Analysts Viewpoints: Valley National Bancorp (VLY)

After having $0.18 EPS previously, Valley National Bancorp's analysts see 11.11% EPS growth. The stock increased 0.83% or $0.1 during the last trading session, reaching $12.19. About 7.69M shares traded.

Teachers Advisors LLC raised its position in Valley National Bancorp (NYSE:VLY) by 1.6% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. It has underperformed by 4.59% the S&P500. Valley National Bancorp has a twelve month low of $10.61 and a twelve month high of $13.38. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 41,086 shares of the company's stock, valued at $521,792.20. Qs Llc holds 0.02% of its portfolio in Valley National Bancorp (NYSE:VLY) for 188,558 shares.

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company.

Big Money Sentiment decreased to 1.3 in 2017 Q4.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 213.59 points, or 0.87 percent, to 24,786.63, the S&P 500 gained 28.54 points, or 1.07 percent, to 2,706.38 and the Nasdaq Composite added 124.81 points, or 1.74 percent, to 7,281.10. Also, the number of funds holding Valley National Bancorp in top ten equity positions was flat from 0 to 0 for the same number. 33 funds took stakes and 84 increased stakes. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,552,764 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $18,711,000 after purchasing an additional 566,827 shares during the period.

Global Endowment Management Lp decreased L Brands Inc (LTD) stake by 26,700 shares to 59,300 valued at $3.57M in 2017Q4. Winslow Evans Crocker Incorporated reported 842 shares or 0% of all its holdings.

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Valley National Bancorp (VLY) now has a Return on Assets (ROA) value of 0.6 Percent. Us Fincl Bank De holds 0% or 1,478 shares. Tradewinds Mgmt Lc reported 0.1% in Merck & Co., Inc. Trexquant Invest Limited Partnership reported 130,712 shares. Endurance Wealth Mngmt stated it has 367 shares or 0% of all its holdings. Fincl Service Corp holds 665 shares. Swiss National Bank now owns 449,700 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $5,046,000 after buying an additional 10,500 shares during the period.

COPYRIGHT VIOLATION NOTICE: "Valley National Bank (VLY) Shares Sold by Renaissance Technologies LLC" was first published by Week Herald and is the property of of Week Herald. TripAdvisor, Inc.is given 0 buy-equivalent recommendations, 1 sells and 20 holds. Asset Mgmt One Co Ltd stated it has 128,638 shares or 0% of all its holdings. Landscape Management holds 56,542 shares. The United Kingdom-based Gsa Capital Prns Llp has invested 0.01% in Valley National Bancorp (NYSE:VLY). The company has market cap of $3.94 billion. It has a 25.22 P/E ratio. The Commercial Banking segment offers commercial, real estate, and private banking services; and treasury management, interest-rate hedging, and depository products. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Valley National Bancorp from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Saturday, January 28th. Therefore 71% are positive.

Valley National Bancorp (NYSE:VLY) has an ABR of 2.25 which is the combined stock view of 8 analysts poll results. The firm has "Buy" rating by Keefe Bruyette & Woods given on Monday, August 28. Keefe Bruyette & Woods maintained Valley National Bancorp (NYSE:VLY) on Thursday, December 21 with "Buy" rating. The firm has "Buy" rating given on Thursday, December 21 by Keefe Bruyette & Woods. The firm has "Hold" rating given on Tuesday, August 8 by Piper Jaffray. Wood upgraded Valley National Bancorp (NYSE:VLY) on Thursday, July 27 to "Outperform" rating.

VOLATILITY FACTOR: The stock remained 1.67% volatile in recent week and indicated 2.10% volatility in last month. Piper Jaffray raised Valley National Bank from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and set a $13.50 price objective on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 5th.

Since January 29, 2018, it had 2 insider purchases, and 0 sales for $68,558 activity. For the past 5 years, The Company's EPS growth has been almost -2.40%. $43,613 worth of Valley National Bancorp (NYSE:VLY) was bought by Baum Peter J on Monday, January 29. The firm bought 22,327 shares of the financial services provider's stock, valued at approximately $251,000. However the low revenue estimates for the company are $234.8 Million versus high revenue estimates of $247.28 Million. The firm advises clients on economic and financial matters pertaining to litigation and regulatory proceedings; and guides firms through critical business strategy and performance-related issues. Forward P/E is a measure of the price-to-earnings ratio using forecasted earnings for the P/E calculation for the next fiscal year. GT's profit will be $105.81 million for 16.03 P/E if the $0.44 EPS becomes a reality. The financial services provider reported $0.18 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.17 by $0.01. The stock increased 0.87% or $0.17 during the last trading session, reaching $19.78. 2252332 shares traded on hands while it's an average volume stands with 1660.86K shares. CoBiz Financial Inc. (NASDAQ:COBZ) has risen 19.91% since April 19, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 12.20% the S&P500.

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