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Valley National Bancorp (NASDAQ: VLY) closed the day trading at $10.31 up 6.51% from the previous closing price of $9.68. In other words, the price has increased by $6.51 from its previous closing price. On the day, 12.6 million shares were traded. VLY stock price reached its highest trading level at $10.335 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $9.72.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of VLY, let’s look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.46 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.36.
On July 03, 2025, Morgan Stanley Upgraded its rating to Overweight which previously was Equal-Weight but kept the price unchanged to $11.
On May 21, 2025, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $10.Jefferies initiated its Hold rating on May 21, 2025, with a $10 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. 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 5770723840 and an Enterprise Value of 8456300544. As of this moment, Valley’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 13.20, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.86. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.49. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.64 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.80. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.274.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for VLY is 1.14, which has changed by 0.17963386 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1513431 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, VLY has reached a high of $11.10, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $7.48. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 10.23%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 10.32%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, VLY traded about 9.01M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, VLY traded about 8290040 shares per day. A total of 560.28M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 477.96M. Insiders hold about 14.61% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 70.77% stake in the company. Shares short for VLY as of 1753920000 were 25713568 with a Short Ratio of 2.86, compared to 1751241600 on 25402458. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 25713568 and a Short% of Float of 6.2.
Dividends & Splits
VLY’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.44, up from 0.44 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.045454543The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.43. The current Payout Ratio is 63.50% for VLY, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-06-13 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-09-15. 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 11.0 different market analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.27, with high estimates of $0.29 and low estimates of $0.26.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.96 and $0.92 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.93. EPS for the following year is $1.16, with 11.0 analysts recommending between $1.25 and $1.1.
Revenue Estimates
6 analysts predict $514.1M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $520M to a low estimate of $509.7M. As of the current estimate, Valley National Bancorp’s year-ago sales were $471.17MFor the next quarter, 6 analysts are estimating revenue of $526.95M. There is a high estimate of $532M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $518.7M.
A total of 9 analysts have provided revenue estimates for VLY’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.03B, 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 9 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $2.19B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $2.24B and the low estimate is $2.15B.
