NYSE:KMPRKemper Stock Price, Forecast & News

Kemper's stock was trading at $68.75 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, KMPR shares have increased by 6.2% and is now trading at $73.04. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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." View analyst ratings for Kemper.

Kemper is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Kemper.

Kemper Corp (NYSE:KMPR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The insurance provider reported $2.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.08 by $0.35. The insurance provider earned $1.23 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.29 billion. Kemper had a return on equity of 12.74% and a net margin of 8.74%. The business's quarterly revenue was down .6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.50 earnings per share. View Kemper's earnings history.

Kemper declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 18th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Tuesday, June 2nd. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.64%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 15th. View Kemper's dividend history.

5 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Kemper's shares. Their forecasts range from $71.00 to $90.00. On average, they expect Kemper's stock price to reach $82.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Kemper.

Media headlines about KMPR stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kemper earned a news sentiment score of 2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories 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 stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutKemper.

Kemper saw a decrease in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 610,500 shares, a decrease of 13.4% from the April 30th total of 704,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 355,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.7 days. Approximately 1.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Kemper's Current Options Chain.

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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.03%), Wellington Management Group LLP (5.26%), Natural Investments LLC (3.29%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.91%), State Street Corp (2.60%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.50%). 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. View institutional ownership trends for Kemper.

KMPR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., Channing Capital Management LLC, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, BlackRock Inc., Wellington Management Group LLP, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., and Invesco Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Kemper company stock in the last year include David P Storch, and Mark A Green. View insider buying and selling activity for Kemper.

KMPR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Natural Investments LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Schroder Investment Management Group, Victory Capital Management Inc., GW&K Investment Management LLC, Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc., Retirement Systems of Alabama, and Waddell & Reed Financial Inc.. 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 activity 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 $73.04.

Kemper has a market capitalization of $4.77 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]