HMN vs. KMPR, GNW, AIG, HIG, L, AFG, AIZ, SIGI, ESGR, and THG
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), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), Enstar Group (ESGR), and The Hanover Insurance Group (THG). 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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.
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.
Kemper received 64 more outperform votes than Horace Mann Educators when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.15% of users gave Kemper an outperform vote while only 50.70% of users gave Horace Mann Educators an outperform vote.
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.
Horace Mann Educators currently has a consensus price target of $37.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.94%. Kemper has a consensus price target of $71.40, indicating a potential upside of 9.74%. Given Horace Mann Educators' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Horace Mann Educators is more favorable than Kemper.
Horace Mann Educators has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kemper has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Horace Mann Educators had 6 more articles in the media than Kemper. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Horace Mann Educators and 4 mentions for Kemper. Kemper's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Horace Mann Educators' score of 0.02 indicating that Kemper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 1.9%. 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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