KMPR vs. AFG, AIZ, GNW, HMN, AIG, HIG, L, CNA, RNR, and KNSL
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), CNA Financial (CNA), RenaissanceRe (RNR), and Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Kemper (NYSE:KMPR) and American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, American Financial Group had 2 more articles in the media than Kemper. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for American Financial Group and 5 mentions for Kemper. American Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Kemper's score of 0.28 indicating that American Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Financial Group has a net margin of 11.03% compared to Kemper's net margin of -2.52%. American Financial Group's return on equity of 21.34% beat Kemper's return on equity.
Kemper pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. American Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Kemper pays out -65.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Financial Group pays out 27.2% 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.
Kemper currently has a consensus price target of $70.40, indicating a potential upside of 17.65%. American Financial Group has a consensus price target of $135.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.92%. Given Kemper's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Kemper is more favorable than American Financial Group.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kemper has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Financial Group has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Kemper. Kemper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Financial Group received 75 more outperform votes than Kemper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.15% of users gave American Financial Group an outperform vote while only 60.05% of users gave Kemper an outperform vote.
Summary
American Financial Group beats Kemper on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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