JP Morgan slashes price target on Valley National Bancorp [VLY] – find out why.

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Valley National Bancorp [NASDAQ: VLY] price plunged by -0.83 percent to reach at -$0.09.

The one-year VLY stock forecast points to a potential upside of 1.93. The average equity rating for VLY stock is currently 2.27, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.

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Guru’s Opinion on Valley National Bancorp [VLY]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for VLY shares is $10.90 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on VLY stock is a recommendation set at 2.27. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

JP Morgan have made an estimate for Valley National Bancorp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Overweight, with their previous recommendation back on November 11, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Barclays dropped their target price from $9 to $10. The new note on the price target was released on October 31, 2024, representing the official price target for Valley National Bancorp stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise from $8 to $9.50, while Morgan Stanley kept a Equal-Weight rating on VLY stock.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Valley National Bancorp is set at 0.34, with the Price to Sales ratio for VLY stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.68. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 0.82.

VLY Stock Performance Analysis:

Valley National Bancorp [VLY] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 4.91. With this latest performance, VLY shares gained by 11.94% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 54.70% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 22.59% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for VLY stock in for the last two-week period is set at 67.07, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 70.27, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 64.98 for Valley National Bancorp [VLY]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 9.48, while it was recorded at 10.49 for the last single week of trading, and 8.15 for the last 200 days.

Insight into Valley National Bancorp Fundamentals:

Valley National Bancorp’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Current Ratio set at 0.11.

VLY Stock EPS

The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for VLY. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Valley National Bancorp go to 5.00%.

Valley National Bancorp [VLY] Institutonal Ownership Details

There are presently around $73.16%, or 74.17%% of VLY stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of VLY stocks are: BLACKROCK INC. with ownership of 71.14 million shares, which is approximately 13.9943%. VANGUARD GROUP INC, holding 45.55 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$317.93 million in VLY stocks shares; and VANGUARD GROUP INC, currently with $$187.85 million in VLY stock with ownership which is approximately 5.2216%.