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AMERICAN SAFETY INS HLDGS LT (NYSE)
ASI	15.30	0.83	(5.74%)	Vol. 20,870	16:02 ET

American Safety Insurance Group, Ltd. is a specialty insurance holding company which, through its subsidiaries, develops, underwrites, manages and markets primary casualty insurance and reinsurance programs in the alternative insurance market for environmental remediation risks, employee leasing and staffing industry risks, and other specialty risks. The Company develops specialty insurance coverages and custom-designed risk management programs not generally available in the standard insurancemarket.

General Information

AMER SAFETY INS

31 Queen Street 2nd Floor Hamilton, - HM 11 Phone: 441 296-8560 Fax: - Web: www.americansafetyinsurance.com Email: btepe@amsafety.com

Industry	INS-PROP&CASLTY
Sector:	Finance

Fiscal Year End	December
Last Reported Quarter	09/30/09
Next EPS Date	03/10/2010

Price and Volume Information

Zacks Rank
Yesterday's Close	14.47
52 Week High	17.44
52 Week Low	7.32
Beta	1.22
20 Day Moving Average	25,005.90
Target Price Consensus	18

% Price Change
4 Week	-5.79
12 Week	-6.22
YTD	9.54

% Price Change Relative to S&P 500
4 Week	-6.81
12 Week	-11.59
YTD	-9.34

Share Information
Shares Outstanding (millions)	10.32
Market Capitalization (millions)	149.33
Short Ratio	5.52
Last Split Date	N/A

Dividend Information
Dividend Yield	0.00%
Annual Dividend	$0.00
Payout Ratio	0.00
Change in Payout Ratio	0.00
Last Dividend Payout / Amount	NA / $0.00

EPS Information
Current Quarter EPS Consensus Estimate	0.49
Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate	2.13
Estimated Long-Term EPS Growth Rate	15.00
Next EPS Report Date	03/10/2010

Consensus Recommendations
Current (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell)	2.50
30 Days Ago	2.50
60 Days Ago	2.50
90 Days Ago	2.50

Fundamental Ratios

P/E
Current FY Estimate:	6.79
Trailing 12 Months:	10.12
PEG Ratio	0.45

EPS Growth
vs. Previous Year	0.00%
vs. Previous Quarter	-30.30%

Sales Growth
vs. Previous Year	19.96%
vs. Previous Quarter:	-4.46%

Price Ratios
Price/Book	0.56
Price/Cash Flow	8.22
Price / Sales	0.73

ROE
09/30/09	6.34
06/30/09	6.72
03/31/09	6.80

ROA
09/30/09	1.41
06/30/09	1.46
03/31/09	1.49

Current Ratio
09/30/09	-
06/30/09	0.51
03/31/09	0.42

Quick Ratio
09/30/09	-
06/30/09	0.51
03/31/09	0.42

Operating Margin
09/30/09	7.45
06/30/09	7.74
03/31/09	7.45

Net Margin
09/30/09	5.32
06/30/09	0.46
03/31/09	0.00

Pre-Tax Margin
09/30/09	5.32
06/30/09	0.46
03/31/09	0.00

Book Value
09/30/09	25.93
06/30/09	24.09
03/31/09	21.64

Inventory Turnover
09/30/09	-
06/30/09	-
03/31/09	-

Debt-to-Equity
09/30/09	-
06/30/09	0.15
03/31/09	0.18

Debt to Capital
09/30/09	-
06/30/09	13.10
03/31/09	15.06


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