AMERISAFE (AMSF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AMERISAFE in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" AMSF shares.
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1 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for AMERISAFE's shares. Their AMSF share price targets range from $65.00 to $65.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $65.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 36.9% from the stock's current price.
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AMERISAFE's stock was trading at $46.78 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, AMSF stock has increased by 1.5% and is now trading at $47.49.
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AMERISAFE saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 337,800 shares, an increase of 9.1% from the March 31st total of 309,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 140,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.4 days. Currently, 1.8% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 25th 2024.
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AMERISAFE, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMSF) issued its earnings results on Thursday, April, 25th. The insurance provider reported $0.69 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.03. The insurance provider had revenue of $80.49 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $75.22 million. AMERISAFE had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.76% and a net margin of 19.97%. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.83 earnings per share.

AMERISAFE announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.37 per share on Friday, June 21st. This represents a $1.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 14th.
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AMERISAFE (NASDAQ:AMSF) pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.14%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 46.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AMSF will have a dividend payout ratio of 69.48% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of AMERISAFE (NASDAQ:AMSF) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap Low Volatility ETF (XSLV).iShares U.S. Insurance ETF (IAK).

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's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include New South Capital Management Inc. (1.08%), Isthmus Partners LLC (0.35%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.18%), Texas Permanent School Fund Corp (0.09%), Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. (0.08%) and BNP Paribas Financial Markets (0.06%). Insiders that own company stock include Anastasios Omiridis, 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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