F.N.B.
4.7309 of 5 stars
$16.06
-1.1%
$18.64
+16.1%
+19.1%$5.83B$2.57B12.544,280
HOMB
Home BancShares
4.2386 of 5 stars
$28.38
-1.4%
$33.00
+16.3%
+6.4%$5.67B$1.47B12.962,552Analyst Upgrade

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This page (NASDAQ:VLY) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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