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$51.78 +0.29 (+0.56%)
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KMPR vs. AFG, AIZ, GNW, HMN, AIG, HIG, L, ORI, MTG, and ACT

Should you be buying Kemper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kemper include American Financial Group (AFG), Assurant (AIZ), Genworth Financial (GNW), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), American International Group (AIG), The Hartford Insurance Group (HIG), Loews (L), Old Republic International (ORI), MGIC Investment (MTG), and Enact (ACT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Kemper vs. Its Competitors

American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) and Kemper (NYSE:KMPR) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

American Financial Group has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kemper has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

64.4% of American Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Kemper shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.4% of American Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Kemper shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

American Financial Group has a net margin of 9.21% compared to Kemper's net margin of 7.18%. American Financial Group's return on equity of 17.41% beat Kemper's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Financial Group9.21% 17.41% 2.53%
Kemper 7.18%14.39%3.25%

American Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Kemper pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. American Financial Group pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kemper pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. American Financial Group has increased its dividend for 19 consecutive years and Kemper has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Kemper is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

American Financial Group currently has a consensus price target of $136.75, suggesting a potential downside of 5.86%. Kemper has a consensus price target of $72.75, suggesting a potential upside of 40.50%. Given Kemper's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kemper is more favorable than American Financial Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Kemper
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

American Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Kemper. Kemper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Financial Group$8.28B1.46$887M$9.1015.96
Kemper$4.77B0.68$317.80M$5.319.75

In the previous week, American Financial Group had 1 more articles in the media than Kemper. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for American Financial Group and 6 mentions for Kemper. American Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Kemper's score of 0.02 indicating that American Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Financial Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Kemper
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

American Financial Group beats Kemper on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KMPR vs. The Competition

MetricKemperINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.23B$20.56B$12.51B$21.43B
Dividend Yield2.47%2.62%5.47%3.54%
P/E Ratio9.7513.77239.3029.51
Price / Sales0.682.4130.7158.91
Price / Cash7.5817.2222.5024.34
Price / Book1.193.612.284.56
Net Income$317.80M$1.62B$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance0.08%-0.43%-0.60%-0.17%
1 Month Performance-3.43%-1.71%1.09%1.93%
1 Year Performance-14.82%16.38%537.00%12.14%

Kemper Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KMPR
Kemper
4.5504 of 5 stars
$51.78
+0.6%
$72.75
+40.5%
-15.2%$3.23B$4.77B9.757,400News Coverage
AFG
American Financial Group
4.1966 of 5 stars
$142.47
+0.8%
$136.75
-4.0%
+6.6%$11.78B$8.32B15.668,700Positive News
AIZ
Assurant
4.8512 of 5 stars
$211.30
+0.8%
$233.29
+10.4%
+8.3%$10.58B$11.88B15.3014,200Positive News
GNW
Genworth Financial
4.0365 of 5 stars
$9.03
-0.1%
$9.50
+5.3%
+34.4%$3.71B$7.30B20.062,960
HMN
Horace Mann Educators
3.3071 of 5 stars
$45.91
+0.2%
$46.75
+1.8%
+28.1%$1.87B$1.60B13.581,750
AIG
American International Group
4.9628 of 5 stars
$76.59
-0.5%
$88.27
+15.3%
+6.7%$42.65B$27.25B14.5022,200Positive News
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HIG
The Hartford Insurance Group
4.7097 of 5 stars
$130.77
-0.1%
$138.00
+5.5%
+14.1%$36.82B$26.54B11.8619,100Positive News
L
Loews
1.0398 of 5 stars
$97.35
+0.7%
N/A+27.5%$20.06B$17.51B15.4813,000
ORI
Old Republic International
4.5344 of 5 stars
$40.94
+2.8%
$46.00
+12.4%
+18.5%$9.90B$8.23B14.029,400Positive News
MTG
MGIC Investment
3.7288 of 5 stars
$28.15
-0.6%
$26.67
-5.3%
+13.2%$6.53B$1.21B9.23680Positive News
ACT
Enact
N/A$38.45
+0.0%
$35.00
-9.0%
+7.7%$5.67B$1.20B8.76500Trending News

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This page (NYSE:KMPR) was last updated on 9/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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