Kemper (KMPR) 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 businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend AFG or KMPR?

American Financial Group presently has a consensus price target of $138.75, suggesting a potential upside of 10.30%. Kemper has a consensus price target of $79.40, suggesting a potential upside of 23.48%. 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	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20

Is AFG or KMPR a better dividend stock?

American Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Kemper pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. American Financial Group pays out 33.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kemper pays out 23.9% 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. American Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AFG or KMPR?

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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AFG or KMPR?

American Financial Group received 62 more outperform votes than Kemper when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.80% of users gave Kemper an outperform vote while only 59.44% of users gave American Financial Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Financial Group	Outperform Votes 321 59.44%	Underperform Votes 219 40.56%
Kemper	Outperform Votes 259 60.80%	Underperform Votes 167 39.20%

Does the media favor AFG or KMPR?

In the previous week, American Financial Group had 4 more articles in the media than Kemper. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for American Financial Group and 11 mentions for Kemper. American Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Kemper's score of 1.21 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	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Kemper	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AFG or KMPR more profitable?

American Financial Group has a net margin of 10.66% compared to Kemper's net margin of 6.85%. American Financial Group's return on equity of 20.30% beat Kemper's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Financial Group	10.66%	20.30%	2.93%
Kemper	6.85%	14.11%	3.01%

Which has more volatility and risk, AFG or KMPR?

American Financial Group has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kemper has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AFG or KMPR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Financial Group	$8.24B	1.28	$887M	$9.52	13.21
Kemper	$4.68B	0.88	$317.80M	$5.35	12.02

Summary

American Financial Group beats Kemper on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.