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ALRS vs. ABCB, BRKL, BUSE, CATY, CNOB, NWBI, OBK, PPBI, TOWN, and WSFS

Should you be buying Alerus Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alerus Financial include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), First Busey (BUSE), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Towne Bank (TOWN), and WSFS Financial (WSFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Alerus Financial vs. Its Competitors

Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and Alerus Financial (NASDAQ:ALRS) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, media sentiment and earnings.

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.3% of Alerus Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Alerus Financial shares are held by company 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.

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alerus Financial has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Alerus Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 2 mentions for Alerus Financial. Alerus Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 1.34 indicating that Alerus Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameris Bancorp
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alerus Financial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $71.43, suggesting a potential upside of 6.14%. Alerus Financial has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.86%. Given Ameris Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Ameris Bancorp is more favorable than Alerus Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Alerus Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Alerus Financial's net margin of 7.81%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Alerus Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
Alerus Financial 7.81%8.32%0.77%

Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Alerus Financial. Ameris Bancorp 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
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.13$358.68M$5.4012.46
Alerus Financial$336.51M1.69$17.78M$1.2218.33

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Alerus Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alerus Financial pays out 68.9% 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 25 consecutive years. Alerus Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Alerus Financial on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ALRS vs. The Competition

MetricAlerus FinancialFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$576.56M$7.65B$12.05B$9.09B
Dividend Yield3.70%4.75%5.52%4.00%
P/E Ratio18.3318.1219.2020.27
Price / Sales1.695.2125.4098.57
Price / Cash12.2222.4721.6458.16
Price / Book1.142.752.285.49
Net Income$17.78M$306.40M$992.82M$250.45M
7 Day Performance-2.10%2.44%-0.20%4.79%
1 Month Performance3.66%12.58%2.78%7.68%
1 Year Performance9.39%24.00%536.06%16.43%

Alerus Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALRS
Alerus Financial
4.4242 of 5 stars
$22.36
-1.6%
$23.00
+2.9%
+8.4%$576.56M$336.51M18.33840Positive News
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.0923 of 5 stars
$67.04
-1.0%
$71.43
+6.5%
+23.8%$4.62B$1.12B12.872,850Positive News
BRKL
Brookline Bancorp
4.8272 of 5 stars
$11.09
-1.9%
$15.25
+37.5%
+18.3%$1.01B$654.14M13.52850
BUSE
First Busey
4.7779 of 5 stars
$24.00
-1.6%
$27.67
+15.3%
-5.6%$2.18B$663.36M22.431,548News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
4.096 of 5 stars
$47.31
-1.4%
$50.17
+6.0%
+21.9%$3.36B$1.39B11.951,266News Coverage
CNOB
ConnectOne Bancorp
4.8571 of 5 stars
$24.57
-1.8%
$28.50
+16.0%
+23.4%$962.13M$534.62M13.28520News Coverage
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
3.5294 of 5 stars
$13.33
-1.2%
$15.00
+12.5%
+9.7%$1.72B$756.21M14.812,027News Coverage
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.4619 of 5 stars
$37.38
-1.5%
$42.20
+12.9%
+10.9%$1.16B$358.20M15.201,010News Coverage
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.7855 of 5 stars
$22.76
-1.5%
$27.25
+19.7%
-9.6%$2.24B$905.41M14.971,325Positive News
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.7552 of 5 stars
$35.59
-1.1%
$40.00
+12.4%
+21.2%$2.70B$1.03B15.082,720Positive News
WSFS
WSFS Financial
3.5126 of 5 stars
$58.17
-1.5%
$62.75
+7.9%
+19.1%$3.35B$1.05B13.072,309News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:ALRS) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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