Valley National Bancorp Reports Fourth Quarter 2025 Results

NEW YORK, Jan. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Valley National Bancorp (NASDAQ:VLY), the holding company for Valley National Bank, today reported net income for the fourth quarter 2025 of $195.4 million, or $0.33 per diluted common share, as compared to the third quarter 2025 net income of $163.4 million, or $0.28 per diluted common share, and net income of $115.7 million, or $0.20 per diluted common share, for the fourth quarter 2024. Excluding all non-core income and charges, our adjusted net income (a non-GAAP measure) was $180.2 million, or $0.31 per diluted common share, for the fourth quarter 2025, $164.1 million, or $0.28 per diluted common share, for the third quarter 2025, and $75.7 million, or $0.13 per diluted common share, for the fourth quarter 2024. See further details below, including a reconciliation of our adjusted net income, in the "Consolidated Financial Highlights" tables.

Ira Robbins, CEO, commented, "Valley's momentum accelerated throughout 2025 and enabled us to deliver strong balance sheet growth, improved profitability, and report record quarterly earnings in the fourth quarter. I am extremely proud of our diverse core deposit and disciplined loan growth, which both supported the meaningful improvement in our net interest margin."

Mr. Robbins continued, "Ongoing investments in talent, technology and branding are contributing to our strong relationship pipeline and continue to enhance our client experience. In 2026, we anticipate that thoughtful balance sheet growth and consistent core profitability improvement will drive superior performance and create additional value for our shareholders."

Key financial highlights for the fourth quarter 2025:

Net Interest Income and Margin

Net interest income on a tax equivalent basis of $466.1 million for the fourth quarter 2025 increased $18.7 million and $41.9 million as compared to the third quarter 2025 and fourth quarter 2024, respectively, largely resulting from a decline in the cost of deposits and additional interest income from growth in average loans and taxable investments. Total interest expense decreased $29.8 million to $350.9 million for the fourth quarter 2025 as compared to the third quarter 2025. The decrease was largely the result of (i) strong non-interest bearing deposit growth, (ii) lower interest rates offered on most interest bearing deposit products, and (iii) the repayment of maturing higher-cost indirect customer time deposits during the second half of 2025. Interest income on a tax equivalent basis also decreased $11.1 million to $817.0 million for the fourth quarter 2025 as compared to the third quarter 2025. The decrease mostly resulted from downward repricing of adjustable rate loans, partially offset by the aforementioned additional interest income from both new loans and taxable investments in the fourth quarter 2025.

Net interest margin on a tax equivalent basis of 3.17 percent for the fourth quarter 2025 increased 12 basis points and 25 basis points from 3.05 percent and 2.92 percent, respectively, for the third quarter 2025 and fourth quarter 2024. The increase as compared to the third quarter 2025 was mostly due to a 24 basis point decrease in our cost of total average deposits to 2.45 percent for the fourth quarter 2025, partially offset by the negative impact of the lower yield on average interest earning assets. The overall cost of average interest bearing liabilities decreased by 27 basis points to 3.30 percent for the fourth quarter 2025 as compared to the linked third quarter 2025. The yield on average interest earning assets decreased by 9 basis points to 5.56 percent on a linked quarter basis largely due to downward repricing of our adjustable rate loans and the lower yield on overnight interest bearing cash balances, partially offset by higher yields on new loans and investment securities during the fourth quarter 2025.

Loans, Deposits and Other Borrowings

Loans. Total loans increased $863.9 million, or 7.0 percent on an annualized basis, to $50.1 billion at December 31, 2025 from September 30, 2025. C&I loans grew by $203.7 million, or 7.6 percent on an annualized basis, to $11.0 billion at December 31, 2025 from September 30, 2025 largely driven by new originations from a range of relationship-driven small to midsize clients as a result of our continued focus on expansion of new loan production within this category. Total CRE (including construction) loans increased $560.6 million to $29.2 billion at December 31, 2025 from September 30, 2025 largely due to a $532.6 million, or 34.9 percent on an annualized basis, increase in owner occupied loans. Non-owner occupied loans decreased $103.0 million from September 30, 2025 mainly due to our targeted runoff of transactional loans in this category, which outpaced our selective loan originations in fourth quarter 2025. Construction loans decreased $46.0 million from September 30, 2025 largely due to the completion of existing projects that moved to permanent financing or repaid. At December 31, 2025, the residential mortgage loan portfolio increased $30.8 million to $5.8 billion from September 30, 2025 mainly due to a modest increase in new loan originations. Total consumer loans also increased $68.8 million, or 6.8 percent on an annualized basis, to $4.1 billion at December 31, 2025 from September 30, 2025 primarily due to the combined growth in home equity loans and other collateralized personal lines of credit.

