HMN vs. KMPR, HG, SKWD, LMND, SAFT, HCI, EIG, PLMR, AMSF, and SPNT
Should you be buying Horace Mann Educators stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Horace Mann Educators include Kemper (KMPR), Hamilton Insurance Group (HG), Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD), Lemonade (LMND), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), HCI Group (HCI), Employers (EIG), Palomar (PLMR), AMERISAFE (AMSF), and SiriusPoint (SPNT). 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
In the previous week, Kemper had 12 more articles in the media than Horace Mann Educators. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Kemper and 6 mentions for Horace Mann Educators. Kemper's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Horace Mann Educators' score of 0.59 indicating that Kemper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Horace Mann Educators has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kemper has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Horace Mann Educators has a net margin of 3.02% compared to Kemper's net margin of -5.50%. Horace Mann Educators' return on equity of 5.71% beat Kemper's 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.
99.3% of Horace Mann Educators shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Kemper shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Horace Mann Educators shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Kemper shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Horace Mann Educators pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Kemper pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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 currently has a consensus target price of $39.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.64%. Kemper has a consensus target price of $70.40, indicating a potential upside of 20.32%. Given Kemper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kemper is more favorable than Horace Mann Educators.
Summary
Kemper beats Horace Mann Educators on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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