KMPR vs. AFG, AIZ, GNW, HMN, AIG, HIG, L, FNF, AEG, and EG
Should you be buying Kemper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kemper include American Financial Group (AFG), Assurant (AIZ), Genworth Financial (GNW), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), American International Group (AIG), The Hartford Insurance Group (HIG), Loews (L), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), Aegon (AEG), and Everest Group (EG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Kemper vs. Its Competitors
Kemper (NYSE:KMPR) and American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
Kemper pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. American Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Kemper pays out 23.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Financial Group pays out 33.6% 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. Kemper has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and American Financial Group has raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years. American Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, American Financial Group had 12 more articles in the media than Kemper. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for American Financial Group and 7 mentions for Kemper. Kemper's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat American Financial Group's score of 0.43 indicating that Kemper is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kemper currently has a consensus target price of $79.40, indicating a potential upside of 30.27%. American Financial Group has a consensus target price of $140.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.03%. Given Kemper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kemper is more favorable than American Financial Group.
American Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Kemper. Kemper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
86.2% of Kemper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of American Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Kemper shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of American Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
American Financial Group has a net margin of 9.66% compared to Kemper's net margin of 7.38%. American Financial Group's return on equity of 18.34% beat Kemper's return on equity.
Kemper has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Financial Group has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
American Financial Group beats Kemper on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:KMPR) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
