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 $17020.08.
As published in a research note from Truist on July 25, 2025, Valley National Bancorp [VLY] has been rated up from a Hold to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $11. Analysts at Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock from ‘”an Equal-weight”‘ to ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in early July. As of May 21, 2025, Jefferies has initiated its “Hold” rating for VLY. Earlier on May 13, 2025, Truist initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Hold” for VLY stock.
Analyzing VLY Stock Performance
On last trading session, Valley National Bancorp [NASDAQ: VLY] plunged -0.97% to $9.21. The stock’s lowest price that day was $9.2, but it reached a high of $9.36 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.92%. Over the course of the year, Valley National Bancorp shares have jumped approximately 18.84%.
Is Valley National Bancorp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Valley National Bancorp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by -0.55 million shares to 24.97 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 25.53 million shares. A decline of -2.21% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.45 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.45.
Which companies own the most shares of Valley National Bancorp (VLY)?
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 23.66% from the previous closing price of $9.3. 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 March 24, 2025, Piper Sandler assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $11.
