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$43.83 +0.72 (+1.67%)
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AMSF vs. EIG, HTH, STC, HCI, SAFT, PRA, UVE, UFCS, DGICA, and GBLI

Should you be buying AMERISAFE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AMERISAFE include Employers (EIG), Hilltop (HTH), Stewart Information Services (STC), HCI Group (HCI), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), ProAssurance (PRA), Universal Insurance (UVE), United Fire Group (UFCS), Donegal Group (DGICA), and Global Indemnity Group (GBLI). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.

AMERISAFE vs. Its Competitors

AMERISAFE (NASDAQ:AMSF) and Employers (NYSE:EIG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

AMERISAFE has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Employers has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

AMERISAFE currently has a consensus price target of $59.50, suggesting a potential upside of 35.75%. Employers has a consensus price target of $58.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.42%. Given AMERISAFE's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AMERISAFE is more favorable than Employers.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AMERISAFE
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Employers
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

AMERISAFE has a net margin of 15.76% compared to Employers' net margin of 11.99%. AMERISAFE's return on equity of 16.41% beat Employers' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AMERISAFE15.76% 16.41% 3.87%
Employers 11.99%9.21%2.75%

AMERISAFE pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Employers pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. AMERISAFE pays out 62.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Employers pays out 31.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. AMERISAFE has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Employers has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. AMERISAFE is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

97.4% of AMERISAFE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Employers shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of AMERISAFE shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Employers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Employers has higher revenue and earnings than AMERISAFE. Employers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AMERISAFE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AMERISAFE$309.04M2.70$55.44M$2.4817.67
Employers$880.70M1.30$118.60M$4.1211.59

In the previous week, AMERISAFE had 3 more articles in the media than Employers. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for AMERISAFE and 2 mentions for Employers. AMERISAFE's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Employers' score of 0.00 indicating that AMERISAFE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AMERISAFE
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Employers
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

AMERISAFE beats Employers on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AMSF vs. The Competition

MetricAMERISAFEINS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$834.96M$12.16B$12.08B$9.02B
Dividend Yield3.56%2.04%5.53%3.99%
P/E Ratio17.6710.8620.0520.25
Price / Sales2.701.6925.71119.26
Price / Cash16.3834.5518.7128.59
Price / Book3.242.452.285.65
Net Income$55.44M$1.21B$998.26M$249.15M
7 Day Performance0.23%0.44%2.09%2.91%
1 Month Performance-4.38%4.76%4.18%4.11%
1 Year Performance1.81%35.20%542.26%20.98%

AMERISAFE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AMSF
AMERISAFE
4.0961 of 5 stars
$43.83
+1.7%
$59.50
+35.8%
+1.8%$834.96M$309.04M17.67350
EIG
Employers
2.5893 of 5 stars
$47.11
flat
$58.00
+23.1%
+13.3%$1.13B$880.70M11.43680
HTH
Hilltop
4.5432 of 5 stars
$30.39
+0.1%
$33.00
+8.6%
+6.3%$1.95B$1.61B15.433,646Positive News
Analyst Revision
STC
Stewart Information Services
2.4397 of 5 stars
$65.27
+0.0%
$79.00
+21.0%
+9.3%$1.82B$2.49B25.107,000
HCI
HCI Group
4.5311 of 5 stars
$152.18
+0.7%
$181.25
+19.1%
+71.6%$1.76B$750.05M14.72530Dividend Announcement
SAFT
Safety Insurance Group
2.8587 of 5 stars
$79.39
+0.7%
N/A+3.4%$1.18B$1.12B16.24550Positive News
High Trading Volume
PRA
ProAssurance
1.9345 of 5 stars
$22.84
+0.0%
$21.00
-8.1%
+106.6%$1.17B$1.15B27.851,036
UVE
Universal Insurance
3.8651 of 5 stars
$27.74
+0.5%
N/A+46.1%$780.88M$1.52B12.111,068
UFCS
United Fire Group
3.0465 of 5 stars
$28.70
+0.7%
$30.00
+4.5%
+37.6%$730.42M$1.25B11.341,090Positive News
DGICA
Donegal Group
3.1186 of 5 stars
$20.02
+0.4%
$18.00
-10.1%
+52.7%$722.72M$989.60M9.77880News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
GBLI
Global Indemnity Group
N/A$31.75
-2.1%
N/A+0.9%$452.69M$437.55M10.91360

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This page (NASDAQ:AMSF) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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