HMN vs. KMPR, GNW, AIG, HIG, L, AFG, AIZ, SIGI, THG, and ESGR
Should you be buying Horace Mann Educators stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Horace Mann Educators include Kemper (KMPR), Genworth Financial (GNW), American International Group (AIG), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Loews (L), American Financial Group (AFG), Assurant (AIZ), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), and Enstar Group (ESGR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Horace Mann Educators vs.
Kemper (NYSE:KMPR) and Horace Mann Educators (NYSE:HMN) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Kemper received 73 more outperform votes than Horace Mann Educators when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.61% of users gave Kemper an outperform vote while only 50.55% of users gave Horace Mann Educators an outperform vote.
Kemper has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Horace Mann Educators has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Horace Mann Educators has a net margin of 6.55% compared to Kemper's net margin of 5.86%. Kemper's return on equity of 12.03% beat Horace Mann Educators' return on equity.
Kemper currently has a consensus target price of $80.40, suggesting a potential upside of 23.20%. Horace Mann Educators has a consensus target price of $42.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.73%. Given Kemper's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kemper is more favorable than Horace Mann Educators.
Horace Mann Educators has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kemper. Horace Mann Educators is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kemper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
86.2% of Kemper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Horace Mann Educators shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Kemper shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Horace Mann Educators shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Kemper had 2 more articles in the media than Horace Mann Educators. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Kemper and 1 mentions for Horace Mann Educators. Horace Mann Educators' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Kemper's score of 0.16 indicating that Horace Mann Educators is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kemper pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Horace Mann Educators pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Kemper pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Horace Mann Educators pays out 54.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Horace Mann Educators has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Horace Mann Educators is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Kemper beats Horace Mann Educators on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HMN) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
