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Alerus Financial (ALRS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$34.23 +0.11 (+0.32%)
As of 10:10 AM Eastern

About Alerus Financial Stock (NASDAQ:ALRS)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$33.86
$34.24
50-Day Range
$28.08
$34.12
52-Week Range
$20.31
$34.40
Volume
10,276 shs
Average Volume
180,473 shs
Market Capitalization
$860.20 million
P/E Ratio
32.29
Dividend Yield
2.57%
Price Target
$35.50
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Alerus Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ALRS) is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The firm provides a full range of commercial and consumer banking products, including deposit accounts, lending solutions and treasury management services for individuals, small businesses and larger corporate clients. Through its community banking network, Alerus emphasizes local decision-making and personalized service to meet the needs of its varied client base.

In addition to traditional banking offerings, Alerus operates a national mortgage origination and servicing platform that delivers home purchase and refinance loans. The company’s mortgage business spans multiple states beyond its Upper Midwest footprint, with branch offices and loan production in markets such as Colorado, Wisconsin, Arizona, Illinois and Texas. Alerus also offers digital mortgage tools to provide a streamlined borrowing experience for customers nationwide.

Wealth management and retirement plan services represent another core pillar of Alerus’s business. Its trust and investment teams support individual and institutional clients with fiduciary oversight, estate planning, and portfolio management. Meanwhile, the company’s retirement division administers defined contribution, defined benefit and non-qualified deferred compensation plans, serving plan sponsors across a wide range of industries.

Under the leadership of Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Kurt E. Campion, Alerus has grown both organically and through selective acquisitions, enhancing its product suite and geographical reach. The company continues to invest in technology, digital channels and community engagement initiatives as it pursues long-term growth and seeks to deliver value to clients and shareholders alike.

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Alerus Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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43rd Percentile Overall Score

ALRS MarketRank™: 

Alerus Financial scored higher than 43% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 643rd out of 842 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Alerus Financial has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.57, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 2 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Upside/Downside

    The consensus price target for Alerus Financial is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Alerus Financial has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Alerus Financial's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Alerus Financial are expected to decrease by -6.93% in the coming year, from $3.03 to $2.82 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Alerus Financial is 32.29, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.45.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Alerus Financial is 32.29, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 28.91.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Alerus Financial has a P/B Ratio of 1.54. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    5.09% of the float of Alerus Financial has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Alerus Financial has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.84.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Alerus Financial has recently increased by 9.17%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Alerus Financial pays a meaningful dividend of 2.58%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Alerus Financial has been increasing its dividend for 25 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Alerus Financial is 83.02%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Alerus Financial will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.21% next year. This indicates that Alerus Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Alerus Financial's dividend.
  • News Sentiment

    Alerus Financial has a news sentiment score of 0.74. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 19 news articles for Alerus Financial this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    2 people have searched for ALRS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Alerus Financial insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    4.30% of the stock of Alerus Financial is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    51.25% of the stock of Alerus Financial is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Alerus Financial's insider trading history.
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ALRS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Alerus Financial's stock was trading at $22.52 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ALRS stock has increased by 52.0% and is now trading at $34.23.

Alerus Financial (NASDAQ:ALRS) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 29th. The company reported $0.80 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.77 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $76.99 million. Alerus Financial had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.53% and a net margin of 6.87%.
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Alerus Financial (ALRS) raised $76 million in an IPO on Friday, September 13th 2019. The company issued 3,300,000 shares at $22.00-$24.00 per share. RAYMOND JAMES and D.A. Davidson & Co. served as the underwriters for the IPO and Piper Jaffray was co-manager.

Shares of ALRS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Alerus Financial investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Adobe (ADBE), ServiceNow (NOW) and Arista Networks (ANET).

Company Calendar

Record date for 7/10 Dividend
6/26/2026
Ex-Dividend for 7/10 Dividend
6/26/2026
Dividend Payable
7/10/2026
Last Earnings
7/29/2026
Today
8/05/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Sector
Finance
Industry
Banks
Sub-Industry
Regional Banks
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:ALRS
CIK
903419
Fax
N/A
Employees
840
Year Founded
1879

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$37.00
Low Price Target
$32.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+4.0%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.57
Research Coverage
7 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$1.06
Trailing P/E Ratio
32.19
Forward P/E Ratio
11.26
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$17.44 million
Net Margins
6.87%
Pretax Margin
8.78%
Return on Equity
14.53%
Return on Assets
1.55%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.10
Current Ratio
0.90
Quick Ratio
0.90

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$399.92 million
Price / Sales
2.14
Cash Flow
$3.52 per share
Price / Cash Flow
9.69
Book Value
$22.24 per share
Price / Book
1.53

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
25,130,000
Free Float
24,048,000
Market Cap
$857.44 million
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.68

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This page (NASDAQ:ALRS) was last updated on 8/5/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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