NASDAQ:AMSFAmerisafe Stock Price, Forecast & News

Amerisafe's stock was trading at $60.99 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AMSF shares have increased by 11.1% and is now trading at $67.75.
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4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Amerisafe in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Amerisafe is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 29th 2020.
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Amerisafe, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMSF) issued its earnings results on Thursday, July, 30th. The insurance provider reported $1.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.31. The insurance provider had revenue of $83.35 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $80.34 million. Amerisafe had a return on equity of 20.07% and a net margin of 25.63%.
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Amerisafe declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 3rd. Investors of record on Friday, September 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.27 per share on Friday, September 25th. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 10th.
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4 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Amerisafe's shares. Their forecasts range from $72.00 to $81.00. On average, they anticipate Amerisafe's stock price to reach $77.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.6% from the stock's current price.
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News articles about AMSF stock have been trending negative on Saturday, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Amerisafe earned a media sentiment score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.
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Amerisafe saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 326,400 shares, an increase of 18.7% from the July 15th total of 274,900 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 111,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.9 days. Approximately 1.7% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to Amerisafe include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Progressive (PGR), Allstate (ALL), Travelers Companies (TRV), Markel (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Cna Financial (CNA), First American Financial (FAF), Old Republic International (ORI), RLI (RLI) and Hanover Insurance Group (THG).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Amerisafe investors own include Cronos Group (CRON), Quotient Technology (QUOT), Rollins (ROL), BioDelivery Sciences International (BDSI), Dominion Energy (D), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Gulfport Energy (GPOR) and Altria Group (MO).

Amerisafe trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "AMSF."

Amerisafe's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Victory Capital Management Inc. (4.85%), GW&K Investment Management LLC (2.33%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (1.83%), Palisade Capital Management LLC NJ (1.59%), Copeland Capital Management LLC (1.34%) and Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.80%). Company insiders that own Amerisafe stock include G Janelle Frost, Kathryn Housh Shirley, Neal Andrew Fuller, Randy Roach and Vincent J Gagliano.
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AMSF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Palisade Capital Management LLC NJ, Principal Financial Group Inc., Hancock Whitney Corp, Victory Capital Management Inc., GW&K Investment Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Trexquant Investment LP, and 6 Meridian. Company insiders that have sold Amerisafe company stock in the last year include G Janelle Frost, Kathryn Housh Shirley, Neal Andrew Fuller, Randy Roach, and Vincent J Gagliano.
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AMSF stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., WINTON GROUP Ltd, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., M&G Investment Management Ltd., SG Americas Securities LLC, Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, Swiss National Bank, and Envestnet Asset Management Inc..
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Shares of AMSF can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of AMSF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $67.75.

Amerisafe has a market capitalization of $1.31 billion and generates $370.37 million in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $92.69 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.60 on an earnings per share basis. Amerisafe employs 426 workers across the globe.

The official website for Amerisafe is www.amerisafe.com.

Amerisafe's mailing address is 2301 HIGHWAY 190 WEST, DERIDDER LA, 70634. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at 337-463-9052 or via email at [email protected]