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Valley National Bancorp operates through Valley National Bank and its subsidiaries. It takes deposits from businesses and individuals and uses that funding, alongside borrowings, to make loans and hold income-producing securities. Borrowers pay interest, and most of Valley’s income comes from interest earned after deducting interest paid on deposits and borrowings.
Commercial banking supplies most of its revenue. Valley lends to small and middle-market businesses, while commercial real estate and construction account for most of its loans. Lending is concentrated in New Jersey, the New York City metropolitan area and Florida, tying the business closely to borrowers and property markets there. It also makes home and consumer loans; deposit services, wealth management and insurance generate a smaller stream of fees and commissions.
The business depends on retaining reasonably priced deposits and collecting loan payments, as well as the gap between lending and investment yields and funding costs. Regulatory capital requirements constrain the bank’s activities and its ability to send dividends to the parent company, which relies on subsidiary payments to meet most of its own obligations.
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BankUnited competes with Valley for business deposits and loans in Florida and New York, and nationally for homeowners-association deposits and equipment financing. Its pricing and services for small and middle-market businesses show what Valley must compete against to win those customers.
Fulton Financial competes with Valley for small and midsized businesses in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, taking their deposits and financing commercial properties and equipment. Its commercial property loans and equipment leases are the overlapping businesses to watch.
SouthState and Valley compete in Florida and Alabama and run similarly sized businesses that use customer deposits to fund loans and earn interest from borrowers. SouthState’s interest paid on deposits is worth watching alongside its loan income: both matter to the lending earnings Valley relies on.
Seacoast competes with Valley for Florida businesses and individuals, offering deposits and loans alongside mortgages, wealth management and insurance. Its speed in making lending decisions and its branch-and-digital service show how it seeks to win those shared customers.
Ameris Bancorp and Valley both have substantial commercial property lending and rely on interest earned from borrowers, so property credit conditions matter to both. Watch Ameris’s commercial real estate loan concentration and loan interest income for a comparison with Valley’s effort to reduce its property exposure.
United Community Banks competes with Valley for banking customers in Florida and Alabama, and nationally for businesses borrowing to finance equipment or small-business needs. Its national equipment finance and small-business lending operations are the businesses to watch beyond the local branch overlap.
Regions competes with Valley in Southern markets for businesses needing loans and individuals using banking and wealth-management services. Its commercial banking, retail banking and wealth businesses overlap with the customer relationships Valley seeks to build there.
Cathay General Bancorp competes with Valley for business banking customers in New York and California, with both financing commercial properties, business needs and homes. Cathay’s lending to small and midsized businesses is a useful place to watch this overlap.
Hope Bancorp competes with Valley in New York, New Jersey and California for commercial property borrowers and business deposits, while helping businesses manage cash through treasury services. Its commercial real estate lending and business cash-management services are the overlapping offerings to watch.
Zions and Valley both lend to businesses using customer deposits, so deposit funding costs and borrowers’ ability to repay matter to both banks’ lending earnings.
United Bankshares and Valley use customer deposits to fund business, construction and property loans, leaving both exposed to deposit costs and borrowers’ ability to repay. United’s deposit pricing and the credit quality of those loans offer a comparison for the same pressures on Valley.
Columbia Banking Systems competes with Valley in business lending and financing equipment through leases; both also serve homeowners associations beyond their core branch markets. Columbia’s FinPac equipment leasing business and its homeowners-association office in Texas are concrete places to watch that competition.
Bankunited, Inc. earningsBKU
BankUnited's deposit costs and business lending will show what Valley faces as it competes for business customers in Florida and New York.
Read BankUnited's cost of attracting business deposits alongside growth in business lending. Lending growth with deposit costs contained would show it can win customers efficiently, leaving Valley to compete on terms; rising deposit costs with slower lending would suggest BankUnited is paying more to pursue that business, though Valley's own costs may differ.
SouthState Bank Corporation earningsSSB
SouthState's deposit costs and loan interest income will show whether a bank competing with Valley in Florida and Alabama can still earn a spread by funding loans with customer deposits.
Compare SouthState's interest income from loans with the interest it pays depositors. If loan income stays ahead, deposit costs have not erased the return on lending, offering a peer signal for Valley's main income source; if deposit expense catches up or exceeds loan income, the spread is under pressure, though the banks' customers and loan books differ.
Valley National Bancorp earningsThis company
Valley earns most of its income from interest on loans and securities minus interest paid on deposits, so this report will show whether that income can cover credit costs in its property-heavy loan book.
Read net interest margin—the interest left after funding costs, measured against interest-earning assets—alongside the provision for credit losses. A steady or wider margin with no marked rise in the provision would suggest asset income is keeping pace with deposit costs and borrower repayments remain sound; a narrower margin and a higher provision would point to funding pressure and property-loan stress squeezing earnings together.
Ameris Bancorp earningsABCB
Ameris Bancorp's commercial real-estate loan exposure and related interest income will show whether a bank can preserve property-lending income while changing its exposure, a relevant comparison as Valley reduces its own.
Read changes in Ameris Bancorp's commercial real-estate loan share alongside the related interest income. A lower share with income holding up would suggest a bank can reduce concentration without giving up much property-lending income; income falling with the share would show that reducing exposure can also cost interest income. This is a peer comparison, not a substitute for Valley's own results.
Fed Interest Rate Decision
Valley earns most of its income from the difference between interest on its loans and securities and interest paid on deposits and borrowings, so the Fed’s policy-rate decision can change that spread as those rates reset at different times.
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If it comes in above expectations
If the policy rate is higher than expected, interest on repricing loans and new lending may rise, but Valley may also have to pay more to retain or attract deposits and fund borrowing; the effect on its net interest income depends on which rates reset faster and by how much.
If it comes in below expectations
If the policy rate is lower than expected, interest on repricing loans and new lending may fall, while Valley’s deposit and borrowing costs may also ease; the effect on its net interest income depends on which rates reset faster and by how much.
