AMERISAFE - AMSF Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AMERISAFE in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research 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 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for AMERISAFE's shares. Their AMSF share price forecasts range from $50.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $50.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.6%.
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AMERISAFE's stock was trading at $51.97 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AMSF stock has increased by 5.3% and is now trading at $54.73.
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AMERISAFE saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 134,300 shares, a decline of 25.2% from the December 31st total of 179,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 86,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.5 days. Currently, 0.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 20th 2023.
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AMERISAFE will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 21st at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

AMERISAFE, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMSF) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 26th. The insurance provider reported $1.02 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.77 by $0.25. The insurance provider had revenue of $73.82 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $76.42 million. AMERISAFE had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.12% and a net margin of 13.08%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.16 EPS.

AMERISAFE declared a None dividend on Wednesday, October 26th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 2nd will be given a dividend of $4.31 per share on Friday, December 16th. This represents a yield of 2.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 1st. This is a boost from the stock's previous None dividend of $4.00.
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AMERISAFE (NASDAQ:AMSF) pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.21%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 9 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 62.63%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AMSF will have a dividend payout ratio of 53.91% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "AMSF."

AMERISAFE's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include M&G Investment Management Ltd. (2.42%), ProShare Advisors LLC (0.89%), TD Asset Management Inc (0.87%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.55%), Ceredex Value Advisors LLC (0.47%) and Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.46%). Insiders that own company stock include 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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Shares of AMSF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AMSF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $54.73.

AMERISAFE (NASDAQ:AMSF) has a market capitalization of $1.05 billion and generates $315.93 million in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $65.76 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.98 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 371 workers across the globe.

AMERISAFE's mailing address is 2301 HIGHWAY 190 WEST, DERIDDER LA, 70634. The official website for the company is www.amerisafe.com. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at (337) 463-9052, via email at investor@amerisafe.com, or via fax at 800-450-1091.