Compare Stocks: ALRS, BUSE, CATY, and FRME

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ALRS Alerus Financial	$33.27 +1.0%	$32.81	$20.31 ▼ $34.40	$829.34M	0.67	123,917 shs	115,523 shs
BUSE First Busey	$30.44 +0.2%	$30.29	$22.00 ▼ $31.70	$2.51B	0.71	567,261 shs	491,904 shs
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$62.01 0.0%	$62.62	$44.57 ▼ $65.25	$4.14B	0.85	365,292 shs	347,921 shs
FRME First Merchants	$41.11 +0.0%	$42.69	$34.66 ▼ $45.33	$2.58B	0.84	336,145 shs	320,168 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ALRS Alerus Financial	0.00%	-1.54%	-1.86%	+9.80%	+47.21%
BUSE First Busey	0.00%	-0.72%	-2.40%	+5.77%	+23.54%
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	0.00%	-1.08%	-4.02%	+1.69%	+25.88%
FRME First Merchants	0.00%	-2.26%	-5.21%	-2.33%	+2.21%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ALRS Alerus Financial	$33.27 +1.0%	$32.81	$20.31 ▼ $34.40	$829.34M	0.67	123,917 shs	115,523 shs
BUSE First Busey	$30.44 +0.2%	$30.29	$22.00 ▼ $31.70	$2.51B	0.71	567,261 shs	491,904 shs
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$62.01 0.0%	$62.62	$44.57 ▼ $65.25	$4.14B	0.85	365,292 shs	347,921 shs
FRME First Merchants	$41.11 +0.0%	$42.69	$34.66 ▼ $45.33	$2.58B	0.84	336,145 shs	320,168 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ALRS Alerus Financial	0.00%	-1.54%	-1.86%	+9.80%	+47.21%
BUSE First Busey	0.00%	-0.72%	-2.40%	+5.77%	+23.54%
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	0.00%	-1.08%	-4.02%	+1.69%	+25.88%
FRME First Merchants	0.00%	-2.26%	-5.21%	-2.33%	+2.21%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ALRS Alerus Financial	2.14	Hold	$35.50	6.70% Upside
BUSE First Busey	2.57	Moderate Buy	$32.00	5.12% Upside
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	2.00	Hold	$62.25	0.39% Upside
FRME First Merchants	2.50	Moderate Buy	$49.00	19.19% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ALRS, BUSE, CATY, and FRME Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/21/2026	BUSE First Busey	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
8/20/2026	ALRS Alerus Financial	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
8/17/2026	ALRS Alerus Financial	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Hold (C+)
8/12/2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
8/7/2026	BUSE First Busey	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
8/3/2026	ALRS Alerus Financial	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B-)
8/3/2026	FRME First Merchants	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B)
8/3/2026	ALRS Alerus Financial	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$37.00
7/31/2026	ALRS Alerus Financial	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$36.00
7/31/2026	ALRS Alerus Financial	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$32.00 ➝ $37.00
7/31/2026	ALRS Alerus Financial	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Market Perform	$29.00 ➝ $32.00

(Data available from 9/13/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ALRS Alerus Financial	$399.92M	2.07	$3.52 per share	9.44	$22.24 per share	1.50
BUSE First Busey	$1.04B	2.41	$2.71 per share	11.23	$27.93 per share	1.09
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$1.38B	2.99	$5.11 per share	12.13	$43.00 per share	1.44
FRME First Merchants	$1.05B	2.45	$4.43 per share	9.29	$42.22 per share	0.97

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ALRS Alerus Financial	$17.44M	$1.06	31.39	11.80	N/A	6.87%	14.41%	1.55%	10/29/2026 (Estimated)
BUSE First Busey	$135.26M	$2.42	12.58	11.19	N/A	21.00%	10.48%	1.40%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$315.12M	$5.12	12.11	10.64	N/A	24.66%	11.71%	1.43%	10/20/2026 (Estimated)
FRME First Merchants	$226M	$3.12	13.18	9.24	N/A	17.05%	8.86%	1.12%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)

