AMERISAFE - AMSF Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AMERISAFE in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" AMSF shares.
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2 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for AMERISAFE's stock. Their AMSF share price forecasts range from $50.00 to $70.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $60.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 29.2% from the stock's current price.
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AMERISAFE's stock was trading at $53.83 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, AMSF shares have decreased by 13.7% and is now trading at $46.43.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 26th 2022.
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AMERISAFE, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMSF) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 28th. The insurance provider reported $0.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.63 by $0.05. AMERISAFE had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.76% and a net margin of 15.64%. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.04 earnings per share.

AMERISAFE announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 9th will be given a dividend of $0.31 per share on Friday, September 23rd. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.67%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 8th.
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AMERISAFE (NASDAQ:AMSF) pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.65%. 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 52.10%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AMSF will have a dividend payout ratio of 54.87% 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 a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Victory Capital Management Inc. (7.13%), State Street Corp (3.77%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (3.52%), M&G Investment Management Ltd. (2.17%), Northern Trust Corp (1.66%) and S&T Bank PA (1.47%). 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, Randy Roach, Sean Traynor and Vincent J Gagliano.
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One share of AMSF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $46.43.

AMERISAFE (NASDAQ:AMSF) has a market capitalization of $895.36 million and generates $315.93 million in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $65.76 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.38 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.