KMPR vs. AFG, AIZ, GNW, HMN, AIG, HIG, L, EG, CNA, and RNR
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 Financial Services Group (HIG), Loews (L), Everest Group (EG), CNA Financial (CNA), and RenaissanceRe (RNR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Kemper vs.
Kemper (NYSE:KMPR) and American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
In the previous week, Kemper and Kemper both had 6 articles in the media. Kemper's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat American Financial Group's score of 1.15 indicating that Kemper is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kemper pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. American Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Kemper pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Financial Group pays out 30.3% 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. 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.
86.2% of Kemper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of American Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Kemper shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.5% of American Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
American Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Kemper. American Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kemper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kemper has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Financial Group has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American Financial Group received 63 more outperform votes than Kemper when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.71% of users gave Kemper an outperform vote while only 59.67% of users gave American Financial Group an outperform vote.
American Financial Group has a net margin of 10.66% compared to Kemper's net margin of 6.85%. American Financial Group's return on equity of 20.30% beat Kemper's return on equity.
Kemper presently has a consensus target price of $81.60, suggesting a potential upside of 25.73%. American Financial Group has a consensus target price of $143.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.24%. Given Kemper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kemper is more favorable than American Financial Group.
Summary
Kemper beats American Financial Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KMPR) was last updated on 3/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
