AMERISAFE, Inc. is a specialty provider of workers' compensation insurance focused on small to mid-sized employers engaged in hazardous industries, principally construction, trucking, logging and lumber, agriculture, and manufacturing. The Company provides coverage to employers under state and federal workers' compensation laws. These laws prescribe wage replacement and medical care benefits that employers are obligated to provide to their employees who are injured in the course and scope of their employment. Its workers' compensation insurance policies provide benefits to injured employees for, among other things, temporary or permanent disability, death and medical and hospital expenses. The benefits payable and the duration of those benefits are set by state or federal law. The benefits vary by jurisdiction, the nature and severity of the injury and the wages of the employee. The employer, who is the policyholder, pays the premiums for coverage.
High Dividend
The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 154.45%.
Stable Dividend
The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 154.45%.
Fairly Valued
The company’s latest PE is 14.29, at a medium 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 18.78M shares, decreasing 10.58% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by Chuck Royce
Star Investor Chuck Royce holds 694.00K shares of this stock.
Higher Market Activity
The company has more investor interest, with a 20-day turnover ratio of 0.97.