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Valley National Bank

$10B-$250B Specialty: Commercial NJ FDIC cert 9396

Passaic, NJ

233 branches across NJ · FL · NY · AL · CA · IL

137 banks in the $10B-$250B peer group nationally 5 in NJ
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Valley National Bank has 1 strength but faces 5 concerns

Key Strengths include matched growth signatures, metrics ranked in the top 10%, and values meaningfully above the tier average.
Key Concerns include matched risk or decline signatures, metrics ranked in the bottom 10%, and values meaningfully below the tier average.

Key Strengths

Areas where this bank excels compared to peers

  • + Delinquency Rate 0.13% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Strain: Bottom 22.2% in tier
  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 27.3% in tier
  • - ROA 0.22% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.51% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 1.00% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NJ) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $64.4B
+4.2% YoY +0.5% QoQ
+$17.4B $47.0B
-1.9% YoY
$4.1B
+2.0% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
80%
Total Loans ? $50.3B
+4.5% YoY +1.4% QoQ
+$20.9B $29.4B
-0.4% YoY
$3.1B
+1.9% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
85%
Total Deposits ? $53.0B
+5.5% YoY +1.2% QoQ
+$14.5B $38.4B
-1.6% YoY
$3.3B
+2.8% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
80%
Return on Assets ? 1.06%
+42.8% YoY +7.2% QoQ
-0.22% 1.28%
+18.7% YoY
0.42%
-40.1% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
36%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.27%
+6.7% YoY +3.5% QoQ
-0.51% 3.77%
+5.8% YoY
3.07%
+6.4% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
35%
Efficiency Ratio ? 55.00%
+0.7% YoY +2.4% QoQ
+1.00% 54.01%
-3.7% YoY
81.63%
+9.7% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
51%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.88%
+19.8% YoY -0.2% QoQ
-0.13% 1.02%
-3.8% YoY
0.74%
-28.2% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
38%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 94.89%
-1.0% YoY +0.1% QoQ
+14.10% 80.79%
+1.9% YoY
82.02%
-3.5% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
18%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 23.32%
-1.2% YoY -0.7% QoQ
+3.28% 20.04%
+0.2% YoY
16.85%
-1.4% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
54%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.70%
+19.0% YoY +0.7% QoQ
-0.03% 0.72%
+4.2% YoY
0.57%
-26.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
31%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.42%
-1.7% YoY -0.4% QoQ
-3.10% 15.51%
-0.4% YoY
20.47%
+20.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
39%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.10%
+23.1% YoY -72.2% QoQ
-0.12% 0.22%
+0.3% YoY
0.39%
-6.4% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
30%

Signature Analysis

Composite behavioral patterns that combine multiple metrics to identify what stands out about this bank. Matched signatures only; metric-level callouts appear in the Key Strengths / Key Concerns summary above.

Strengths are growth signatures this bank matches (e.g. Revenue Diversifier, Profitability Leader).
Concerns are risk or decline signatures this bank matches (e.g. Margin Compression, Credit Quality Pressure).

Strengths (0)

No matched strength signatures this quarter

Concerns (2)

Liquidity Strain

risk
#9 of 36 • Bottom 22.2% in tier

Loan-to-deposit ratio above 90% - loan demand outpacing deposits. Bumping against liquidity limits, funding solutions needed.

Why this signature
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 94.89%
(Tier: 80.79%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
36 of 36 Large banks match · 1013 nationally
→ Stable -50 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#19 of 66 • Bottom 27.3% in tier

Loan portfolio growing while delinquencies are rising. Expansion with deteriorating credit quality needs attention.

66 of 66 Large banks match · 1464 nationally
→ Stable -10 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Metric Rankings

See how this bank ranks across all tracked metrics compared to peers.

Strengths are metrics in the top 25% (75th percentile or higher).
Concerns are metrics in the bottom 25% (25th percentile or lower).
Comparing against 137 peers in $10B-$250B

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

22
Total Loans
size
Value: $50.25B
Peer Median: $29.36B
#22 of 137 Top 15.3% in $10B-$250B
29
Total Assets
size
Value: $64.39B
Peer Median: $46.96B
#29 of 137 Top 20.4% in $10B-$250B
29
Total Deposits
size
Value: $52.96B
Peer Median: $38.42B
#29 of 137 Top 20.4% in $10B-$250B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

114
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 94.89%
Peer Median: 80.79%
#114 of 137 Bottom 17.5% in $10B-$250B
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