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Alerus Financial (ALRS) Competitors

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$22.09 -0.06 (-0.27%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

ALRS vs. AROW, AMNB, BDGE, CAC, CBTX, IREN, LOB, HUT, PWP, and LU

Should you be buying Alerus Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alerus Financial include Arrow Financial (AROW), American National Bankshares (AMNB), Bridge Bancorp (BDGE), Camden National (CAC), CBTX (CBTX), Iris Energy (IREN), Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), Hut 8 (HUT), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), and Lufax (LU).

Alerus Financial vs.

Arrow Financial (NASDAQ:AROW) and Alerus Financial (NASDAQ:ALRS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.

Arrow Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alerus Financial. Arrow Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alerus Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Arrow Financial$191.68M2.94$30.08M$1.9617.17
Alerus Financial$269.76M2.08$11.70M$0.16138.07

Arrow Financial received 107 more outperform votes than Alerus Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.79% of users gave Arrow Financial an outperform vote while only 21.95% of users gave Alerus Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Arrow FinancialOutperform Votes
116
51.79%
Underperform Votes
108
48.21%
Alerus FinancialOutperform Votes
9
21.95%
Underperform Votes
32
78.05%

46.7% of Arrow Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.3% of Alerus Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Arrow Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Alerus Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Arrow Financial has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alerus Financial has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Alerus Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Arrow Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Alerus Financial and 1 mentions for Arrow Financial. Arrow Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Alerus Financial's score of 1.20 indicating that Arrow Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Arrow Financial Very Positive
Alerus Financial Positive

Arrow Financial has a net margin of 15.00% compared to Alerus Financial's net margin of 1.01%. Arrow Financial's return on equity of 8.59% beat Alerus Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Arrow Financial15.00% 8.59% 0.77%
Alerus Financial 1.01%6.02%0.54%

Arrow Financial currently has a consensus target price of $31.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.88%. Alerus Financial has a consensus target price of $23.20, suggesting a potential upside of 5.02%. Given Alerus Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alerus Financial is more favorable than Arrow Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Arrow Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Alerus Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Arrow Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Alerus Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Arrow Financial pays out 57.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alerus Financial pays out 500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alerus Financial has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Alerus Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Arrow Financial beats Alerus Financial on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ALRS vs. The Competition

MetricAlerus FinancialNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$559.72M$22.76B$11.20B$8.74B
Dividend Yield3.62%3.14%5.95%4.08%
P/E Ratio138.0728.0226.1713.55
Price / Sales2.082.3243.7887.67
Price / Cash10.4710.8518.6135.24
Price / Book1.451.253.715.93
Net Income$11.70M$2.24B$998.34M$225.73M
7 Day Performance-2.60%0.44%-0.06%-1.34%
1 Month Performance-9.32%6.15%1.87%1.15%
1 Year Performance16.08%32.90%24.89%24.02%

Alerus Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALRS
Alerus Financial
4.3707 of 5 stars
$22.09
-0.3%
$23.20
+5.0%
+16.2%$559.72M$269.76M138.07840Short Interest ↓
Positive News
AROW
Arrow Financial
3.6897 of 5 stars
$33.73
-1.4%
N/A+38.3%$564.30M$191.68M17.21537Positive News
AMNB
American National Bankshares
N/A$47.76
flat
N/AN/A$507.69M$138.57M19.49334Analyst Forecast
BDGE
Bridge Bancorp
N/A$34.43
+3.0%
N/A+60.5%$680.34M$206.93M14.47496
CAC
Camden National
2.2331 of 5 stars
$48.80
-1.4%
N/A+37.1%$711.02M$257.28M15.25600Analyst Forecast
Positive News
CBTX
CBTX
N/AN/AN/AN/A$717.24M$148.36M19.76506News Coverage
High Trading Volume
IREN
Iris Energy
4.3425 of 5 stars
$12.40
-2.7%
N/A+274.4%$2.33B$188.76M0.00100Options Volume
Gap Up
LOB
Live Oak Bancshares
2.8702 of 5 stars
$48.67
+1.2%
N/A+45.8%$2.19B$800.01M30.61987Insider Selling
HUT
Hut 8
3.0514 of 5 stars
$23.86
-3.0%
N/A+1,258.1%$2.17B$73.90M0.00219Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
PWP
Perella Weinberg Partners
1.0642 of 5 stars
$24.82
-2.6%
N/A+132.1%$2.13B$725.81M-10.47600Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Insider Selling
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
LU
Lufax
3.3674 of 5 stars
$2.44
-3.6%
N/A-37.2%$2.11B$4.82B-3.1736,215Short Interest ↓

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This page (NASDAQ:ALRS) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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