Latest ALRS, BUSE, CATY, and FRME Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/29/2026	Q2 2026	ALRS Alerus Financial	$0.7660	$0.80	+$0.0340	$0.81	$76.99 million	$80.00 million
7/28/2026	Q2 2026	BUSE First Busey	$0.6330	$0.69	+$0.0570	$0.69	$197.59 million	$194.27 million
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$1.35	$1.37	+$0.02	$1.37	$218.28 million	$221.20 million
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	FRME First Merchants	$1.02	$0.74	-$0.28	$0.70	$202.78 million	$202.49 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ALRS Alerus Financial	$0.88	2.65%	+6.70%	83.02%	25 Years
BUSE First Busey	$1.04	3.42%	+2.59%	42.98%	10 Years
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$1.52	2.45%	+1.87%	29.69%	N/A
FRME First Merchants	$1.48	3.60%	+6.58%	47.44%	13 Years

Latest ALRS, BUSE, CATY, and FRME Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/26/2026	ALRS Alerus Financial	quarterly	$0.22	2.65%	9/25/2026	9/25/2026	10/9/2026
8/14/2026	FRME First Merchants	quarterly	$0.37	3.52%	9/4/2026	9/4/2026	9/18/2026
8/14/2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	quarterly	$0.38	2.46%	8/28/2026	8/28/2026	9/8/2026
7/14/2026	BUSE First Busey	quarterly	$0.26	3.48%	7/24/2026	7/24/2026	7/31/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ALRS Alerus Financial	0.10	0.90	0.89
BUSE First Busey	0.11	0.90	0.90
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	0.04	1.04	1.04
FRME First Merchants	0.56	0.95	0.95

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ALRS Alerus Financial	51.25%
BUSE First Busey	56.49%
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	75.01%
FRME First Merchants	73.92%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ALRS Alerus Financial	4.30%
BUSE First Busey	3.77%
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	4.53%
FRME First Merchants	1.77%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ALRS Alerus Financial	864	24.93 million	23.86 million	Optionable
BUSE First Busey	1,948	82.58 million	79.46 million	Optionable
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	1,268	66.71 million	63.69 million	Optionable
FRME First Merchants	2,086	62.80 million	61.69 million	Optionable

ALRS, BUSE, CATY, and FRME Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Jupiter Topco LLC Acquires Shares of 27,284 First Merchants Corporation $FRME

September 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Legal & General Group Plc Invests $2.35 Million in First Merchants Corporation $FRME

September 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Wellington Management Group LLP Sells 310,614 Shares of First Merchants Corporation $FRME

September 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

First Merchants Corporation (NASDAQ:FRME) Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.37

September 2, 2026 | marketbeat.com

415,568 Shares in First Merchants Corporation $FRME Purchased by Bank of New York Mellon Corp

September 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Susquehanna International Group LLP Sells 50,160 Shares of First Merchants Corporation $FRME

August 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Takes Position in First Merchants Corporation $FRME

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

277,911 Shares in First Merchants Corporation $FRME Acquired by Empowered Funds LLC

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

5,324,728 Shares in First Merchants Corporation $FRME Purchased by BlackRock Inc.

August 28, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Sanctuary Advisors LLC Purchases Shares of 31,235 First Merchants Corporation $FRME

August 27, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Deutsche Bank AG Makes New $2.94 Million Investment in First Merchants Corporation $FRME

August 27, 2026 | marketbeat.com

27,675 Shares in First Merchants Corporation $FRME Purchased by Quantbot Technologies LP

August 26, 2026 | marketbeat.com

27,500 Shares in First Merchants Corporation $FRME Purchased by Paradigm Capital Management Inc. NY

August 25, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Ieq Capital LLC Purchases Shares of 68,021 First Merchants Corporation $FRME

August 25, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Bank of America Corp DE Increases Holdings in First Merchants Corporation $FRME

August 25, 2026 | marketbeat.com

William Blair Investment Management LLC Purchases Shares of 622,443 First Merchants Corporation $FRME

August 23, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Top Executive Makes a Notable Move in First Merchants Stock

August 21, 2026 | tipranks.com

OneAscent Financial Services LLC Buys New Shares in First Merchants Corporation $FRME

August 21, 2026 | marketbeat.com

First Merchants: A Mid-Cap Midwest Bank With Earnings Stuck In Neutral

August 20, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

First Merchants Corporation (NASDAQ:FRME) Given Average Rating of "Moderate Buy" by Analysts

August 20, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Great Lakes Advisors LLC Takes Position in First Merchants Corporation $FRME

