KMPR vs. HMN, AFG, WTM, MCY, ESGR, THG, SPNT, FIHL, PLMR, and SIGI
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), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Mercury General (MCY), Enstar Group (ESGR), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), SiriusPoint (SPNT), Fidelis Insurance (FIHL), Palomar (PLMR), and Selective Insurance Group (SIGI). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.
99.3% of Horace Mann Educators shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Kemper shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Horace Mann Educators shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Kemper shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Kemper had 2 more articles in the media than Horace Mann Educators. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Kemper and 3 mentions for Horace Mann Educators. Kemper's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Horace Mann Educators' score of 0.40 indicating that Horace Mann Educators is being referred to more favorably in the 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 50.84% of users gave Horace Mann Educators an outperform vote.
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 currently has a consensus target price of $38.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.47%. Kemper has a consensus target price of $70.40, indicating a potential upside of 15.69%. Given Horace Mann Educators' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kemper is more favorable than Horace Mann Educators.
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 2.0%. Horace Mann Educators pays out 87.2% 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 -65.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Horace Mann Educators has increased 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 has a net margin of 4.26% compared to Horace Mann Educators' net margin of -2.52%. Kemper's return on equity of 6.95% beat Horace Mann Educators' return on equity.
Horace Mann Educators has a beta of 0.26, meaning that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kemper has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kemper beats Horace Mann Educators on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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