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Valley National Bank

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

Passaic, NJ

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

NEW · Q2 2026 RECAP

Your Quarter, Wrapped

A 35-second highlight reel of your Q2 — the wins worth celebrating and the one signal worth watching, pulled straight from your scorecard data.

Q2 2026 at a glance

  • 1 of 139 banks in the $10B-$250B peer group nationwide — 1 of 5 in NJ.
  • Deposits +7.0% year over year ($54.3B on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.92%.
  • Return on assets 1.08%.
  • Efficiency ratio 54.06% vs a 53.67% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 95.49% vs a 82.61% peer average.

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139 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 0.09% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 32.2% in tier
  • - Liquidity Strain: Bottom 37.5% in tier
  • - ROA 0.31% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.62% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 0.39% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NJ) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $66.2B
+5.7% YoY +2.9% QoQ
+$22.6B $43.6B
-13.8% YoY
$4.4B
+7.9% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
82%
Total Loans ? $51.9B
+6.2% YoY +3.3% QoQ
+$23.9B $28.0B
-8.6% YoY
$3.3B
+6.8% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
Top 13.7% in tier
Total Deposits ? $54.3B
+7.0% YoY +2.6% QoQ
+$18.9B $35.4B
-14.0% YoY
$3.6B
+8.2% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
82%
Return on Assets ? 1.08%
+30.9% YoY +1.8% QoQ
-0.31% 1.39%
+25.9% YoY
0.53%
-11.1% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
32%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.30%
+6.6% YoY +0.9% QoQ
-0.62% 3.92%
+8.9% YoY
3.11%
+4.3% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
32%
Efficiency Ratio ? 54.06%
-0.5% YoY -1.7% QoQ
+0.39% 53.67%
-1.9% YoY
78.52%
+3.6% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
55%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.92%
+26.1% YoY +4.6% QoQ
-0.09% 1.01%
-2.8% YoY
0.69%
-16.2% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
33%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 95.49%
-0.7% YoY +0.6% QoQ
+12.88% 82.61%
+3.1% YoY
81.90%
-3.2% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
15%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 23.50%
+1.1% YoY +0.8% QoQ
+2.92% 20.58%
+4.9% YoY
16.56%
-0.1% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
55%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.73%
+26.1% YoY +4.7% QoQ
+0.00% 0.73%
+5.8% YoY
0.61%
-0.3% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
29%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.28%
-1.8% YoY -1.1% QoQ
-3.07% 15.35%
-0.4% YoY
19.31%
+2.7% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
33%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.21%
+16.8% YoY +96.5% QoQ
-0.29% 0.50%
+10.5% YoY
0.77%
-2.9% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
24%

Additional Detail

Deposit mix, loan mix, capital, efficiency, asset quality & profitability · As of 2026-Q2

Deposit Composition

% of total deposits

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NJ) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 23.5%
+0.2pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
+2.5pp 21.0% 16.6% 22.2% 54%
Brokered Deposits 9.7%
-3.0pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
+0.5pp 9.2% 10.1% 8.5% 74%

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NJ) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 16.3%
-1.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.9pp 17.2% 6.5% 12.5% 53%
CRE 58.5%
-0.6pp YoY
-0.6pp QoQ
+16.5pp 42.0% 56.3% 41.4% 82%
1-4 Family 12.9%
-0.1pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-10.2pp 23.1% 39.4% 31.3% 23%
Consumer 6.1%
-0.3pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
-6.8pp 12.9% 4.3% 5.0% 71%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NJ) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 12.3%
-0.2pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-3.0pp 15.3% 18.8% 19.7% 33%
Leverage Ratio 10.3%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.2pp 10.4% 13.4% 12.6% 54%
Total Capital Ratio 13.3%
-0.2pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-3.2pp 16.5% 19.8% 20.8% 25%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NJ) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 3,432
-285 (-7.7%) YoY
-175 (-4.9%) QoQ
+174 3,258 336 482 75%
Assets per Employee ($) $19.3M
+14.5% YoY
+8.1% QoQ
-$7.7M $27.0M $11.2M $8.8M 77%
Branch Count 232
-2 (-0.9%) YoY
-1 (-0.4%) QoQ
+94 137 20 18 84%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NJ) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.4pp 0.4% 0.1% 0.4% 41%
Nonaccrual 0.9%
+0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.2pp 0.7% 0.8% 1.0% 76%
Allowance Coverage 1.23x
-24.0% YoY
-6.5% QoQ
-1.58x 2.81x 6.57x 20.23x 28%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.2%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.3pp 0.4% 0.2% 0.2% 47%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NJ) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 8.4%
+2.0pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
-4.2pp 12.6% 6.4% 11.6% 20%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 2.2%
-0.3pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.2pp 2.0% 1.9% 1.7% 66%
Net Income ($, YTD) $349.4M
+36.4% YoY
— QoQ
+$52.6M $296.8M $19.8M $40.4M 76%

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)

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#20 of 59 • Bottom 32.2% in tier

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

59 of 59 Large banks match · 1401 nationally
→ Stable -58 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Liquidity Strain

risk
#16 of 40 • Bottom 37.5% 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: 95.49%
(Tier: 82.61%, National: 79.03%)
worse than tier avg
40 of 40 Large banks match · 1092 nationally
→ Stable +81 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 139 peers in $10B-$250B

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

20
Total Loans
size
Value: $51.89B
Peer Median: $27.97B
#20 of 139 Top 13.7% in $10B-$250B
26
Total Assets
size
Value: $66.23B
Peer Median: $43.60B
#26 of 139 Top 18.0% in $10B-$250B
26
Total Deposits
size
Value: $54.34B
Peer Median: $35.42B
#26 of 139 Top 18.0% in $10B-$250B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

119
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 95.49%
Peer Median: 82.61%
#119 of 139 Bottom 15.1% in $10B-$250B
107
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.21%
Peer Median: 0.50%
#107 of 139 Bottom 23.7% in $10B-$250B
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