AMERISAFE Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:AMSF)

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AMERISAFE in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" AMSF shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AMSF, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for AMERISAFE's shares. Their AMSF share price targets range from $58.00 to $58.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $58.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.7% from the stock's current price.
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AMERISAFE's stock was trading at $51.97 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, AMSF shares have increased by 0.8% and is now trading at $52.40.
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AMERISAFE saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 172,700 shares, an increase of 7.5% from the October 31st total of 160,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 82,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.1 days. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 19th 2024.
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AMERISAFE, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMSF) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 25th. The insurance provider reported $0.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.64 by $0.03. The insurance provider earned $74.82 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $75 million. AMERISAFE had a net margin of 20.78% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.42%.

AMERISAFE announced a None dividend on Tuesday, October 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 1st will be given a dividend of $3.84 per share on Friday, December 15th. This represents a yield of 2.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 30th.
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AMERISAFE (NASDAQ:AMSF) pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.60%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 41.09%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AMSF will have a dividend payout ratio of 57.87% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of AMERISAFE (NASDAQ:AMSF) stock in their portfolio include ETC 6 Meridian Small Cap Equity ETF (SIXS) and SPDR SSGA US Small Cap Low Volatility Index ETF (SMLV).iShares U.S. Insurance ETF (IAK).

28 employees have rated AMERISAFE Chief Executive Officer Janelle Frost on Glassdoor.com. Janelle Frost has an approval rating of 79% among the company's employees. 30.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at AMERISAFE to a friend.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other AMERISAFE investors own include Rollins (ROL), BioDelivery Sciences International (BDSI), Cronos Group (CRON), Quotient Technology (QUOT), Dominion Energy (D), AT&T (T), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Invesco (IVZ) and Altria Group (MO).

AMERISAFE's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Morgan Stanley (4.05%), Ameriprise Financial Inc. (1.84%), New South Capital Management Inc. (1.16%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.10%), Invesco Ltd. (0.81%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.80%). Insiders that own company stock include Anastasios Omiridis, Andrew B Mccray, G Janelle Frost, Kathryn Housh Shirley, Kevin T Hogan, Neal Andrew Fuller, Philip A Garcia, Philip A Garcia, Sean Traynor and Vincent J Gagliano.
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