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ALRS vs. FINV, PPBI, FBK, NTB, CASH, NIC, HUT, BTDR, CUBI, and PWP

Should you be buying Alerus Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alerus Financial include FinVolution Group (FINV), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), FB Financial (FBK), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), Pathward Financial (CASH), Nicolet Bankshares (NIC), Hut 8 (HUT), Bitdeer Technologies Group (BTDR), Customers Bancorp (CUBI), and Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Alerus Financial vs.

Alerus Financial (NASDAQ:ALRS) and FinVolution Group (NYSE:FINV) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and community ranking.

FinVolution Group received 2 more outperform votes than Alerus Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.09% of users gave FinVolution Group an outperform vote while only 22.92% of users gave Alerus Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Alerus FinancialOutperform Votes
11
22.92%
Underperform Votes
37
77.08%
FinVolution GroupOutperform Votes
13
59.09%
Underperform Votes
9
40.91%

FinVolution Group has a net margin of 17.36% compared to Alerus Financial's net margin of 6.26%. FinVolution Group's return on equity of 16.66% beat Alerus Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alerus Financial6.26% 7.66% 0.68%
FinVolution Group 17.36%16.66%10.85%

Alerus Financial presently has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.47%. FinVolution Group has a consensus price target of $11.55, indicating a potential upside of 34.24%. Given FinVolution Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FinVolution Group is more favorable than Alerus Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alerus Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
FinVolution Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, FinVolution Group had 13 more articles in the media than Alerus Financial. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for FinVolution Group and 3 mentions for Alerus Financial. Alerus Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat FinVolution Group's score of 0.78 indicating that Alerus Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alerus Financial
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
FinVolution Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Alerus Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. FinVolution Group pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Alerus Financial pays out 65.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FinVolution Group pays out 16.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Alerus Financial has increased its dividend for 24 consecutive years. Alerus Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

51.3% of Alerus Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.1% of FinVolution Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Alerus Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 44.0% of FinVolution Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

FinVolution Group has higher revenue and earnings than Alerus Financial. FinVolution Group 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
Alerus Financial$237.02M2.23$21.07M$1.2217.07
FinVolution Group$13.09B0.17$329.70M$1.256.88

Alerus Financial has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FinVolution Group has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

FinVolution Group beats Alerus Financial on 14 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$528.63M$22.95B$11.48B$8.32B
Dividend Yield3.60%3.41%5.45%4.10%
P/E Ratio20.4312.7722.4019.61
Price / Sales2.232.8827.36120.47
Price / Cash9.7811.1617.6234.62
Price / Book1.121.182.774.48
Net Income$21.07M$2.17B$1.04B$248.32M
7 Day Performance-5.36%-2.13%-1.42%-1.17%
1 Month Performance17.83%4.70%4.33%10.65%
1 Year Performance8.16%20.36%538.19%8.80%

Alerus Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALRS
Alerus Financial
4.6604 of 5 stars
$20.77
-1.0%
$23.00
+10.7%
+8.8%$526.85M$237.02M20.36840Positive News
Dividend Increase
FINV
FinVolution Group
3.1503 of 5 stars
$8.79
+3.4%
$11.40
+29.7%
+76.6%$2.23B$13.09B7.584,260News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
4.3937 of 5 stars
$22.17
-0.4%
$27.25
+22.9%
-8.2%$2.15B$541.46M13.521,430Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
FBK
FB Financial
4.4287 of 5 stars
$45.63
-0.3%
$53.80
+17.9%
+15.2%$2.10B$482.15M18.471,760News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
NTB
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son
3.0467 of 5 stars
$42.94
+0.1%
$44.67
+4.0%
+22.0%$2.04B$587.36M9.101,340News Coverage
Positive News
CASH
Pathward Financial
3.2226 of 5 stars
$81.15
-0.3%
$92.00
+13.4%
+41.1%$1.94B$616.00M11.831,150Positive News
Dividend Announcement
NIC
Nicolet Bankshares
1.8859 of 5 stars
$123.23
+0.4%
$119.25
-3.2%
+49.0%$1.86B$356.32M15.35860Positive News
Dividend Increase
High Trading Volume
HUT
Hut 8
3.4688 of 5 stars
$17.17
+0.2%
$25.93
+51.0%
+73.4%$1.79B$254.83M0.00219Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
BTDR
Bitdeer Technologies Group
2.5604 of 5 stars
$15.32
+0.9%
$20.20
+31.9%
+155.6%$1.72B$349.78M-29.46211Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
CUBI
Customers Bancorp
3.0474 of 5 stars
$53.89
-1.1%
$64.00
+18.8%
+8.3%$1.70B$648.24M10.61640Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
PWP
Perella Weinberg Partners
2.1662 of 5 stars
$18.87
-1.4%
$23.00
+21.9%
+14.1%$1.67B$987.74M-11.94600Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ALRS) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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