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The price of Valley National Bancorp (NASDAQ: VLY) closed at $11.66 in the last session, down -0.77% from day before closing price of $11.75. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.77 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.52 million shares were traded. VLY stock price reached its highest trading level at $11.87 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $11.625.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at VLY’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.44 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.36.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In the most recent recommendation for this company, UBS on December 15, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $15.
On September 25, 2025, TD Cowen started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $14.
Jefferies Upgraded its Hold to Buy on September 24, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $14.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 11 ’25 when ABRAMSON ANDREW B bought 10,000 shares for $9.07 per share.
PETER BAUM bought 40,844 shares of VLY for $355,343 on May 20 ’25. On May 14 ’25, another insider, EFRAT EYAL, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 196 shares for $9.16 each. As a result, the insider paid 1,795 and bolstered with 1,848 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, VLY now has a Market Capitalization of 6526347264 and an Enterprise Value of 8885273600. As of this moment, Valley’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 13.28, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.34. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.29. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.87 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.89. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.214.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for VLY is 1.11, which has changed by 0.23036647 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1726681 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, VLY has reached a high of $12.44, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $7.48. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.86%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 16.54%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, VLY traded on average about 9.35M shares per day over the past 3-months and 5319520 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 560.78M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 476.79M. Insiders hold about 14.50% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 73.95% stake in the company. Shares short for VLY as of 1767139200 were 31272768 with a Short Ratio of 3.34, compared to 1764288000 on 30474732. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 31272768 and a Short% of Float of 7.580000000000001.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for VLY is 0.44, which was 0.44 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.037446808. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.3. The current Payout Ratio is 63.50% for VLY, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-12-15 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-12-15. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2012-05-09 when the company split stock in a 105:100 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
Its stock is currently analyzed by 13.0 different market analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.28, with high estimates of $0.29 and low estimates of $0.27.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $1.0 and $0.96 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.97. EPS for the following year is $1.25, with 13.0 analysts recommending between $1.31 and $1.18.
Revenue Estimates
According to 12 analysts,. The current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $525.31M. It ranges from a high estimate of $531M to a low estimate of $520.44M. As of. The current estimate, Valley National Bancorp’s year-ago sales were $474.18MFor the next quarter, 12 analysts are estimating revenue of $527.54M. There is a high estimate of $536M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $521.4M.
A total of 13 analysts have provided revenue estimates for VLY’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.02B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $2B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $2.01B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $1.85BBased on 13 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $2.22B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $2.26B and the low estimate is $2.18B.
