Kemper (KMPR) Competitors

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

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 2.6%. Kemper pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. American Financial Group pays out 30.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kemper pays out 26.1% 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.

Do analysts prefer AFG or KMPR?

American Financial Group presently has a consensus target price of $139.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.77%. Kemper has a consensus target price of $81.60, suggesting a potential upside of 35.38%. Given Kemper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Kemper	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AFG or KMPR?

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 59.55% of users gave American Financial Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Financial Group	Outperform Votes 321 59.55%	Underperform Votes 218 40.45%
Kemper	Outperform Votes 258 60.71%	Underperform Votes 167 39.29%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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 insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Kemper 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.

Is AFG or KMPR more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Financial Group	10.66%	20.30%	2.93%
Kemper	6.85%	14.11%	3.01%

Which has more volatility & risk, AFG or KMPR?

American Financial Group has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kemper has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer AFG or KMPR?

In the previous week, Kemper had 2 more articles in the media than American Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Kemper and 11 mentions for American Financial Group. American Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Kemper's score of 0.67 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	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kemper	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable 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	$8.28B	1.27	$887M	$10.57	11.87
Kemper	$4.63B	0.83	$317.80M	$4.91	12.28

Summary

American Financial Group and Kemper tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.