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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.

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 5.1%. 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, VLY or BSBR?

Valley National Bancorp has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander (Brasil) has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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 25.00% of users gave Valley National Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Valley National Bancorp	Outperform Votes 25 25.00%	Underperform Votes 75 75.00%
Banco Santander (Brasil)	Outperform Votes 273 55.26%	Underperform Votes 221 44.74%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, 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	2.58	$380.27M	$0.69	12.46
Banco Santander (Brasil)	$48.52B	0.40	$1.89B	$0.81	6.48

Do insiders & institutionals believe in VLY or BSBR?

61.0% of Valley National Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.5% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Valley National Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are held 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 media favor VLY or BSBR?

In the previous week, Valley National Bancorp had 18 more articles in the media than Banco Santander (Brasil). MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Valley National Bancorp and 6 mentions for Banco Santander (Brasil). Valley National Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Banco Santander (Brasil)'s score of 0.75 indicating that Valley National Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Valley National Bancorp	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco Santander (Brasil)	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

Do analysts recommend VLY or BSBR?

Valley National Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $10.67, indicating a potential upside of 24.03%. Banco Santander (Brasil) has a consensus price target of $5.35, indicating a potential upside of 1.90%. Given Valley National Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly 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)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Banco Santander (Brasil)	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

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