NYSE:KMPR - Kemper Stock Price, Forecast & News

Kemper trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KMPR."

Kemper declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Wednesday, December 4th. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.51%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 15th. This is an increase from Kemper's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. View Kemper's Dividend History.

Kemper Corp (NYSE:KMPR) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November, 4th. The insurance provider reported $2.01 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.39 by $0.62. The insurance provider earned $1.23 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.22 billion. Kemper had a return on equity of 11.09% and a net margin of 8.51%. View Kemper's Earnings History.

Kemper is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 10th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Kemper.

3 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Kemper's shares. Their forecasts range from $82.00 to $87.00. On average, they expect Kemper's stock price to reach $84.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kemper.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kemper in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Kemper.

Headlines about KMPR stock have been trending negative on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kemper earned a coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Kemper.

Kemper saw a decline in short interest in November. As of November 29th, there was short interest totalling 652,200 shares, a decline of 6.1% from the November 14th total of 694,800 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 291,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.2 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company's shares are sold short. View Kemper's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Kemper include American International Group (AIG), Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Loews (L), American Financial Group (AFG), Assurant (AIZ), American National Insurance (ANAT), Genworth Financial (GNW), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), Eastern Insurance (EIHI) and Fortegra Financial (FRF).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Kemper investors own include Square (SQ), Broadcom (AVGO), NVIDIA (NVDA), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Xilinx (XLNX), Boeing (BA), Darden Restaurants (DRI), FedEx (FDX) and Grana y Montero SAA (GRAM).

Kemper's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (2.61%), Voya Investment Management LLC (0.71%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.59%), Chilton Investment Co. LLC (0.47%), Millennium Management LLC (0.40%) and First Trust Advisors LP (0.39%). Company insiders that own Kemper stock include Carl Thomas Jr Evans, George N Cochran, John Michael Boschelli, Kimberly A Holmes and Robert Joseph Joyce. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Kemper.

KMPR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Chilton Investment Co. LLC, Boston Partners, Barclays PLC, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Tower Research Capital LLC TRC, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Metropolitan Life Insurance Co NY. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kemper.

KMPR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Phocas Financial Corp., Squarepoint Ops LLC, State Street Corp, California Public Employees Retirement System, Millennium Management LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D and Man Group plc. Company insiders that have bought Kemper stock in the last two years include George N Cochran, Kimberly A Holmes and Robert Joseph Joyce. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kemper.

Shares of KMPR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KMPR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $74.32.

Kemper has a market capitalization of $4.95 billion and generates $3.73 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $190.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.37 on an earnings per share basis. Kemper employs 8,100 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Kemper.

The official website for Kemper is http://www.kemper.com/.

Kemper's mailing address is 200 E. Randolph Street, Chicago IL, 60601. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at 312-661-4600 or via email at [email protected]