NASDAQ:AMSF - Amerisafe Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Amerisafe declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 19th. Investors of record on Friday, March 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.27 per share on Friday, March 27th. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.43%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 12th. This is an increase from Amerisafe's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. View Amerisafe's Dividend History.

Amerisafe, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMSF) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 19th. The insurance provider reported $1.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.76 by $0.94. The insurance provider earned $90.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $90.39 million. Amerisafe had a net margin of 25.03% and a return on equity of 19.80%. View Amerisafe's Earnings History.

Amerisafe is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Amerisafe.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Amerisafe's stock. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $87.00. On average, they expect Amerisafe's stock price to reach $82.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Amerisafe.

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.

Press coverage about AMSF stock has been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Amerisafe.

Some companies that are related to Amerisafe include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Progressive (PGR), Allstate (ALL), Travelers Companies (TRV), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Markel (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cna Financial (CNA), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), First American Financial (FAF), Old Republic International (ORI), Hanover Insurance Group (THG) and Axis Capital (AXS).

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), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Gilead Sciences (GILD) and Alaska Air Group (ALK).

Amerisafe's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Victory Capital Management Inc. (5.64%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (5.35%), FMR LLC (4.07%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (3.47%), State Street Corp (3.13%) and GW&K Investment Management LLC (2.49%). Company insiders that own Amerisafe stock include G Janelle Frost, Kathryn Housh Shirley, Neal Andrew Fuller, Randy Roach and Vincent J Gagliano. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Amerisafe.

AMSF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Schroder Investment Management Group, Bank of America Corp DE, Oxford Asset Management LLP, GW&K Investment Management LLC, Arizona State Retirement System and Ceredex Value Advisors LLC. 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. View Insider Buying and Selling for Amerisafe.

AMSF stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Eaton Vance Management, SG Americas Securities LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Bank of Montreal Can. View Insider Buying and Selling for Amerisafe.

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 $75.28.

Amerisafe has a market capitalization of $1.45 billion and generates $370.37 million in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $71.63 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]