NYSE:KMPRKemper Stock Price, Forecast & News

Kemper's stock was trading at $68.75 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, KMPR stock has increased by 23.4% and is now trading at $84.85.
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5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kemper in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating, 3 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Kemper is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 2nd 2020.
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Kemper Corp (NYSE:KMPR) issued its earnings results on Monday, August, 3rd. The insurance provider reported $1.20 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.03 by $0.17. The insurance provider earned $1.23 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.17 billion. Kemper had a net margin of 8.90% and a return on equity of 12.03%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 3.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.38 EPS.
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Kemper announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Monday, August 31st. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.41%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 14th.
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5 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Kemper's shares. Their forecasts range from $71.00 to $95.00. On average, they expect Kemper's share price to reach $85.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.1% from the stock's current price.
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Media coverage about KMPR stock has been trending extremely negative on Sunday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kemper earned a news impact score of -4.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.
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Kemper saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 870,700 shares, an increase of 17.1% from the July 15th total of 743,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 308,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.8 days. Currently, 1.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to Kemper include American International Group (AIG), Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Loews (L), Assurant (AIZ), American Financial Group (AFG), American National Insurance (ANAT), Horace Mann Educators (HMN) and Genworth Financial (GNW).
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Kemper trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KMPR."

Kemper's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.47%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.74%), GW&K Investment Management LLC (0.60%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.31%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.27%) and New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.22%). Company insiders that own Kemper stock include Carl Thomas Jr Evans, David P Storch, George N Cochran, John Michael Boschelli, Kimberly A Holmes, Mark A Green and Robert Joseph Joyce.
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KMPR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., New York State Common Retirement Fund, First Trust Advisors LP, Hancock Whitney Corp, Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc., Texas Permanent School Fund, Beese Fulmer Investment Management Inc., and Resonant Capital Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Kemper company stock in the last year include David P Storch, John Michael Boschelli, and Mark A Green.
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KMPR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., Chartwell Investment Partners LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., Swiss National Bank, Mesirow Financial Investment Management Equity Management, LSV Asset Management, Retirement Systems of Alabama, and Rafferty Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Kemper stock in the last two years include George N Cochran, Kimberly A Holmes, and Robert Joseph Joyce.
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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 $84.85.

Kemper has a market capitalization of $5.54 billion and generates $5.04 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $531.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.27 on an earnings per share basis. Kemper employs 8,900 workers across the globe.

The official website for Kemper is 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]