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 (WHO). Since then, KMPR shares have increased by 4.5% and is now trading at $71.83. 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 earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The insurance provider reported $2.43 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 net margin of 8.74% and a return on equity of 12.74%. Kemper's revenue was down .6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.50 EPS. View Kemper's earnings history.

Kemper announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 6th. Shareholders 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 dividend yield of 1.67%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 15th. View Kemper's dividend history.

5 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Kemper's stock. Their forecasts range from $71.00 to $90.00. On average, they anticipate Kemper's share price to reach $82.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Kemper.

News headlines about KMPR stock have trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kemper earned a news impact score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news 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 impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Kemper.

Kemper saw a decline in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 508,400 shares, a decline of 20.6% from the May 31st total of 639,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 355,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 0.8% of the company's stock are short sold. 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.

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

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One share of KMPR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $71.83.

Kemper has a market capitalization of $4.69 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]