The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Valley National Bancorp shares valued at $90,700 were purchased by ABRAMSON ANDREW B on Jun 11 ’25. At $9.07 per share, ABRAMSON ANDREW B acquired 10,000 shares.
Also, PETER BAUM purchased 40,844 shares, netting a total of over 355,343 in proceeds.
Before that, EFRAT EYAL had added 196 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $1,795, the Director bought Valley National Bancorp shares for $9.16 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 196 shares, worth approximately $17722.32.
As published in a research note from Morgan Stanley on July 03, 2025, Valley National Bancorp [VLY] has been rated up from an Equal-weight to an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $11. Analysts at Jefferies started covering the stock with ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in late May. As of May 13, 2025, Truist has initiated its “Hold” rating for VLY. Earlier on March 24, 2025, Piper Sandler upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Overweight” for VLY stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing VLY Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Valley National Bancorp [NASDAQ: VLY] plunged -0.31% to $9.59. The stock’s lowest price that day was $9.5702, but it reached a high of $9.725 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.68%. Over the course of the year, Valley National Bancorp shares have jumped approximately 44.86%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $10.45 on 02/06/25 and a 52-week low of $7.48 on 04/04/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Valley National Bancorp (VLY)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 9.53, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 9.47. In the upper region, resistance lies at 9.69. The next price resistance is at 9.78. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 64.95 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Valley National Bancorp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Valley National Bancorp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-06-13 dropping by -0.64 million shares to 25.53 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 26.16 million shares. A decline of -2.5% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.77 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.77.
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In terms of Valley National Bancorp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 11.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 19.54% from the previous closing price of $9.62. Analysts anticipate Valley National Bancorp stock to reach 14 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 9. In spite of this, 3 analysts ranked Valley National Bancorp stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On November 11, 2024, JP Morgan assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $11.
