KMPR vs. HMN, AFG, ESGR, WTM, MCY, THG, AXS, FIHL, 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), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Mercury General (MCY), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), AXIS Capital (AXS), Fidelis Insurance (FIHL), SiriusPoint (SPNT), and Palomar (PLMR). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Kemper (NYSE:KMPR) and Horace Mann Educators (NYSE:HMN) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
86.2% of Kemper shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Horace Mann Educators shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Kemper shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Horace Mann Educators shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Kemper had 21 more articles in the media than Horace Mann Educators. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Kemper and 2 mentions for Horace Mann Educators. Horace Mann Educators' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Kemper's score of 0.35 indicating that Horace Mann Educators is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Kemper has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Horace Mann Educators has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kemper pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Horace Mann Educators pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Kemper pays out -65.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 presently has a consensus price target of $70.40, indicating a potential upside of 19.36%. Horace Mann Educators has a consensus price target of $39.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.28%. Given Kemper's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kemper is more favorable than Horace Mann Educators.
Horace Mann Educators has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 net margin of 3.02% compared to Kemper's net margin of -2.52%. Horace Mann Educators' return on equity of 5.71% beat Kemper's return on equity.
Summary
Kemper beats Horace Mann Educators on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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