ALRS vs. AROW, BDGE, SMBK, SHBI, NEWT, GNTY, CAC, HAFC, CARE, and FISI
Should you be buying Alerus Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alerus Financial include Arrow Financial (AROW), Bridge Bancorp (BDGE), SmartFinancial (SMBK), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), NewtekOne (NEWT), Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY), Camden National (CAC), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), Carter Bankshares (CARE), and Financial Institutions (FISI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Alerus Financial (NASDAQ:ALRS) and Arrow Financial (NASDAQ:AROW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Alerus Financial has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arrow Financial has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Arrow Financial received 108 more outperform votes than Alerus Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.49% of users gave Arrow Financial an outperform vote while only 22.22% of users gave Alerus Financial an outperform vote.
51.3% of Alerus Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of Arrow Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Alerus Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Arrow Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Alerus Financial presently has a consensus target price of $23.17, suggesting a potential upside of 17.30%. Given Alerus Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Alerus Financial is more favorable than Arrow Financial.
Arrow Financial has a net margin of 14.34% compared to Alerus Financial's net margin of 3.54%. Alerus Financial's return on equity of 8.13% beat Arrow Financial's return on equity.
Arrow Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Alerus Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Arrow Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Alerus Financial pays out 155.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Arrow Financial pays out 62.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arrow Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Alerus Financial had 11 more articles in the media than Arrow Financial. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Alerus Financial and 2 mentions for Arrow Financial. Arrow Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Alerus Financial's score of 0.31 indicating that Arrow Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Alerus Financial and Arrow Financial tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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