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Buybacks for Alerus Financial (ALRS)

TTM repurchases $7.15M · 5Y diluted share change +47.4% · SBC coverage 2.51×.

Analysis

Buyback yield (TTM)

1.19%

Shareholder yield (TTM)

4.65%

5Y share count change

47.4%

Buyback spend (TTM)

$7.15M

Key takeaways

  • Alerus Financial (ALRS) repurchased about $7.15M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
  • Diluted share count is up 47.4% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
  • TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 2.51× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
  • Cash buyback spend has compounded at +8.9% per year over the latest 5-year window.
  • TTM repurchases used about 11% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.

Dividend & buyback yield over time for Alerus Financial (ALRS)

Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.

Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Alerus Financial (ALRS)

Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.

Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Alerus Financial (ALRS)

Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.

Cash buyback spend over time for Alerus Financial (ALRS)

Latest: $737.00K

Overview

2025's annual buyback spend for Alerus Financial (ALRS) came in at $737.00K – surged 167.0% year-over-year.

Through 2020–2025 (5 years), Alerus Financial buyback spend delivered a +8.9% annualised rate; with mixed annual results across the window.

Between 2023 and 2025, Alerus Financial buyback spend plunged 88.9%, falling from $6.64M to $737.00K.

2023 marks the peak buyback spend at $6.64M, with the historical low of $0.00 recorded in 2012.

Alerus Financial Buyback Spend 2025: $737.00K

Alerus Financial buyback spend in 2025 was $737.00K, surged 167.0% from 2024.

Alerus Financial Buyback Spend 2024: $276.00K

2024's buyback spend for Alerus Financial came in at $276.00K, plunged 95.8% below 2023.

Alerus Financial Buyback Spend 2023: $6.64M

Alerus Financial posted buyback spend of $6.64M in 2023, surged 799.5% from 2022. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.

Alerus Financial Buyback Spend 2022: $738.00K

In 2022, Alerus Financial reported buyback spend of $738.00K, edged up 3.7% from 2021.

Alerus Financial Buyback Spend 2021: $712.00K

Alerus Financial buyback spend in 2021 was $712.00K.

See more financial history for Alerus Financial (ALRS).

Buyback, SBC & dilution history

Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.

  • 2025$737.00K
  • 2024$276.00K
  • 2023$6.64M
  • 2022$738.00K
  • 2021$712.00K
  • 2020$482.00K
  • 2019$1.95M
  • 2018$356.00K
  • 2017$294.00K
  • 2016$357.00K
  • 2015$27.00K
  • 2014$0.00
  • 2013$203.00K
  • 2012$0.00

Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Alerus Financial (ALRS)

Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 2.51×.

Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Alerus Financial (ALRS)

How Alerus Financial splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.

Sector peers by buyback spend

Companies in the same sector as Alerus Financial, ranked by their latest buyback spend.

Buyback capacity (TTM)

Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.

TTM buybacks vs headroom (FCF − dividends, TTM)11% of headroom

Headroom $65.78M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).

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