KMPR vs. HMN, AFG, ESGR, MCY, WTM, THG, FIHL, AXS, SPNT, and PLMR
Should you be buying Kemper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kemper include Horace Mann Educators (HMN), American Financial Group (AFG), Enstar Group (ESGR), Mercury General (MCY), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Fidelis Insurance (FIHL), AXIS Capital (AXS), SiriusPoint (SPNT), and Palomar (PLMR). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Horace Mann Educators (NYSE:HMN) 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 media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and earnings.
Horace Mann Educators pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Kemper pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Horace Mann Educators pays out 125.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kemper pays out -29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Horace Mann Educators has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Horace Mann Educators is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Horace Mann Educators currently has a consensus price target of $39.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.02%. Kemper has a consensus price target of $70.40, suggesting a potential upside of 22.56%. Given Horace Mann Educators' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kemper is more favorable than Horace Mann Educators.
Horace Mann Educators has a net margin of 3.02% compared to Horace Mann Educators' net margin of -5.50%. Kemper's return on equity of 5.71% beat Horace Mann Educators' return on equity.
Horace Mann Educators has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kemper. Kemper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Horace Mann Educators, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Horace Mann Educators has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kemper has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Kemper had 1 more articles in the media than Horace Mann Educators. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Kemper and 5 mentions for Horace Mann Educators. Kemper's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Horace Mann Educators' score of 0.11 indicating that Horace Mann Educators is being referred to more favorably in the media.
99.3% of Horace Mann Educators shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Kemper shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Horace Mann Educators shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Kemper shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kemper received 64 more outperform votes than Horace Mann Educators when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.05% of users gave Kemper an outperform vote while only 50.99% of users gave Horace Mann Educators an outperform vote.
Summary
Horace Mann Educators and Kemper tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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