Company Analysis

Amerisafe, Inc. (AMSF)

Nasdaq: AMSF · Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance · Deridder, LA · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade5.7
◀ Past 6.8● Present 5.4▶ Future 4.5

The grade of Amerisafe, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.7/10
◀ Past6.840% of the headline
● Present5.435% of the headline
▶ Future4.525% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 60 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Amerisafe, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
3.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-2.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 56 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Amerisafe, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $397 million in fiscal 2016 to $317 million in fiscal 2025, down 2.5% a year; it rose in 4 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 26% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2022; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-2.5%bottom 15% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 8% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 17% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak25.7%bottom 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.4% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 2 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 45% of this tense · 80th percentile among 49 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Amerisafe, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 2 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 35% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.4/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 19%: 19¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 78%: owes 78¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 55th percentile among 60 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Amerisafe, Inc. earned about 19 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 78 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 38% of its family
  • return on equitytop 32% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 40% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
3.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 32% of 60 in its family; net margin 14.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 60 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Amerisafe, Inc.'s standing among 60 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $317 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 18% by size; a net margin of 14.9% ranks in the top 37%; revenue growth of 2.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 16% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$317Mbottom 18% of its family
  • net margin14.9%top 37% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth2.5%bottom 16% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
8.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 16% of 47 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2015.

weight 22% of this tense · 84th percentile among 47 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Amerisafe, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Frost, G. Janelle (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2015-06-12, 11.4 years (top 16% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 11.4 years (top 14%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (top 16%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge3 in three years among 14 peopletop 16% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed11.4 yearstop 14% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record11.4 yearstop 16% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.5/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 50% of 60 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 60 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Amerisafe, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $62 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 5.5% of its assets as net cash, top 22% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 2.8% of revenue (bottom 23%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets5.5%top 22% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue2.8%bottom 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 48% of 56 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 56 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Amerisafe, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 2.5% a year over the last three filed years against -2.5% over all 10, speeding up (top 35% of its family); the newest year grew 2.7% (bottom 28%); capital spending grew 0.9% a year (top 38%) (its annual reports). Amerisafe, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+4.9 points a yeartop 35% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth2.7%bottom 28% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending0.9%top 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 34% of 56 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 34th percentile among 56 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Amerisafe, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $317 million in fiscal 2025 came in 0.3% above the $316 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 22% of its family); net income of $47 million against a prior three-year average of $58 million (bottom 13%); a net margin of 14.9% against 19% before (bottom 12%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace0.3%top 22% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-18%bottom 13% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-4.2 pointsbottom 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton AMSF · research, not advice