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