August 20, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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ALRS, BUSE, CATY, and FRME Company Descriptions

Alerus Financial NASDAQ:ALRS

$33.27 +0.34 (+1.03%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$33.26 -0.01 (-0.03%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

Alerus Financial Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Alerus Financial, National Association that engages in the provision of various financial services to businesses and consumers. The company operates in four segments: Banking, Mortgage, Retirement and Benefit Services, and Wealth Management. It offers various deposit products, including demand deposits, interest-bearing transaction accounts, money market accounts, time and savings deposits, checking accounts, and certificates of deposit; and treasury management products, including electronic receivables management, remote deposit capture, cash vault services, merchant services, and other cash management services. The company also provides commercial loans, business term loans, lines of credit, and commercial real estate loans, as well as construction and land development loans; consumer lending products, including residential first mortgage loans; installment loans and lines of credit; and second mortgage loans. In addition, it offers retirement plan administration and investment advisory services, employee stock ownership plan, fiduciary services, payroll, health savings accounts, and other benefit services, as well as individual retirement accounts; and financial planning, investment management, personal and corporate trust, estate administration, and custody services. Further, the company provides debit and credit cards, online banking, mobile banking/wallet, payment, private banking, payroll accounts, flex spending accounts, administration, and government health insurance program services. It offers banking services in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Arizona; and retirement and benefit plans through offices located in Michigan, Minnesota, and Colorado. The company was formerly known as First National Bank North Dakota and changed its name to Alerus Financial Corporation in 2000. Alerus Financial Corporation was founded in 1879 and is headquartered in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

First Busey NASDAQ:BUSE

$30.44 +0.06 (+0.20%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$30.44 +0.00 (+0.02%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

First Busey Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Busey Bank that engages in the provision of retail and commercial banking products and services to individual, corporate, institutional, and governmental customers in the United States. It operates through three segments: Banking, Wealth Management, and FirsTech. The Banking segment provides banking services to individual customers, such as demand and savings deposits, money transfers, safe deposit services, individual retirement accounts and other fiduciary services, automated teller machines, and technology-based networks, as well as loan products, including residential real estate, home equity lines of credit, and consumer loans. This segment also offers banking services to corporate customers, including commercial, commercial real estate, real estate construction, and agricultural loans, as well as cash management services. The Wealth Management segment offers a range of investment and asset management, investment, brokerage, investment strategy consulting, fiduciary, philanthropic advisory, tax preparation, business succession planning, and employee retirement plan services to individuals, businesses, and foundations; and professional farm management services to the agricultural industry. The FirsTech segment provides payment technology solutions comprising online, mobile, and voice-recognition bill payments; money management and credit card networks; direct debit services; lockbox remittance processing for payments made by mail; and walk-in payments, as well as tools to help clients with billing, reconciliation, bill reminders, and treasury services. The company was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in Champaign, Illinois.

Cathay General Bancorp NASDAQ:CATY

$62.01 -0.03 (-0.05%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$62.04 +0.02 (+0.04%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

Cathay General Bancorp operates as the holding company for Cathay Bank that offers various commercial banking products and services to individuals, professionals, and small to medium-sized businesses in the United States. The company offers various deposit products, including passbook accounts, checking accounts, money market deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, and public funds deposits. It also provides loan products, such as commercial mortgage loans, commercial loans, small business administration loans, residential mortgage loans, real estate construction loans, and home equity lines of credit, as well as installment loans to individuals for household, and other consumer expenditures. In addition, the company offers trade financing, letter of credit, wire transfer, forward currency spot and forward contract, safe deposit, collection, automatic teller machine, Internet banking, investment, and other customary bank services, as well as securities and insurance products. Cathay General Bancorp was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

First Merchants NASDAQ:FRME

$41.11 +0.01 (+0.02%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$41.12 +0.02 (+0.04%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

First Merchants Corporation operates as the financial holding company for First Merchants Bank that provides community banking services. The company offers a range of financial services, including time, savings, and demand deposits; and consumer, commercial, agri-business, public finance, and real estate mortgage loans. It also provides personal and corporate trust; brokerage and private wealth management; and letters of credit, repurchase agreements, and other corporate services. The company operates banking locations in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan counties. It also offers its services through electronic and mobile delivery channels. First Merchants Corporation was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Muncie, Indiana.

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