Kemper (KMPR) Competitors

American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) and Kemper (NYSE:KMPR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Is AFG or KMPR a better dividend stock?

American Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Kemper pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. American Financial Group pays out 30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kemper pays out 29.5% 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 increased 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, AFG or KMPR?

American Financial Group has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kemper has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer AFG or KMPR?

American Financial Group currently has a consensus target price of $148.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.71%. Kemper has a consensus target price of $80.40, suggesting a potential upside of 23.20%. Given Kemper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kemper is more favorable than American Financial Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Kemper	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in AFG or KMPR?

64.4% of American Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Kemper shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.5% of American Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Kemper shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to AFG or KMPR?

In the previous week, American Financial Group had 1 more articles in the media than Kemper. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for American Financial Group and 3 mentions for Kemper. American Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Kemper's score of 0.16 indicating that American Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
American Financial Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kemper	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is AFG or KMPR more profitable?

American Financial Group has a net margin of 10.84% compared to Kemper's net margin of 5.86%. American Financial Group's return on equity of 19.97% beat Kemper's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Financial Group	10.84%	19.97%	2.87%
Kemper	5.86%	12.03%	2.50%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AFG or KMPR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Financial Group	$7.83B	1.45	$852M	$10.67	12.69
Kemper	$4.94B	0.85	-$272.10M	$4.20	15.54

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AFG or KMPR?

American Financial Group received 64 more outperform votes than Kemper when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.61% of users gave Kemper an outperform vote while only 59.78% of users gave American Financial Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Financial Group	Outperform Votes 321 59.78%	Underperform Votes 216 40.22%
Kemper	Outperform Votes 257 60.61%	Underperform Votes 167 39.39%

Summary

American Financial Group beats Kemper on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.