Both in Banking & Credit

Alerus Financial vs SmartFinancial

Over the past year ALRS returned +64.0% and SMBK returned +40.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.71.

ALRS +64.0% SMBK +40.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricALRSSMBK
Price$34.63$49.33
Market cap$856.9M$843.5M
Today+4.40%+1.77%
1 month+6.0%−3.3%
6 months+30.2%+19.5%
Year to date+53.8%+33.4%
1 year+63.3%+39.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+1.4%+9.7%
Gross margin77.9%65.1%
Net margin20.0%19.0%
P/E (TTM)31.4×14.7×
Price / sales2.6×2.5×
Net cash$482.0M$977.4M
Dividend yield2.54%0.73%
Volatility (60d)19.2%18.7%
Short % of float4.5%4.0%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).