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AMERISAFE (AMERISAFE) Dividend Yield %

: 2.78% (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of AMERISAFE is 2.78%.

Good Sign:

AMERISAFE Inc stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.

The historical rank and industry rank for AMERISAFE's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

AMSF' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.23   Med: 1.41   Max: 2.93
Current: 2.78

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of AMERISAFE was 2.93%. The lowest was 0.23%. And the median was 1.41%.

AMSF's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
61.94% of 402 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 3.525 vs AMSF: 2.78

AMERISAFE's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.46.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of AMERISAFE was 0.47. The lowest was 0.16. And the median was 0.24.

As of today (2024-04-19), the Forward Dividend Yield % of AMERISAFE is 2.96%.

AMERISAFE's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.34.

During the past 12 months, AMERISAFE's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 13.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of AMERISAFE was 31.00% per year. The lowest was 7.40% per year. And the median was 11.05% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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AMERISAFE Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for AMERISAFE's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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AMERISAFE Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.51 1.88 2.15 2.35 2.91

AMERISAFE Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Dividend Yield % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.35 2.60 2.44 2.66 2.91

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Specialty subindustry, AMERISAFE's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


AMERISAFE Dividend Yield % Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, AMERISAFE's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where AMERISAFE's Dividend Yield % falls into.



AMERISAFE Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

AMERISAFE Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.3702024-03-072024-03-082024-03-22Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3402023-11-302023-12-012023-12-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3402023-09-072023-09-082023-09-22Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3402023-06-152023-06-162023-06-23Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

AMERISAFE's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.39/50.09
=2.78 %

Current Share Price is $50.09.
AMERISAFE's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.39.

AMERISAFE's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.48/50.09
=2.95 %

Current Share Price is $50.09.
AMERISAFE's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.37 * 4 = $1.48.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


AMERISAFE  (NAS:AMSF) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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AMERISAFE (AMERISAFE) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2301 Highway 190 West, DeRidder, LA, USA, 70634
AMERISAFE Inc is a specialty provider of workers' compensation insurance to employers engaged in hazardous industries, mainly construction, trucking, manufacturing, oil and gas, and agriculture. The company generates a majority of its revenue in the form of premiums.
Executives
Anastasios Omiridis officer: EVP-CFO 200 EAST RANDOLPH STREET, SUITE 3300, CHICAGO IL 60601
Wise Raymond F. Jr. officer: EVP - CSO 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521
Andrew B. Mccray officer: EVP-CUO 2301 HIGHWAY 27, DERIDDER LA 70634
Kathryn Housh Shirley officer: EVP, General Counsel 2301 HIGHWAY 190 WEST, DERIDDER LA 70634
Vincent J. Gagliano officer: EVP - Chief Technology Officer 2301 HIGHWAY 190 WEST, DERIDDER LA 70634
G. Janelle Frost officer: EVP/CFO 2301 HIGHWAY 190 WEST, DERIDDER LA 70634
Neal Andrew Fuller officer: EVP-CFO C/O SEABRIGHT HOLDINGS, INC., 1501 4TH AVENUE, SUITE 2600, SEATTLE WA 98101
Billy B Greer director 2301 HIGHWAY 190 WEST, DERIDDER LA 70634
Philip A Garcia director 100 ERIE INSURANCE PL, ERIE PA 16530
Sean Traynor director 320 PARK AVENUE STE 2500, NEW YORK NY 10022
Randy Roach director 2301 HIGHWAY 190 WEST, DERIDDER LA 70634-6006
Jared A Morris director AMERISAFE INC, 2301 HIGHWAY 190 WEST, DERIDDER LA 70634
Millard E Morris director 2301 HIGHWAY 190 WEST, DERIDDER LA 70634-6006
Bradley C Allen Jr director, officer: President and CEO AMERISAFE INC, 2301 HIGHWAY 190 WEST, DERIDDER LA 70634
Teri G. Fontenot director 18933 EAST PINNACLE CIRCLE, BATON ROUGE LA 70634