ALRSAlerus Financial Corporation

$32.22+52% 1Y

What is the market doing?

Mixed

No clear lean: rangebound and moderately shorted.

2 neutral, 1 without data
TrendRangeboundderived · Oct 23, 2026

Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Price is +13% vs its 200-day average.

Short interest5.1% of sharesFINRA · Sep 30, 2026

Moderately shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover.

Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.

How ALRS is trading

Alerus Financial Corporation is +52% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 36 points ahead of the market.

+52%

1-year return · S&P 500 +16%

vs 200-day average
+13%

vs 200-day average · a clear uptrend

RSI (14)
48

RSI (14) · neutral

Below its 52-week high
5.5%

Below its 52-week high

Oct 21, 2024$15.52 – $34.11 · dashed line: 200-day averageOct 23, 2026
Details›
Last close2026-10-23
$32.22
1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
+0.12%
1 yearS&P 500 +16%
+52%
5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
+21%
vs 50-day average$32.42
−0.63%
52-week high
$34.10
52-week low
$20.55
Annualised volatility
29%
Insider buying, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-22
$29K
Calendar-year price return
YearReturn
2026 (year to date)+44%
2025+22%
2024−11%
2023−0.19%
2022−18%
2021+9.2%
2020+23%
2019+22%
2018−3.7%
2017+23%
Average return by calendar month, 2016–2026
MonthYearsPositiveAverage
Jan105 of 10−0.10%
Feb104 of 10+0.41%
Mar105 of 10−2.9%
Apr105 of 10−0.35%
May106 of 10+5.2%
Jun108 of 10+2.1%
Jul117 of 11+3.1%
Aug115 of 11+1.0%
Sep115 of 11−0.79%
Oct114 of 11−1.5%
Nov107 of 10+3.2%
Dec105 of 10+2.6%

End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.

Where the price stands

Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.

What it has returned

With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.