ALERUS FINANCIAL CORP (ALRS) Dividends

ALRS Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model

For dividend yielding stocks, the Dividend Discount Model (DDM) is a common valuation tool; it attempts to extrapolate a fair share price based primarily on the dividend the stock provides relative to a number of other quantiative aspects of its business. Regarding Alerus Financial Corp, the DDM model generated by StockNews estimates a return of positive 1.01% in comparison to its current price. Digging deeper, the aspects of Alerus Financial Corp's dividend discount model that we found most interesting were:

• ALRS's market cap is about 495 million US dollars -- its dividend yield of 2.27 is greater than 37.24% of its fellow stocks in the small market cap class.
• A stock's beta generally indicates its volatility relative to the broader equity market; for Alerus Financial Corp, its beta is lower than 66.67% of dividend issuing stocks we observed.
• In terms of who is growing the amount of dividends they return to shareholders, Alerus Financial Corp has been increasing its dividends at a faster rate than 72.6% of US-listed dividend-issuing stocks we observed.

ALRS Dividends vs. Peers