Deposits. Total deposits increased $1.0 billion to $52.2 billion at December 31, 2025 from September 30, 2025 mainly due to a $1.4 billion increase in savings, NOW and money market deposits and a $495.8 million increase in non-interest bearing deposits, which were partially offset by a $845.9 million decrease in time deposits. The increase in savings, NOW and money market deposit balances from September 30, 2025 was largely due to deposit inflows from commercial customer and government deposit accounts. The increase in non-interest bearing deposits to $12.2 billion at December 31, 2025 as compared to $11.7 billion at September 30, 2025 was generated from our relationship-driven commercial banking efforts, as well as inflows from retail customers during the fourth quarter 2025. The decrease in time deposit balances to $11.4 billion at December 31, 2025 was mainly driven by the repayment of maturing indirect customer CDs during the fourth quarter 2025. Total indirect customer deposits (consisting of brokered time and money market deposits) totaled $5.4 billion and $5.8 billion at December 31, 2025 and September 30, 2025, respectively. Non-interest bearing deposits; savings, NOW, and money market deposits; and time deposits represented approximately 23 percent, 55 percent and 22 percent of total deposits as of December 31, 2025, respectively, as compared to 23 percent, 53 percent and 24 percent of total deposits as of September 30, 2025, respectively.

Other Borrowings. Short-term borrowings, consisting of securities sold under repurchase agreements, increased $40.4 million to $91.5 million at December 31, 2025 from September 30, 2025. Long-term borrowings totaled approximately $2.9 billion at December 31, 2025 and remained relatively unchanged from September 30, 2025.

Credit Quality

Non-Performing Assets (NPAs). Total NPAs, consisting of non-accrual loans, other real estate owned (OREO) and other repossessed assets increased $12.4 million to $439.8 million at December 31, 2025 compared to $427.3 million at September 30, 2025. Non-accrual loans increased $12.4 million to $433.9 million, or 0.87 percent of total loans at December 31, 2025 as compared $421.5 million, or 0.86 percent of total loans, at September 30, 2025. Non-accrual construction loans at December 31, 2025 decreased from September 30, 2025 mainly as the result of one well-secured loan returning to accrual status due to its performance during the fourth quarter 2025. This decrease was more than offset by an increase in non-accrual C&I loans primarily driven by a larger loan with meaningful specific allocated reserves within the allowance for loan losses at December 31, 2025.

Accruing Past Due Loans. Total accruing past due loans (i.e., loans past due 30 days or more and still accruing interest) increased $56.6 million to $141.3 million, or 0.28 percent of total loans, at December 31, 2025 as compared to $84.8 million, or 0.17 percent of total loans, at September 30, 2025.

Loans 30 to 59 days past due increased $56.5 million to $120.0 million at December 31, 2025 as compared to September 30, 2025 primarily driven by increases in both CRE and C&I loan delinquencies. CRE loans 30 to 59 days past due increased $46.4 million largely due to two large loans totaling a combined $44.4 million at December 31, 2025.

Loans 60 to 89 days past due increased $567 thousand to $16.7 million at December 31, 2025 as compared to September 30, 2025 mainly due to higher residential mortgage loans delinquencies, largely offset by a $6.0 million CRE loan that migrated from this delinquency category to non-accrual loans during the fourth quarter 2025.

Loans 90 days or more past due and still accruing interest totaled $4.6 million at December 31, 2025 and modestly decreased from $5.0 million at September 30, 2025. All loans 90 days or more past due and still accruing interest are well-secured and in the process of collection.

