Kemper Corporation (KMPR) Stock Analysis
Falling Knife setup
Financial Services · Insurance - Property & Casualty
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $29.36: Quality below floor (3.0 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.1/10 and A.R:R 4.8:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum; Below long-term trend.
Kemper is a specialty insurance holding company with two segments: Specialty Property & Casualty (personal and commercial auto) and Life Insurance, serving over 4.5 million policies with ~$12.5B in assets. The Specialty P&C segment is heavily concentrated in California (63%),... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $29.36: Quality below floor (3.0 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.1/10 and A.R:R 4.8:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 32, MACD bearish. Score 4.1/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 77d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — Kemper Corporation
Latest news
- UBS Maintains Buy on Kemper, Lowers Price Target to $44 — benzinga May 11, 2026 neutral
- Piper Sandler Maintains Underweight on Kemper, Lowers Price Target to $28 — benzinga May 7, 2026 negative
- Transcript: Kemper Q1 2026 Earnings Conference Call — benzinga May 6, 2026 neutral
- Earnings Scheduled For May 6, 2026 — benzinga May 6, 2026 neutral
- Kemper Q1 Adj. EPS $0.21 Misses $0.80 Estimate, Sales $1.107B Miss $1.124B Estimate — benzinga May 6, 2026 negative
Generated 2026-05-20T21:06:21Z.
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Rating Breakdown
5 floor-breakers
Revenue shrinking — -7.1% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $29.36: Quality below floor (3.0 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.1/10 and A.R:R 4.8:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 32, MACD bearish. Prior stop was $27.13. Score 4.1/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $43.35 (+48.6% upside). Prior stop was $27.13. Stop-loss: $27.13.
Quality below floor (3.0 < 4.0).
Kemper Corporation trades at a P/E of 40.5 (forward 6.4). TrendMatrix value score: 7.9/10. Verdict: Sell.
11 analysts cover KMPR with a consensus score of 2.5/5. Average price target: $51.
What does Kemper Corporation do?Kemper is a specialty insurance holding company with two segments: Specialty Property & Casualty (personal and...
Kemper is a specialty insurance holding company with two segments: Specialty Property & Casualty (personal and commercial auto) and Life Insurance, serving over 4.5 million policies with ~$12.5B in assets. The Specialty P&C segment is heavily concentrated in California (63%), Florida (16%), and Texas (11%), which together provided 90% of segment premiums in 2025.