NASDAQ:AMSFAmerisafe Stock Price, Forecast & News

Amerisafe's stock was trading at $60.99 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AMSF shares have increased by 11.8% and is now trading at $68.16.
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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) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 30th. The insurance provider reported $1.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.31. The insurance provider earned $83.35 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 3rd. Shareholders 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 yield of 1.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 10th.
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4 analysts 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 twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.9% from the stock's current price.
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Media headlines about AMSF stock have been trending neutral this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Amerisafe earned a news impact score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.
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Amerisafe saw a increase in short interest in 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 volume of 111,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.9 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Amerisafe include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Progressive (PGR), Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Markel (MKL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), 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), AT&T (T), Dominion Energy (D), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), IBM (IBM), Pfizer (PFE) and Exxon Mobil (XOM).

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

Amerisafe's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 $68.16.

Amerisafe has a market capitalization of $1.32 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]