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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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.

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

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%

In the previous week, Kemper had 2 more articles in the media than American Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Kemper and 8 mentions for American Financial Group. American Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Kemper's score of 1.08 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
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kemper
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

American Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Kemper pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. 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 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$8.32B1.39$887M$9.1015.23
Kemper$4.64B0.73$317.80M$5.3110.16

American Financial Group currently has a consensus price target of $136.75, indicating a potential downside of 1.32%. Kemper has a consensus price target of $72.75, indicating a potential upside of 34.84%. Given Kemper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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

Summary

American Financial Group and Kemper tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KMPR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KMPR vs. The Competition

MetricKemperINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.39B$20.80B$12.63B$21.36B
Dividend Yield2.37%2.70%5.41%3.49%
P/E Ratio10.1613.84232.4229.62
Price / Sales0.731.9730.9969.38
Price / Cash7.9417.5722.1325.18
Price / Book1.243.772.294.55
Net Income$317.80M$1.62B$1.01B$999.70M
7 Day Performance0.49%5.99%0.41%0.58%
1 Month Performance6.72%4.91%3.97%5.67%
1 Year Performance-11.16%20.22%544.46%18.25%

Kemper Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KMPR
Kemper
4.8461 of 5 stars
$53.95
-0.4%
$72.75
+34.8%
-11.2%$3.39B$4.64B10.167,400Positive News
Short Interest ↑
AFG
American Financial Group
4.505 of 5 stars
$135.88
-0.5%
$136.75
+0.6%
+3.4%$11.33B$8.32B14.938,700Positive News
AIZ
Assurant
4.914 of 5 stars
$215.78
-1.3%
$233.29
+8.1%
+9.6%$10.88B$11.88B15.6214,200Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Insider Trade
GNW
Genworth Financial
4.351 of 5 stars
$8.58
-0.1%
$9.50
+10.8%
+27.4%$3.52B$7.30B19.062,960Positive News
HMN
Horace Mann Educators
3.8998 of 5 stars
$45.94
+0.4%
$46.75
+1.8%
+32.4%$1.87B$1.60B13.591,750Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
AIG
American International Group
4.9877 of 5 stars
$81.37
-0.3%
$88.27
+8.5%
+10.1%$45.05B$27.25B15.4122,200Positive News
HIG
The Hartford Insurance Group
4.6632 of 5 stars
$132.31
+0.1%
$137.64
+4.0%
+15.0%$37.20B$26.54B12.0019,100Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
L
Loews
1.8912 of 5 stars
$96.82
+0.3%
N/A+21.6%$20.08B$17.51B15.3913,000Positive News
ORI
Old Republic International
4.5454 of 5 stars
$39.97
+0.6%
$41.50
+3.8%
+15.6%$9.93B$8.23B13.699,400News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MTG
MGIC Investment
3.3273 of 5 stars
$27.81
+0.5%
$26.67
-4.1%
+13.9%$6.42B$1.21B9.12680Positive News
ACT
Enact
N/A$37.65
+0.2%
$35.00
-7.0%
+8.0%$5.55B$1.20B8.58500

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This page (NYSE:KMPR) was last updated on 9/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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