Valley National Bancorp [VLY] stock Upgrade by Truist analyst, price target now $11

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Valley National Bancorp [NASDAQ: VLY] closed the trading session at $9.3 on 2025-08-05. The day’s price range saw the stock hit a low of $9.12, while the highest price level was $9.394.

The stocks have a year to date performance of 17.13 percent and weekly performance of -1.90 percent. The stock has been moved at -7.46 percent over the last six months. The stock has performed -2.41 percent around the most recent 30 days and changed 4.49 percent over the most recent 3-months.

If compared to the average trading volume of 9.17M shares, VLY reached to a volume of 9177351 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about 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 $10.75 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 1.91. 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.

Truist have made an estimate for Valley National Bancorp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on July 25, 2025. The new note on the price target was released on July 03, 2025, representing the official price target for Valley National Bancorp stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $10, while Jefferies analysts kept a Hold rating on VLY stock.

The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 0.72. Price to Free Cash Flow for VLY in the course of the last twelve months was 13.10.

VLY stock trade performance evaluation

Valley National Bancorp [VLY] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -1.90. With this latest performance, VLY shares dropped by -2.41% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -7.46% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 2.65% 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 48.90, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 0.23, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 0.23 for Valley National Bancorp [VLY]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 9.12, while it was recorded at 9.30 for the last single week of trading, and 9.32 for the last 200 days.

Valley National Bancorp [VLY]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals

Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Valley National Bancorp [VLY] shares currently have an operating margin of 15.07%. Valley National Bancorp’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 12.13%.

Valley National Bancorp (VLY) Capital Structure & Debt Analysis

According to recent financial data for Valley National Bancorp. ( VLY), the Return on Equity (ROE) stands at 6.33%, suggesting modest shareholder returns. The Return on Assets (ROA) is 0.73%, reflecting the company’s efficiency in generating profits from its assets. Additionally, Valley National Bancorp’s Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) is 3.90%, showcasing its effectiveness in deploying capital for earnings.

Valley National Bancorp (VLY) Efficiency & Liquidity Metrics

Based on Valley National Bancorp’s (VLY) latest financial statements, the Debt-to-Equity Ratio is 0.46%, indicating its reliance on debt financing relative to shareholder equity.

Valley National Bancorp (VLY) Efficiency & Liquidity Metrics

Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Valley National Bancorp [VLY] stock

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 26.87%.

Valley National Bancorp [VLY]: Institutional Ownership

There are presently around $85.97%, or 87.18% 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 13.9723%. 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 5.2134%.

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