HMN vs. KMPR, GNW, AIG, HIG, L, AFG, AIZ, RLI, THG, and SIGI
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), RLI (RLI), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), and Selective Insurance Group (SIGI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Horace Mann Educators vs.
Kemper (NYSE:KMPR) and Horace Mann Educators (NYSE:HMN) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.
Kemper has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Horace Mann Educators has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Horace Mann Educators had 4 more articles in the media than Kemper. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Horace Mann Educators and 8 mentions for Kemper. Kemper's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Horace Mann Educators' score of 0.95 indicating that Kemper is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kemper presently has a consensus target price of $79.40, suggesting a potential upside of 27.12%. Horace Mann Educators has a consensus target price of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.73%. Given Kemper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Kemper is more favorable than Horace Mann Educators.
Kemper received 72 more outperform votes than Horace Mann Educators when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.80% of users gave Kemper an outperform vote while only 50.54% of users gave Horace Mann Educators an outperform vote.
Kemper pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Horace Mann Educators pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Kemper pays out 23.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Horace Mann Educators pays out 50.7% 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 has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Horace Mann Educators has increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years. Horace Mann Educators is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
86.2% of Kemper shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Horace Mann Educators shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Kemper shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Horace Mann Educators shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kemper has higher revenue and earnings than Horace Mann Educators. 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.
Kemper has a net margin of 6.85% compared to Horace Mann Educators' net margin of 6.44%. Kemper's return on equity of 14.11% beat Horace Mann Educators' return on equity.
Summary
Kemper beats Horace Mann Educators on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HMN) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
