Valley National Bancorp (VLY) CFO Alan D Eskow buys 8,500 Shares

Senior EVP & CFO of Valley National Bancorp (VLY, Financial) Alan D Eskow buys 8,500 shares of VLY on 12/15/2010 at an average price of $13.79 a share.

Valley National Bancorp has a market cap of $2.23 billion; its shares were traded at around $13.8 with a P/E ratio of 18.6 and P/S ratio of 2.8. The dividend yield of Valley National Bancorp stocks is 5.3%. Valley National Bancorp had an annual average earning growth of 0.1% over the past 10 years.

VLY is in the portfolios of Columbia Wanger of Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC, Louis Moore Bacon of Moore Capital Management, LP, Richard Snow of Snow Capital Management, L.P., Bruce Kovner of Caxton Associates, Jeremy Grantham of GMO LLC, Mario Gabelli of GAMCO Investors, Steven Cohen of SAC Capital Advisors, Chuck Royce of Royce& Associates.

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

  • Buy: Director Barnett Rukin bought 2,000 shares of VLY stock on 11/26/2010 at the average price of 12.77. Barnett Rukin owns at least 89,066 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 8.07% since.

  • Buy: Director Barnett Rukin bought 1,900 shares of VLY stock on 08/20/2010 at the average price of 13.18. Barnett Rukin owns at least 87,068 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 4.7% since.

  • Sell: Senior Vice President Stephen P Davey sold 1,014 shares of VLY stock on 12/15/2010 at the average price of 13.86. Stephen P Davey owns at least 877 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.43% since.

  • Sell: Director Graham O Jones sold 3,500 shares of VLY stock on 09/02/2010 at the average price of 13.12. Graham O Jones owns at least 878,035 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 5.18% since.

  • Sell: Senior EVP & COO Peter P Crocitto sold 1,100 shares of VLY stock on 07/27/2010 at the average price of 14.74. Peter P Crocitto owns at least 47,860 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 6.38% since.