NYSE:KMPRKemper Stock Price, Forecast & News

Kemper's stock was trading at $68.75 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, KMPR stock has increased by 6.8% and is now trading at $73.45. 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The insurance provider reported $2.43 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.08 by $0.35. The insurance provider had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.29 billion. Kemper had a net margin of 8.74% and a return on equity of 12.74%. The company's revenue was down .6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.50 EPS. View Kemper's earnings history.

Kemper announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 6th. Investors of record on Monday, May 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Tuesday, June 2nd. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.63%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 15th. View Kemper's dividend history.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Kemper's shares. Their forecasts range from $71.00 to $90.00. On average, they expect Kemper's share price to reach $82.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Kemper.

News coverage about KMPR stock has been trending somewhat positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kemper earned a news impact score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Kemper.

Kemper saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 619,400 shares, an increase of 21.8% from the June 15th total of 508,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 334,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 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), Assurant (AIZ), American Financial Group (AFG), American National Insurance (ANAT), Horace Mann Educators (HMN) and Genworth Financial (GNW). View all competitors.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Kemper investors own include Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), IBM (IBM), AbbVie (ABBV), Adobe (ADBE), Applied Materials (AMAT), Activision Blizzard (ATVI), Alibaba Group (BABA), Lowe's Companies (LOW), Pfizer (PFE) and Air Products & Chemicals (APD).

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

Kemper's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Skyline Asset Management LP (0.17%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.09%). 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and Skyline Asset Management LP. 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 $73.45.

Kemper has a market capitalization of $4.79 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]