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Kemper (KMPR) Competitors

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$70.71 +0.11 (+0.16%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

KMPR vs. AFG, AIZ, GNW, HMN, AIG, HIG, L, EG, RNR, and CNA

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), RenaissanceRe (RNR), and CNA Financial (CNA). 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

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
Kemper5.86% 12.03% 2.50%
American Financial Group 10.84%19.97%2.87%

Kemper pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. American Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Kemper pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Financial Group pays out 30.0% 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.

Kemper currently has a consensus target price of $79.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.72%. American Financial Group has a consensus target price of $141.25, suggesting a potential upside of 0.28%. Given Kemper's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Kemper is more favorable than American Financial Group.

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

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

In the previous week, Kemper and Kemper both had 12 articles in the media. American Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Kemper's score of 0.43 indicating that American Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kemper$4.94B0.92-$272.10M$4.2016.84
American Financial Group$7.83B1.51$852M$10.6713.20

Kemper has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Financial Group has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

American Financial Group received 65 more outperform votes than Kemper when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.71% of users gave Kemper an outperform vote while only 59.70% of users gave American Financial Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
KemperOutperform Votes
255
60.71%
Underperform Votes
165
39.29%
American Financial GroupOutperform Votes
320
59.70%
Underperform Votes
216
40.30%

Summary

American Financial Group beats Kemper on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KMPR vs. The Competition

MetricKemperFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.52B$45.81B$10.42B$19.87B
Dividend Yield1.76%6.18%10.14%3.50%
P/E Ratio16.849.2845.8635.66
Price / Sales0.922.173,479.1517.95
Price / Cash74.1719.5730.6917.98
Price / Book1.632.353.774.59
Net Income-$272.10M$3.90B$1.02B$985.93M
7 Day Performance0.08%3.19%-0.05%0.45%
1 Month Performance11.79%9.80%7.13%1.05%
1 Year Performance70.18%58.79%24.11%24.67%

Kemper Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KMPR
Kemper
4.7559 of 5 stars
$70.71
+0.2%
$79.00
+11.7%
+70.5%$4.52B$4.94B16.848,100Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
AFG
American Financial Group
4.5802 of 5 stars
$140.85
+1.8%
$141.25
+0.3%
+29.2%$11.62B$7.83B13.208,500Analyst Revision
Positive News
AIZ
Assurant
4.9646 of 5 stars
$220.85
+0.8%
$225.20
+2.0%
+36.3%$11.24B$11.76B15.7513,600Dividend Increase
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
GNW
Genworth Financial
3.2856 of 5 stars
$7.49
+0.8%
$7.00
-6.5%
+27.4%$3.17B$7.49B35.672,700Analyst Downgrade
HMN
Horace Mann Educators
3.7192 of 5 stars
$40.38
-0.2%
$42.67
+5.7%
+24.4%$1.65B$1.49B16.091,700
AIG
American International Group
4.8421 of 5 stars
$74.66
-0.8%
$84.80
+13.6%
+16.0%$46.57B$46.80B-22.0225,200Positive News
HIG
The Hartford Financial Services Group
4.8852 of 5 stars
$118.19
+1.2%
$120.88
+2.3%
+54.8%$33.87B$24.53B11.8418,700Insider Trade
L
Loews
4.4115 of 5 stars
$84.49
+0.4%
$112.00
+32.6%
+25.2%$18.32B$15.90B11.2212,280Analyst Downgrade
EG
Everest Group
4.63 of 5 stars
$376.87
+1.7%
$434.10
+15.2%
-5.7%$15.92B$14.59B5.902,844Analyst Forecast
RNR
RenaissanceRe
4.506 of 5 stars
$264.30
-0.1%
$293.00
+10.9%
+25.6%$13.74B$9.13B3.81925Analyst Revision
CNA
CNA Financial
3.4012 of 5 stars
$48.85
+0.5%
$51.50
+5.4%
+20.1%$13.16B$13.30B10.186,300Ex-Dividend
Analyst Revision
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:KMPR) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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