Alerus Financial Corporation

NasdaqCM:ALRS Stock Report

Market Cap: US$647.2m

Alerus Financial Valuation

Is ALRS undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of ALRS when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: ALRS ($25.5) is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value ($20.25)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: ALRS is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ALRS?

Key metric: As ALRS is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ALRS. This is calculated by dividing ALRS's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ALRS's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio37.5x
EarningsUS$17.40m
Market CapUS$647.19m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does ALRS's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for ALRS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average12.7x
NEWT NewtekOne
6.1x8.88%US$348.0m
VOYA Voya Financial
10.6x13.56%US$6.5b
CASS Cass Information Systems
19.3x17.73%US$608.9m
CTLP Cantaloupe
14.7x-18.12%US$799.9m
ALRS Alerus Financial
37.5x51.63%US$647.2m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ALRS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (37.5x) compared to the peer average (12.7x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ALRS's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Diversified Financial Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ONIT Onity Group
2x-24.29%US$366.94m
ACGX Alliance Creative Group
1.2xn/aUS$245.22k
No more companies available in this PE range
ALRS 37.5xIndustry Avg. 15.4xNo. of Companies18PE01224364860+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ALRS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (37.5x) compared to the US Diversified Financial industry average (16.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ALRS's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ALRS PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio37.5x
Fair PE Ratio19.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ALRS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (37.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.4x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ALRS forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$25.50
US$26.00
+1.96%
4.71%US$28.00US$25.00n/a4
Apr ’27US$23.61
US$26.60
+12.66%
6.11%US$29.00US$25.00n/a5
Mar ’27US$23.84
US$26.60
+11.58%
6.11%US$29.00US$25.00n/a5
Feb ’27US$24.62
US$26.60
+8.04%
6.11%US$29.00US$25.00n/a5
Jan ’27US$22.52
US$24.80
+10.12%
1.61%US$25.00US$24.00n/a5
Dec ’26US$21.78
US$24.20
+11.11%
3.09%US$25.00US$23.00n/a5
Nov ’26US$21.12
US$25.10
+18.84%
5.10%US$27.00US$23.00n/a5
Oct ’26US$21.84
US$25.70
+17.67%
2.91%US$27.00US$25.00n/a5
Sep ’26US$22.27
US$25.70
+15.40%
2.91%US$27.00US$25.00n/a5
Aug ’26US$20.44
US$25.70
+25.73%
2.91%US$27.00US$25.00n/a5
Jul ’26US$22.17
US$22.80
+2.84%
7.02%US$24.00US$20.00n/a5
Jun ’26US$21.01
US$22.30
+6.14%
5.95%US$24.00US$20.00n/a5
May ’26US$20.10
US$22.10
+9.95%
5.79%US$24.00US$20.00n/a5
Apr ’26US$18.43
US$22.00
+19.37%
6.43%US$24.00US$20.00US$23.615
Mar ’26US$20.37
US$23.50
+15.37%
1.90%US$24.00US$23.00US$23.845
Feb ’26US$21.14
US$23.50
+11.16%
1.90%US$24.00US$23.00US$24.625
Jan ’26US$19.24
US$23.75
+23.44%
3.49%US$25.00US$23.00US$22.524
Dec ’25US$22.04
US$23.20
+5.26%
5.03%US$25.00US$22.00US$21.785
Nov ’25US$20.12
US$22.80
+13.32%
3.28%US$24.00US$22.00US$21.125
Oct ’25US$21.96
US$24.00
+9.29%
2.64%US$25.00US$23.00US$21.845
Sep ’25US$22.45
US$23.75
+5.79%
3.49%US$25.00US$23.00US$22.274
Aug ’25US$21.50
US$23.75
+10.47%
3.49%US$25.00US$23.00US$20.444
Jul ’25US$19.33
US$21.88
+13.17%
5.21%US$23.00US$20.00US$22.174
Jun ’25US$19.34
US$22.38
+15.69%
1.85%US$23.00US$22.00US$21.014
May ’25US$19.79
US$22.13
+11.80%
4.03%US$23.50US$21.00US$20.104
Apr ’25US$21.39
US$23.00
+7.53%
4.35%US$24.00US$22.00US$18.434
US$26
Fair Value
1.9% undervalued intrinsic discount
4
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/04/10 08:03
End of Day Share Price 2026/04/10 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Alerus Financial Corporation is covered by 6 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jeffrey RulisD.A. Davidson & Co.
null nullD.A. Davidson & Co.
Brendan NosalHovde Group, LLC