How to buy Alerus Financial Corporation stock

Alerus Financial Corporation is a banks-regional business based in the US. Alerus Financial Corporation shares (ALRS) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

How to buy shares in Alerus Financial Corporation

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3. Search for Alerus Financial Corporation. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: ALRS. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
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5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Alerus Financial Corporation, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Alerus Financial Corporation. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Alerus Financial Corporation share price

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Alerus Financial Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-24.

52-week range	USD$14.6225 - USD$30.8
50-day moving average	USD$27.7406
200-day moving average	USD$24.0928
Wall St. target price	USD$29
PE ratio	11.5232
Dividend yield	USD$0.6 (2.08%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$2.52

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Alerus Financial Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	USD$222.3 million
Operating margin TTM	28.1%
Gross profit TTM	USD$222.3 million
Return on assets TTM	1.66%
Return on equity TTM	14.51%
Profit margin	20.1%
Book value	$19.279
Market capitalisation	USD$497.3 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Alerus Financial Corporation shares

There are currently 123,502 Alerus Financial Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as Alerus Financial Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 5.3% down from 130,351 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Alerus Financial Corporation shares can be evaluated.

Alerus Financial Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Alerus Financial Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Alerus Financial Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Alerus Financial Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 26165.677966102). Alerus Financial Corporation's SIR currently stands at 4.72. In other words for every 100,000 Alerus Financial Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4720 shares are currently held short.

However Alerus Financial Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Alerus Financial Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable Alerus Financial Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Alerus Financial Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Alerus Financial Corporation shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0084% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Alerus Financial Corporation shares, roughly 8 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Alerus Financial Corporation.

Find out more about how you can short Alerus Financial Corporation stock.

Have Alerus Financial Corporation's shares ever split?

Alerus Financial Corporation's shares were split on a 3:1 basis on 15 September 2014. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Alerus Financial Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 66.7% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Alerus Financial Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Alerus Financial Corporation's share price.

Alerus Financial Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Alerus Financial Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $14.6225 up to $30.8. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Alerus Financial Corporation's is 0.8335. This would suggest that Alerus Financial Corporation's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Alerus Financial Corporation overview

Alerus Financial Corporation, through its subsidiary Alerus Financial, National Association, provides various financial services to businesses and consumers in the United States. The company operates through four segments: Banking, Retirement and Benefit Services, Wealth Management, and Mortgage. It offers various deposit products and services, including demand deposits, checking, interest-bearing transaction accounts, money market accounts, time and savings deposits, and certificates of deposit; and treasury management products, including electronic receivables management, remote deposit capture, cash vault services, merchant services, and other cash management services. The company also provides commercial lending products, such as commercial loans, business term loans, lines of credit, and commercial real estate loans, as well as construction and land development loans; consumer lending products, including residential first mortgage loans; and installment loans and lines of credit. In addition, it offers retirement plan administration and investment advisory services, employee stock ownership plan, fiduciary services, payroll, health savings accounts, and other benefit services; and wealth management services, such as financial planning, investment management, personal and corporate trust services, estate administration, and custody services. Further, the company provides debit and credit cards, online banking, mobile banking/wallet, private banking, payroll accounts, flex spending accounts, administration, and government health insurance program services. The company was formerly known as First National Bank North Dakota and changed its name to Alerus Financial Corporation in 2000. Alerus Financial Corporation was founded in 1879 and is headquartered in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Alerus Financial Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 14.73% of Alerus Financial Corporation shares are held by insiders and 37.66% by institutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for Alerus Financial Corporation?

  Alerus Financial Corporation's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Alerus Financial Corporation based?

  Alerus Financial Corporation's address is: 401 Demers Avenue, Grand Forks, ND, United States, 58201

• What is Alerus Financial Corporation's ISIN number?

  Alerus Financial Corporation's international securities identification number is: US01446U1034

• What is Alerus Financial Corporation's CUSIP number?

  Alerus Financial Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 011637105