With 0.62 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.48 million shares. During the session, the Insurance – Property & Casualty company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $59.58 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $58.055. The 52-week range on KMPR shows that it touched its highest point at $73.01 and its lowest point at $53.57 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $84.40. With its current market cap of 3.79 billion, KMPR has annualized dividend of $1.25 while the current yield stands at 2.11%. KMPR paid its most recent dividend on 1739836800, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1739836800. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.26.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of KMPR was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.58%, but this was down by -12.07% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -13.14% while six-month performance fell -8.08%. The stock gained 0.84% in the past year, while it has lost -10.99% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KMPR yields 4.91 with Next year EPS estimates of 6.71. For the next quarter, that number is 1.49. This implies an EPS growth rate of 4.13% for this year and 9.34% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 6.06% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -9.21%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 63.84 million KMPR shares are outstanding with a float of 60.94 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-04-15, short shares totaled 1.35 million, which was 211.0 higher than short shares on 1741910400. In addition to Mr. Joseph Patrick Lacher Jr. as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Mr. Bradley Thomas Camden C.F.A. serves as its Executive VP & CFO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.86947995 of KMPR’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for KMPR since 11 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With KMPR analysts setting a high price target of 90.0 and a low target of 79.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 84.4. Based on these targets, KMPR could surge 52.18% to reach the target high and rise by 33.58% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 42.71% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $5.51034 being high and $5.32371 being low. For KMPR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.39247. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.65 and the low estimate is $1.29. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.49.
