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Valley National Bancorp (VLY) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for VLY, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sector × region Financials in US: 0.0% week · −6.7% month · −1.4% quarter · +11.4% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLF.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
How it trades on rate days beta 0.31 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How VLY has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.31 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Valley National Bancorp moved 0.31% on average · correlation 0.11 · higher than 29% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.52 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.39% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.70% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Banks - Regional · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Banks - Regional · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against VLY on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Valley National Bancorp

VLY in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Valley National Bancorp is the holding company for Valley National Bank, offering commercial, retail, private banking, insurance and wealth management services. It runs through Consumer Banking, Commercial Banking, and Treasury and Corporate segments, taking deposits and writing commercial, real estate, construction, mortgage and auto loans. It also runs trust, brokerage and insurance agency services, plus niche lines such as homeowners-association banking, cannabis-related banking and venture banking. It is headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, and listed in the United States.
Where it sits in the stack
Valley National Bancorp carries no seat in our index; it sits in our regional-banking sleeve, under Financial Services, industry Banks - Regional, outside the AI build-out stack the diary otherwise tracks.
Who it is priced against
The diary holds no peer group for this name from its usual sources; the market commonly compares it with other regional bank holding companies such as M&T Bank.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It holds no seat in our index and carries no quotes in our editions. It does carry a Closelooknet score, but only one module has been scored so far, so the read is still being built.
What the diary watches
Whether its commercial real estate and construction loan book, alongside its niche cannabis and homeowners-association lending, shows any change in credit quality.

Valley National Bancorp (VLY) trades on US exchanges, classified under Financial Services.

The Closelooknet company score reads 45/100 composite (momentum 41, quality 51, valuation 70) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by JPMorgan, 2026-10-01

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for VLY from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target JPMorgan — target 15.5 from 17 Target cut to $15.5 from $17 (+22.8% to spot) 2026-10-01

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.47%, quarterly · buybacks 73 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What VLY pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.44 USD per share · a 3.47% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-06
  • Change on the year +33.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.33 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.11 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-15
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.44 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.33 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-14
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 278 m USD 38% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 73 m USD 1.0% of today's market value
  • Share count +8.8% in FY2025 27 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 351 m USD · 102% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Valley National Bancorp (VLY)?

Valley National Bancorp trades as VLY on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Financial Services in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is VLY in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Valley National Bancorp is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-07.

What is Valley National Bancorp's Closelooknet composite score?

45 out of 100, with momentum 41, quality 51 and valuation 70 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does VLY trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -8.7% vs the 50-day and -4.3% vs the 200-day average, 16.6% below the 52-week high and +34.9% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Valley National Bancorp compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Banks - Regional · US), Valley National Bancorp (VLY) sits 16.6% below its 52-week high, 8.7% below its 50-day average; Mizuho Financial Group Inc. (MFG) is 3.0% below, Piraeus Bank S.A. (PIRBF) is at its high, United Bankshares Inc (UBSI) is 7.2% below. Put any of them next to VLY in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Valley National Bancorp trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Valley National Bancorp had a beta of 0.31 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 29% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.39% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Valley National Bancorp do?

Valley National Bancorp is the holding company for Valley National Bank, offering commercial, retail, private banking, insurance and wealth management services. It runs through Consumer Banking, Commercial Banking, and Treasury and Corporate segments, taking deposits and writing commercial, real estate, construction, mortgage and auto loans. It also runs trust, brokerage and insurance agency services, plus niche lines such as homeowners-association banking, cannabis-related banking and venture banking. The diary holds no peer group for this name from its usual sources; the market commonly compares it with other regional bank holding companies such as M&T Bank.

Where does Valley National Bancorp sit in the AI build-out?

Valley National Bancorp carries no seat in our index; it sits in our regional-banking sleeve, under Financial Services, industry Banks - Regional, outside the AI build-out stack the diary otherwise tracks. It holds no seat in our index and carries no quotes in our editions. It does carry a Closelooknet score, but only one module has been scored so far, so the read is still being built.

Does Valley National Bancorp pay a dividend?

Valley National Bancorp has paid 0.44 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 3.47% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.11 USD on 2026-09-15. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 278 m USD in dividends and bought back 73 m USD of its own shares, 102% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 8.8% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Valley National Bancorp recently?

The most recent analyst action on Valley National Bancorp on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by JPMorgan on 2026-10-01 (target 15.5 from 17). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for VLY, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Banks - Regional. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.