ALRS vs. PWP, LOB, CASH, INTR, NTB, CLBK, MBIN, NIC, CUBI, and QCRH
Should you be buying Alerus Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alerus Financial include Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), Pathward Financial (CASH), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), Columbia Financial (CLBK), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), Nicolet Bankshares (NIC), Customers Bancorp (CUBI), and QCR (QCRH). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Alerus Financial vs.
Perella Weinberg Partners (NASDAQ:PWP) and Alerus Financial (NASDAQ:ALRS) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and risk.
Alerus Financial has a net margin of 1.01% compared to Perella Weinberg Partners' net margin of -11.09%. Alerus Financial's return on equity of 6.02% beat Perella Weinberg Partners' return on equity.
Perella Weinberg Partners received 11 more outperform votes than Alerus Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.92% of users gave Perella Weinberg Partners an outperform vote while only 21.43% of users gave Alerus Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Perella Weinberg Partners and Perella Weinberg Partners both had 2 articles in the media. Perella Weinberg Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Alerus Financial's score of 0.98 indicating that Perella Weinberg Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
41.1% of Perella Weinberg Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.3% of Alerus Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 43.5% of Perella Weinberg Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Alerus Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Perella Weinberg Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Alerus Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Perella Weinberg Partners pays out -11.8% 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.
Alerus Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Perella Weinberg Partners. Perella Weinberg Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alerus Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Perella Weinberg Partners presently has a consensus price target of $18.83, suggesting a potential downside of 24.64%. Alerus Financial has a consensus price target of $23.20, suggesting a potential upside of 7.76%. Given Alerus Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alerus Financial is more favorable than Perella Weinberg Partners.
Perella Weinberg Partners has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alerus Financial has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Alerus Financial beats Perella Weinberg Partners on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ALRS) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
