Valley National Bancorp (NASDAQ: VLY) has seen a rise in its stock price by 0.60 in relation to its previous close of 8.78. However, the company has experienced a -3.57% decline in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-03-24 that IHS, HFWA, IFNNY, FUTU and VLY have been added to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) List on March 24, 2025.
Is It Worth Investing in Valley National Bancorp (NASDAQ: VLY) Right Now?
The price-to-earnings ratio for Valley National Bancorp (NASDAQ: VLY) is 12.78x, which is above its average ratio. Moreover, the 36-month beta value for VLY is 1.09. Analysts have varying opinions on the stock, with 2 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 3 as “overweight,” 7 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for VLY is 478.17M and currently, short sellers hold a 5.81% of that float. On March 31, 2025, VLY’s average trading volume was 8.36M shares.
VLY’s Market Performance
VLY stock saw a decrease of -3.57% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -10.23% and a quarterly a decrease of -4.51%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.46%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 3.04% for Valley National Bancorp (VLY). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -0.73% for VLY stock, with a simple moving average of -1.22% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of VLY
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for VLY stocks, with Piper Sandler repeating the rating for VLY by listing it as a “Overweight.” The predicted price for VLY in the upcoming period, according to Piper Sandler is $11 based on the research report published on March 24, 2025 of the current year 2025.
JP Morgan, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see VLY reach a price target of $11, previously predicting the price at $10.50. The rating they have provided for VLY stocks is “Overweight” according to the report published on November 11th, 2024.
Barclays gave a rating of “Equal Weight” to VLY, setting the target price at $10 in the report published on October 31st of the previous year.
VLY Trading at -7.42% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought VLY to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -20.39% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.04%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.46%, as shares sank -8.44% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -6.59% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, VLY fell by -4.04%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +31.19% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $8.90. In addition, Valley National Bancorp saw -2.51% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at VLY starting from BANK LEUMI LE ISRAEL BM, who purchase 1,000,000 shares at the price of $9.35 back on Nov 08 ’24. After this action, BANK LEUMI LE ISRAEL BM now owns 72,861,862 shares of Valley National Bancorp, valued at $9,350,000 using the latest closing price.
MENDELSON AVNER, the Former Director of Valley National Bancorp, proposed sale 402,000 shares at $10.41 during a trade that took place back on Feb 06 ’25, which means that MENDELSON AVNER is holding shares at $4,184,389 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for VLY
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.0 for the present operating margin
- 1.17 for the gross margin
The net margin for Valley National Bancorp stands at 0.14. The total capital return value is set at 0.0. Equity return is now at value 5.38, with 0.61 for asset returns.
Based on Valley National Bancorp (VLY), the company’s capital structure generated 0.06 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 1.19. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.06. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.01.
When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.85. The receivables turnover for the company is 11.27for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.04. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.10.
Conclusion
To wrap up, the performance of Valley National Bancorp (VLY) has been bad in recent times. The stock has received a mixed of “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