Allowance for Credit Losses for Loans and Unfunded Commitments. The following table summarizes the allocation of the allowance for credit losses to loan categories and the allocation as a percentage of each loan category at December 31, 2025, September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

Our loan portfolio, totaling $50.1 billion at December 31, 2025, had net loan charge-offs totaling $22.6 million for the fourth quarter 2025 as compared to $14.6 million and $98.3 million for the third quarter 2025 and the fourth quarter 2024, respectively. Gross loan charge-offs totaled $25.1 million for the fourth quarter 2025 and were due, in part, to partial charge-offs of three non-performing loan relationships within the CRE loan category. The three CRE loans had prior total allocated reserves of $8.8 million within the allowance for loan losses at September 30, 2025.

The allowance for credit losses for loans, comprised of our allowance for loan losses and unfunded credit commitments, as a percentage of total loans was 1.19 percent at December 31, 2025, 1.21 percent at September 30, 2025 and 1.17 percent at December 31, 2024. During the fourth quarter 2025, the provision for credit losses for loans totaled $20.0 million as compared to $19.2 million for the third quarter 2025 and $107.0 million for the fourth quarter 2024. The fourth quarter 2025 provision was mainly driven by increases in both specific reserves associated with collateral dependent loans and qualitative reserve components of the allowance for credit losses, partially offset by a decline in quantitative reserves in certain loan categories, including CRE and consumer loans, at December 31, 2025.

Capital Adequacy

Valley's total risk-based capital, Tier 1 capital, common equity Tier 1 capital, and Tier 1 leverage capital ratios were 13.77 percent, 11.69 percent, 10.99 percent, and 9.63 percent, respectively, at December 31, 2025 as compared to 13.83 percent, 11.72 percent, 11.00 percent, and 9.52 percent, respectively, at September 30, 2025. During the fourth quarter 2025, we repurchased 4.3 million shares of our common stock at an average price of $10.93 under our current stock repurchase plan. During the year ended December 31, 2025, we repurchased a total of 6.1 million shares of our common stock at an average price of $10.41 under this plan.

Investor Conference Call

Valley's CEO Ira Robbins will host a conference call with investors and the financial community at 8:30 A.M. (ET), today to discuss Valley's fourth quarter 2025 earnings and related matters. Interested parties should pre-register using this link: https://register.vevent.com/register to receive the dial-in number and a personal PIN, which are required to access the conference call. The teleconference will also be webcast live: https://edge.media-server.com/ and archived on Valley’s website through February 23, 2026. Investor presentation materials will be made available prior to the conference call at www.valley.com.

About Valley

As the principal subsidiary of Valley National Bancorp (NASDAQ: VLY), Valley National Bank is a regional financial institution with approximately $64 billion in assets. Founded in 1927, Valley has more than 200 offices nationwide and serves individuals, families, and businesses across New Jersey, New York, Florida, Alabama, California, and Illinois. Valley delivers a full range of consumer, commercial, and wealth management solutions designed to support everything from homeownership and business growth to long-term financial planning. Big enough to support complex financial needs and small enough to stay deeply connected, Valley is grounded in a relationship-led approach focused on understanding people first. That same relationship-led approach guides Valley’s commitment to community investment and responsible corporate citizenship. To learn more, visit www.valley.com or call the Valley Customer Care Center at 800-522-4100.

Forward-Looking Statements

The foregoing contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are not historical facts and include expressions about management’s confidence and strategies and management’s expectations about our business, new and existing programs and products, acquisitions, relationships, opportunities, taxation, technology, market conditions and economic expectations. These statements may be identified by forward-looking terminology such as “intend,” “should,” “expect,” “believe,” “view,” “opportunity,” “allow,” “continues,” “reflects,” “would,” “could,” “typically,” “usually,” “anticipate,” “may,” “estimate,” “outlook,” “project” or similar statements or variations of such terms. Such forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from such forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

A detailed discussion of factors that could affect our results is included in our SEC filings, including the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

The financial results and disclosures reported in this release are preliminary. Final 2025 financial results and other disclosures will be reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, and may differ materially from the results and disclosures in this document due to, among other things, the completion of final review procedures, the occurrence of subsequent events, or the discovery of additional information.

We undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in our expectations, except as required by law. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements.

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INVESTOR RELATIONS

Requests for copies of reports and/or other inquiries should be directed to Andrew Jianette, Investor Relations, Valley National Bancorp, 70 Speedwell Avenue, Morristown, New Jersey, 07960 by e-mail at investorrelations@valley.com.