NASDAQ:AMSFAmerisafe Stock Price, Forecast & News

Amerisafe's stock was trading at $60.99 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AMSF stock has increased by 3.6% and is now trading at $63.16. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

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." View analyst ratings for Amerisafe.

Amerisafe is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Amerisafe.

Amerisafe will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, April 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Amerisafe, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMSF) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 19th. The insurance provider reported $1.70 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.76 by $0.94. The insurance provider earned $90.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $90.39 million. Amerisafe had a return on equity of 20.01% and a net margin of 25.03%. View Amerisafe's earnings history.

Amerisafe announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share on Friday, March 27th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.71%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 12th. This is a positive change from Amerisafe's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. View Amerisafe's dividend history.

4 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Amerisafe's stock. Their forecasts range from $77.00 to $81.00. On average, they expect Amerisafe's stock price to reach $79.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Amerisafe.

Headlines about AMSF stock have trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Amerisafe earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutAmerisafe.

Amerisafe saw a drop in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 740,100 shares, a drop of 23.4% from the February 27th total of 966,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 105,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 7.0 days. Approximately 3.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Amerisafe's Current Options Chain.

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), Cna Financial (CNA), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), First American Financial (FAF), Old Republic International (ORI), RLI (RLI) and Hanover Insurance Group (THG).

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), Gulfport Energy (GPOR), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Eastman Chemical (EMN) and Altria Group (MO).

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

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One share of AMSF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $63.16.

Amerisafe has a market capitalization of $1.22 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. View additional information about Amerisafe.

The official website for Amerisafe is http://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]