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AMERISAFE (AMSF) Competitors

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$58.43 +0.59 (+1.02%)
(As of 11:12 AM ET)

AMSF vs. MAX, HMN, MCY, HTH, STC, EIG, SAFT, HCI, PRA, and UFCS

Should you be buying AMERISAFE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AMERISAFE include MediaAlpha (MAX), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), Mercury General (MCY), Hilltop (HTH), Stewart Information Services (STC), Employers (EIG), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), HCI Group (HCI), ProAssurance (PRA), and United Fire Group (UFCS).

AMERISAFE vs.

AMERISAFE (NASDAQ:AMSF) and MediaAlpha (NYSE:MAX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

97.4% of AMERISAFE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of MediaAlpha shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of AMERISAFE shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of MediaAlpha shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

AMERISAFE has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MediaAlpha has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AMERISAFE$306.85M3.59$62.11M$3.2018.08
MediaAlpha$388.15M2.10-$40.42M$0.1771.91

AMERISAFE has a net margin of 19.49% compared to MediaAlpha's net margin of 1.41%. AMERISAFE's return on equity of 16.50% beat MediaAlpha's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AMERISAFE19.49% 16.50% 4.02%
MediaAlpha 1.41%-11.98%5.19%

AMERISAFE received 188 more outperform votes than MediaAlpha when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.52% of users gave MediaAlpha an outperform vote while only 56.93% of users gave AMERISAFE an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AMERISAFEOutperform Votes
226
56.93%
Underperform Votes
171
43.07%
MediaAlphaOutperform Votes
38
65.52%
Underperform Votes
20
34.48%

In the previous week, AMERISAFE had 2 more articles in the media than MediaAlpha. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for AMERISAFE and 1 mentions for MediaAlpha. AMERISAFE's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat MediaAlpha's score of 0.37 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)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MediaAlpha
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

AMERISAFE currently has a consensus target price of $59.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.87%. MediaAlpha has a consensus target price of $25.14, indicating a potential upside of 105.67%. Given MediaAlpha's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MediaAlpha is more favorable than AMERISAFE.

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
MediaAlpha
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Summary

AMERISAFE and MediaAlpha tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AMSF vs. The Competition

MetricAMERISAFEFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.11B$45.85B$10.51B$8.90B
Dividend Yield2.55%6.19%10.13%4.07%
P/E Ratio18.089.5746.1813.46
Price / Sales3.592.173,478.9287.66
Price / Cash18.4219.5430.6036.27
Price / Book3.512.284.066.30
Net Income$62.11M$3.90B$1.02B$225.93M
7 Day Performance-0.77%3.19%-0.05%-1.32%
1 Month Performance13.32%9.80%7.13%0.60%
1 Year Performance14.04%58.79%24.11%26.23%

AMERISAFE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AMSF
AMERISAFE
2.5372 of 5 stars
$58.43
+1.0%
$59.50
+1.8%
+15.3%$1.11B$306.85M18.26350Positive News
MAX
MediaAlpha
4.0789 of 5 stars
$12.51
+2.4%
$25.14
+101.0%
+29.8%$833.92M$388.15M71.91160
HMN
Horace Mann Educators
3.767 of 5 stars
$40.94
+1.4%
$42.67
+4.2%
+24.4%$1.67B$1.49B16.091,700
MCY
Mercury General
4.0556 of 5 stars
$74.96
+1.7%
N/A+103.1%$4.15B$4.63B7.314,100
HTH
Hilltop
4.8259 of 5 stars
$31.73
+1.4%
$34.50
+8.7%
+2.2%$2.06B$1.57B19.203,820Analyst Revision
Positive News
STC
Stewart Information Services
2.8952 of 5 stars
$73.39
+1.4%
$78.00
+6.3%
+58.2%$2.03B$2.26B34.136,800Positive News
EIG
Employers
2.7156 of 5 stars
$52.98
+1.0%
$58.00
+9.5%
+40.1%$1.31B$850.90M9.82717
SAFT
Safety Insurance Group
3.4535 of 5 stars
$84.90
+1.5%
N/A+10.2%$1.26B$930.96M16.57539Positive News
HCI
HCI Group
4.5891 of 5 stars
$109.71
+1.6%
$140.00
+27.6%
+29.5%$1.16B$550.67M9.02530Short Interest ↓
PRA
ProAssurance
4.1635 of 5 stars
$16.50
+1.6%
$18.67
+13.1%
+27.2%$844.14M$1.14B19.761,094Analyst Downgrade
UFCS
United Fire Group
3.2534 of 5 stars
$29.04
+5.4%
$26.00
-10.5%
+37.3%$735.87M$1.10B14.20852Dividend Announcement
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This page (NASDAQ:AMSF) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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