In the current trading session, Valley National Bancorp’s (VLY) stock is trading at the price of $9.42, a fall of -0.47% over last night’s close. So, the stock is trading at a price that is -15.13% less than its 52-week high of $11.10 and 31.14% better than its 52-week low of $7.18.
The 200-day Simple moving average is often placed more emphasis on by traders because of daily price changes. Investors will use the SMA-200 in different situations in trading activity as a key indicator to determine their support and resistance levels, and at the moment, VLY’s SMA-200 is $9.29.
It is also essential to consider VLY stock ratios like the price-to-sales ratio, which is 1.50 for the last year.Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the last twelve months stands at 13.27.
How does Valley National Bancorp (VLY) stock rate among analysts? Buy, sell, or hold?
The key to trading is to concentrate on the future rather than on the past. During uncertain times, it can be hard to make decisions. The analysts who understand how a market works are usually the most accurate at forecasting its future. The ratings are commonly aggregated into a single number between 1 and 5. Buy or strong buy is scored 5, outperform is scored 4, hold is scored 3, underperform is scored 2 and strong sell is 1.
Valley National Bancorp (VLY): Earnings History
If we examine Valley National Bancorp’s recent earnings history, in the last quarter ended on 3/31/2025, it posted adjusted earnings per share of $0.18, beating the consensus of $0.19. In other words, it topped the consensus by -$0.01, resulting in a -5.23% surprise. In the 3 months period before the previous quarter which was closed on 3/31/2025, the stock recorded adjusted earnings per share of $0.18 in contrast with the Outlook of $0.19. That was a difference of -$0.01 and a surprise of -5.23%.
Valley National Bancorp (NASDAQ: VLY) Ownership Details
I will give a breakdown of the key shareholders in Valley National Bancorp (VLY). Recent figures show that the company’s insiders hold 1.39% of shares. A total of 493 institutional investors hold shares in the company, making 85.81% of its stock and 87.02% of its float.
Mar 31, 2025 , it was reported that the Company’s largest institutional holder is Blackrock Inc. holding total of 75.08 shares that make 22.62% of the company’s total number of shares and are currently priced at 708.0 million.
The securities firm Vanguard Group Inc holds 49.65 shares of VLY, making it the second largest institutional shareholder. Taking this into account, the holding percentage comes to 14.95% , and the holding percentage of shares is valued at 468.16 million.
An overview of Valley National Bancorp’s technicals
In order to learn about trade movements and investor behavior, it is best to analyze the short, medium, and long term technical indicators along with the average volume of a stock. A 20-day average of the stock’s daily volume suggests Valley National Bancorp (VLY) traded 9,862,276 shares per day, with a moving average of $9.26 and price change of +0.87. With the moving average of $9.01 and a price change of +0.66, about 9,370,757 shares changed hands on average over the past 50 days. Finally, VLY’s 100-day average volume is 9,499,563 shares, alongside a moving average of $8.88 and a price change of -0.05.
