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The closing price of Kemper Corporation (NYSE: KMPR) was $48.42 for the day, down -21.26% from the previous closing price of $61.49. In other words, the price has decreased by -$21.26 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.99 million shares were traded. KMPR stock price reached its highest trading level at $49.34 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $45.02.
Ratios:
Our analysis of KMPR’s different ratios will help us gain a deeper understanding of the company. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.34 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.34.
On January 10, 2024, TD Cowen started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $70.
Piper Sandler Upgraded its Neutral to Overweight on October 06, 2023, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $55 to $47.
Insider Transactions:
Also, insider trades can serve as a great indicator of what management thinks about the future direction of a stock’s price. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 10 ’25 when Paracchini Alberto J bought 500 shares for $61.71 per share. The transaction valued at 30,855 led to the insider holds 10,323 shares of the business.
LADERMAN GERALD bought 2,500 shares of KMPR for $155,600 on Jun 10 ’25. The Director now owns 21,635 shares after completing the transaction at $62.24 per share. On Aug 21 ’24, another insider, Parker Stuart B., who serves as the Director of the company, sold 30,000 shares for $61.74 each. As a result, the insider received 1,852,200 and left with 20,717 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, KMPR now has a Market Capitalization of 3935044864 and an Enterprise Value of 4769647104. As of this moment, Kemper’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 9.12, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 7.72. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.78. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.65 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.04. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.017 whereas that against EBITDA is 8.504.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for KMPR is 1.29, which has changed by -0.19016558 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.19283521 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, KMPR has reached a high of $73.01, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $53.57. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -22.27%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -24.92%.
Shares Statistics:
KMPR traded an average of 577.22K shares per day over the past three months and 993830 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 63.58M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 63.43M. Insiders hold about 0.89% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 86.83% stake in the company. Shares short for KMPR as of 1752537600 were 1996787 with a Short Ratio of 3.46, compared to 1749772800 on 1284908. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1996787 and a Short% of Float of 3.1400003.
Dividends & Splits
With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 0.0, KMPR has a forward annual dividend rate of 1.26. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.14. The current Payout Ratio is 25.27% for KMPR, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-05-19 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-08-18. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1999-03-29 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
