NYSE:KMPR - Kemper Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Kemper announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 8th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Tuesday, December 4th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 16th. View Kemper's Dividend History.

Kemper Corp (NYSE:KMPR) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 5th. The insurance provider reported $1.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.20 by $0.39. The insurance provider earned $1.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.07 billion. Kemper had a net margin of 6.63% and a return on equity of 9.56%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.85 earnings per share. View Kemper's Earnings History.

Kemper is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 12th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Kemper.

3 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Kemper's shares. Their predictions range from $80.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate Kemper's stock price to reach $80.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.1% 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.

Press coverage about KMPR stock has trended negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring 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 media sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the insurance provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

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Kemper's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.77%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.01%), Vanguard Group Inc (8.01%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.40%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.63%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.13%). Company insiders that own Kemper stock include Carl Thomas Jr Evans, George N Cochran, James J Mckinney, John Michael Boschelli, Mark A Green and Susan D Whiting. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Kemper.

KMPR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, United Services Automobile Association, Prudential Financial Inc., Man Group plc, Vident Investment Advisory LLC, GSA Capital Partners LLP and Strs Ohio. Company insiders that have sold Kemper company stock in the last year include Carl Thomas Jr Evans and John Michael Boschelli. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kemper.

KMPR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Vanguard Group Inc, Vanguard Group Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Victory Capital Management Inc., Citadel Advisors LLC, New South Capital Management Inc. and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Company insiders that have bought Kemper stock in the last two years include George N Cochran, James J Mckinney, Mark A Green and Susan D Whiting. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KMPR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $64.44.

Kemper has a market capitalization of $4.19 billion and generates $2.72 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $120.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.64 on an earnings per share basis. Kemper employs 5,550 workers across the globe.

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]