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

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Company snapshot — Valley National Bancorp

VLY in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook 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 Closelook tracks it
It holds no seat in our index and carries no quotes in our editions. It does carry a Closelook 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.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’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.

Signals for this name

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

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

Peer group

Banks - Regional · US

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.24%, quarterly · last 0.11 USD on 2026-09-15

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 3.24% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • 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

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.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

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 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Valley National Bancorp (VLY)?

Valley National Bancorp trades as VLY on the US exchange (US) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is VLY in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Valley National Bancorp is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does VLY trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -5% vs the 50-day and +3.3% vs the 200-day average, 10.6% below the 52-week high and +44.7% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

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 Closelook 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 3.24% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.11 USD on 2026-09-15. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

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

Related in the Closelook universe

then Banks - Regional. Scored names rank on their Closelook 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.