AROW vs. ALRS, CAC, BDGE, GNTY, FISI, ICE, MCO, CME, IBKR, and MSCI
Should you be buying Arrow Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arrow Financial include Alerus Financial (ALRS), Camden National (CAC), Bridge Bancorp (BDGE), Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY), Financial Institutions (FISI), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Moody's (MCO), CME Group (CME), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), and MSCI (MSCI).
Arrow Financial (NASDAQ:AROW) and Alerus Financial (NASDAQ:ALRS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Arrow Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Alerus Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Arrow Financial pays out 62.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alerus Financial pays out 163.3% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Alerus Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Arrow Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Alerus Financial and 3 mentions for Arrow Financial. Alerus Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Arrow Financial's score of 0.85 indicating that Alerus Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Arrow Financial has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alerus Financial has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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, 6.1% of Alerus Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Alerus Financial has a consensus target price of $23.17, suggesting a potential upside of 25.23%. Given Alerus Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alerus Financial is more favorable than Arrow Financial.
Summary
Alerus Financial beats Arrow Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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