Valley National Bancorp (VLYPO) Competitors

Valley National Bancorp (NASDAQ:VLYPO) and Bank OZK (NASDAQ:OZKAP) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has better earnings and valuation, VLYPO or OZKAP?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Valley National Bancorp	$1.85B	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bank OZK	$1.56B	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VLYPO or OZKAP?

Valley National Bancorp and Bank OZK both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Valley National Bancorp	N/A	N/A
Bank OZK	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer VLYPO or OZKAP?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Valley National Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Bank OZK	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is VLYPO or OZKAP more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Valley National Bancorp	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bank OZK	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer VLYPO or OZKAP?

In the previous week, Valley National Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Bank OZK'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
Bank OZK	Neutral

Is VLYPO or OZKAP a better dividend stock?

Valley National Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Bank OZK pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%.

Summary

Valley National Bancorp beats Bank OZK on 3 of the 3 factors compared between the two stocks.