HMN vs. KMPR, GNW, AIG, HIG, L, AFG, AIZ, THG, ESGR, and WTM
Should you be buying Horace Mann Educators stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Horace Mann Educators include Kemper (KMPR), Genworth Financial (GNW), American International Group (AIG), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Loews (L), American Financial Group (AFG), Assurant (AIZ), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Enstar Group (ESGR), and White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Horace Mann Educators (NYSE:HMN) and Kemper (NYSE:KMPR) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
Kemper received 64 more outperform votes than Horace Mann Educators when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.05% of users gave Kemper an outperform vote while only 50.84% of users gave Horace Mann Educators an outperform vote.
Horace Mann Educators has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kemper has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Horace Mann Educators has a net margin of 4.26% compared to Kemper's net margin of -2.52%. Horace Mann Educators' return on equity of 6.95% beat Kemper's return on equity.
99.3% of Horace Mann Educators shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Kemper shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Horace Mann Educators shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Kemper shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Horace Mann Educators presently has a consensus target price of $38.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.28%. Kemper has a consensus target price of $70.40, indicating a potential upside of 20.16%. Given Kemper's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kemper is more favorable than Horace Mann Educators.
In the previous week, Horace Mann Educators had 3 more articles in the media than Kemper. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Horace Mann Educators and 6 mentions for Kemper. Horace Mann Educators' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Kemper's score of 0.46 indicating that Horace Mann Educators is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Horace Mann Educators has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kemper. Kemper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Horace Mann Educators, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Horace Mann Educators pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Kemper pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Horace Mann Educators pays out 87.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kemper pays out -65.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Kemper beats Horace Mann Educators on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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