Valley National Bancorp Stock Forecast

Buy or Hold candidate since Jun 04, 2026 Gain 10.15%

The Valley National Bancorp stock price gained 2.36% on the last trading day (Thursday, 16th Jul 2026), rising from $14.84 to $15.19. It has now gained 3 days in a row. It will be exciting to see whether it manages to continue gaining or take a minor break for the next few days. During the last trading day the stock fluctuated 2.74% from a day low at $14.80 to a day high of $15.20. The price has risen in 6 of the last 10 days and is up by 2.64% over the past 2 weeks. Volume has increased on the last day along with the price, which is a positive technical sign, and, in total, 1 million more shares were traded than the day before. In total, 8 million shares were bought and sold for approximately $127.71 million.

The stock lies in the upper part of a strong rising trend in the short term, and this may normally pose a very good selling opportunity for the short-term trader as reaction back towards the lower part of the trend can be expected. A break-up at the top trend line at $15.25 will firstly indicate a stronger rate of rising. Given the current short-term trend, the stock is expected to rise 12.68% during the next 3 months and, with a 90% probability hold a price between $15.80 and $17.18 at the end of this 3-month period.

VLY Signals & Forecast

The Valley National Bancorp stock holds buy signals from both short and long-term Moving Averages giving a positive forecast for the stock. Also, there is a general buy signal from the relation between the two signals where the short-term average is above the long-term average. On corrections down, there will be some support from the lines at $14.70 and $14.31. A breakdown below any of these levels will issue sell signals. A buy signal was issued from a pivot bottom point on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, and so far it has risen 9.20%. Further rise is indicated until a new top pivot has been found. Volume is rising along with the price. This is considered to be a good technical signal. Some negative signals were issued as well, and these may have some influence on the near short-term development. Furthermore, there is currently a sell signal from the 3 month Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD).

Support, Risk & Stop-loss for Valley National Bancorp stock

On the downside, the stock finds support just below today's level from accumulated volume at $13.77 and $13.52. There is a natural risk involved when a stock is testing a support level, since if this is broken, the stock then may fall to the next support level. In this case, Valley National Bancorp finds support just below today's level at $13.77. If this is broken, then the next support from accumulated volume will be at $13.52 and $13.41.

In general the stock tends to have very controlled movements and with good liquidity the risk is considered very low in this stock. During the last day, the stock moved $0.405 between high and low, or 2.74%. For the last week the stock has had daily average volatility of 1.78%.

Our recommended stop-loss: $14.34 (-5.62%) (This stock has very low daily movements and this gives very low risk. There is a buy signal from a pivot bottom found 19 days ago.)

Trading Expectations (VLY) For The Upcoming Trading Day Of Friday 17th

For the upcoming trading day on Friday, 17th we expect Valley National Bancorp to open at $15.06, and during the day (based on 14 day Average True Range), to move between $15.03 and $15.35, which gives a possible trading interval of +/-$0.313 (+/-2.08%) up or down from last closing price. If Valley National Bancorp takes out the full calculated possible swing range there will be an estimated 2.08% move between the lowest and the highest trading price during the day.

With no resistance above and support from accumulated volume @ $13.77, some $1.42 (9.35%) from the current price of $15.19, our system finds the risk reward attractive.

Is Valley National Bancorp stock A Buy?

Valley National Bancorp holds several positive signals and is within a strong rising trend. As the old saying says, "Let the trend be your friend.'". We therefore consider it to be a good choice at these current levels and we are expecting further gains during the next 3 months. We have upgraded our analysis conclusion for this stock since the last evaluation from a Buy to a Strong Buy candidate.

Current score: 5.606 Strong Buy Candidate Upgraded

Predicted Fair Opening Price

Predicted fair opening price on July 17, 2026 - $15.06 ( 0.84%).

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