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Valley National Bancorp (VLY) Competitors

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$10.19 +0.05 (+0.49%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

VLY vs. CIT, STL, UMBF, CBU, BOKF, SHG, CFG, BSBR, SOFI, and AFRM

Should you be buying Valley National Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valley National Bancorp include CIT Group (CIT), Sterling Bancorp (STL), UMB Financial (UMBF), Community Bank System (CBU), BOK Financial (BOKF), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), and Affirm (AFRM).

Valley National Bancorp vs.

CIT Group (NYSE:CIT) and Valley National Bancorp (NASDAQ:VLY) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.

91.2% of CIT Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of Valley National Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of CIT Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Valley National Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

CIT Group has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valley National Bancorp has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

CIT Group has a net margin of 23.98% compared to Valley National Bancorp's net margin of 9.42%. CIT Group's return on equity of 15.12% beat Valley National Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CIT Group23.98% 15.12% 1.47%
Valley National Bancorp 9.42%5.87%0.62%

CIT Group received 492 more outperform votes than Valley National Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.45% of users gave CIT Group an outperform vote while only 22.99% of users gave Valley National Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CIT GroupOutperform Votes
512
60.45%
Underperform Votes
335
39.55%
Valley National BancorpOutperform Votes
20
22.99%
Underperform Votes
67
77.01%

Valley National Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than CIT Group. CIT Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valley National Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CIT Group$3.15B1.68-$615.30M$6.867.80
Valley National Bancorp$3.36B1.54$498.51M$0.6216.44

Valley National Bancorp has a consensus price target of $9.88, indicating a potential downside of 3.09%. Given Valley National Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Valley National Bancorp is more favorable than CIT Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CIT Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Valley National Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

In the previous week, Valley National Bancorp had 10 more articles in the media than CIT Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Valley National Bancorp and 3 mentions for CIT Group. Valley National Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat CIT Group's score of 0.24 indicating that Valley National Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CIT Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Valley National Bancorp
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

CIT Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Valley National Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. CIT Group pays out 20.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Valley National Bancorp pays out 71.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

CIT Group and Valley National Bancorp tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VLY vs. The Competition

MetricValley National BancorpNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.19B$22.58B$11.07B$8.72B
Dividend Yield4.32%3.13%5.95%4.07%
P/E Ratio16.4427.9426.8914.16
Price / Sales1.542.5743.9881.71
Price / Cash8.1410.8318.4836.03
Price / Book0.781.253.715.94
Net Income$498.51M$2.24B$998.34M$225.73M
7 Day Performance2.31%0.44%-0.06%-1.34%
1 Month Performance7.15%6.15%1.87%1.15%
1 Year Performance14.11%32.90%24.81%24.02%

Valley National Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VLY
Valley National Bancorp
3.8098 of 5 stars
$10.19
+0.5%
$9.88
-3.1%
+17.9%$5.19B$3.36B16.443,749Analyst Upgrade
CIT
CIT Group
1.7689 of 5 stars
$53.50
flat
N/A+0.0%$5.31B$3.15B7.804,163Gap Down
High Trading Volume
STL
Sterling Bancorp
1.13 of 5 stars
$26.29
flat
N/A+0.0%$5.07B$1.05B12.761,460Gap Up
High Trading Volume
UMBF
UMB Financial
4.2652 of 5 stars
$126.50
+3.6%
N/A+69.3%$6.17B$2.38B15.813,599Positive News
CBU
Community Bank System
4.5747 of 5 stars
$71.03
+2.7%
N/A+53.7%$3.73B$756.22M22.132,849Positive News
Gap Up
BOKF
BOK Financial
4.788 of 5 stars
$117.40
+1.7%
N/A+57.9%$7.40B$1.94B16.154,877Positive News
SHG
Shinhan Financial Group
4.6456 of 5 stars
$40.24
-0.8%
N/A+37.2%$20.50B$25.42B6.32190News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.6428 of 5 stars
$46.48
+1.5%
N/A+72.7%$20.48B$12.19B18.3017,570Short Interest ↓
Positive News
BSBR
Banco Santander (Brasil)
2.9652 of 5 stars
$4.60
-1.9%
N/A-31.0%$17.12B$29.50B0.0055,611Short Interest ↑
Positive News
SOFI
SoFi Technologies
2.7185 of 5 stars
$14.11
+8.5%
N/A+103.1%$15.04B$2.48B141.114,400Gap Down
High Trading Volume
AFRM
Affirm
2.6094 of 5 stars
$57.59
+23.9%
N/A+128.8%$14.46B$2.32B-40.552,006Insider Selling
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:VLY) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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