Avoid the stress of overpaying for a stock or missing an opportunity by using the right tools and insights to evaluate Alerus Financial Corporation before investing.

In this article, we go over a few key elements for understanding Alerus Financial Corporation’s stock price such as:

• Alerus Financial Corporation’s current stock price and volume
• Why Alerus Financial Corporation’s stock price changed recently
• Upgrades and downgrades for ALRS from analysts
• ALRS’s stock price momentum as measured by its relative strength

About Alerus Financial Corporation (ALRS)

Before we jump into Alerus Financial Corporation’s stock price, history, target price and what caused it to recently dip, let’s take a look at some background.

Alerus Financial Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Alerus Financial, National Association that provides various financial services to businesses and consumers in the United States. The company operates in three segments: Banking, Retirement and Benefit Services, and Wealth. It offers demand deposits, interest-bearing transaction accounts, money market accounts, time and savings deposits, noninterest-bearing deposits, interest-bearing checking accounts, and certificates of deposit; and treasury management products, including electronic receivables management, remote deposit capture, cash vault, merchant, and other cash management services. The company also provides commercial loans, business term loans, and lines of credit; commercial real estate, and commercial and industrial loans; consumer lending products, including residential first mortgage loans; and installment loans, and loans collateralized by cash and marketable securities. In addition, it offers retirement plan, and investment advisory services, employee stock ownership plan, investment fiduciary services, health savings accounts, flex spending accounts, COBRA recordkeeping, and other administration services, as well as individual retirement accounts; and financial planning, investment management, personal and corporate trust, estate administration, and custody services. Further, the company provides debit cards, personal and business loans, credit cards, online and mobile banking/wallet, private banking, deposit and payment solutions, mortgages, 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.

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Alerus Financial Corporation’s Stock Price as of Market Close

As of July 31, 2026, 4:00 PM, CST, Alerus Financial Corporation’s stock price was $33.270.

Alerus Financial Corporation is down 0.86% from its previous closing price of $33.560.

During the last market session, Alerus Financial Corporation’s stock traded between $33.070 and $33.910. Currently, there are approximately 25.38 million shares outstanding for Alerus Financial Corporation.

Alerus Financial Corporation’s price-earnings (P/E) ratio is currently at 31.7, which is high compared to the Financial Services industry median of 15.1. The price-earnings ratio gauges market expectation of future performance by relating a stock’s current share price to its earnings per share.

Alerus Financial Corporation Stock Price History

Alerus Financial Corporation’s (ALRS) price is currently up 6.98% so far this month.

During the month of July, Alerus Financial Corporation’s stock price has reached a high of $34.150 and a low of $28.800.

Over the last year, Alerus Financial Corporation has hit prices as high as $34.150 and as low as $20.260. Year to date, Alerus Financial Corporation’s stock is up 47.74%.

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What Caused Alerus Financial Corporation Stock’s Price to Dip?

Stock prices are primarily based on seller supply and buyer demand. But have you ever wondered about what other factors affect a stock's price?

When an analyst changes their opinion of a stock by upgrading or downgrading their rating, it often leads to a sudden stock price adjustment. As of July 31, 2026, there was 1 analyst who downgraded Alerus Financial Corporation’s stock and 0 analysts who upgraded over the last month.

Additionally, you'll want to evaluate Alerus Financial Corporation’s financial health and valuation. Investors can use AAII's Value Grade, which combines six key valuation metrics like P/E and P/S ratios for a comprehensive analysis to conduct analysis on Alerus Financial Corporation’s valuation and financial health. This approach mitigates the limitations of single-metric evaluations.

Alerus Financial Corporation’s current valuation based on AAII’s Value Grade is a C, which means it is considered to be Average.

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Lastly, news and media coverage as well as recent press reports about the company or its industry may cause stock prices to fluctuate. You can check out the most recent news articles about Alerus Financial Corporation (ALRS) by visiting AAII Stock Evaluator.

Relative Price Strength of Alerus Financial Corporation

Relative price strength measures a stock's performance against the market, helping investors identify stocks that are outperforming benchmarks.

For AAII’s Momentum Grade, a weighted relative price strength is calculated. Follow this link to learn more about the Momentum Grade.

As of July 31, 2026, Alerus Financial Corporation has a weighted four-quarter relative price strength of 10.24%, which translates to a Momentum Score of 83 and is considered to be Very Strong.

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Alerus Financial Corporation Stock Price: Bottom Line

As of July 31, 2026, Alerus Financial Corporation’s stock price is $33.270, which is down 0.86% from its previous closing price.

AAII advises against making stock decisions based solely on price or past returns. Instead, consider a variety of metrics, fundamentals, and analytics to evaluate a stock like Alerus Financial Corporation stock prices are influenced by market supply and demand and offer just a snapshot of a company's overall health.

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