Investors may find better financial performance in Valley National Bancorp (VLY)

Valley National Bancorp [VLY] stock is trading at $10.42, up 0.58%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The VLY shares have gain 1.66% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 15.01%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Valley National Bancorp [NASDAQ: VLY] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on November 11, 2024, when JP Morgan upgraded its rating to a Overweight and also boosted its price target to $11 from $10.50. Previously, Barclays upgraded its rating to Equal Weight on October 31, 2024, and elevated its price target to $10. On August 05, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Equal-Weight and revised its price target to $9.50 on the stock. Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform but stick to its price target of $8 on May 31, 2024. Barclays initiated its recommendation with a Underweight and recommended $8 as its price target on March 08, 2024. Citigroup started tracking with a Neutral rating for this stock on December 01, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $9.50. In a note dated October 30, 2023, JP Morgan downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock and revised its target price from $11 to $10.

Valley National Bancorp [VLY] stock has fluctuated between $6.47 and $11.10 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $10.5 within the next 12 months. Valley National Bancorp [NASDAQ: VLY] shares were valued at $10.42 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 0.77% based on the average VLY price forecast.

Analyzing the VLY fundamentals

Valley National Bancorp [NASDAQ:VLY] reported sales of 3.57B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 1.73%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 1.17% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.15%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.16%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.14%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.05 and Total Capital is 0.01. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.06.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 10.32 points at the first support level, and at 10.23 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 10.48, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 10.55.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Valley National Bancorp’s Current Ratio is 0.19. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.63, the price to book ratio is 0.82 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 15.11.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved MENDELSON AVNER, Former Director, that happened on Feb 06 ’25 when 0.4 million shares were purchased. SEVP, CML Banking President, CHILLURA JOSEPH completed a deal on Jan 30 ’25 to sell 50000.0 shares. Meanwhile, SEVP, CML Banking President CHILLURA JOSEPH sold 50000.0 shares on Jan 29 ’25.

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