KEMPER Corp
KMPR NYSE Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance Financials FY2016βFY2025
What KEMPER Corp does
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- Legal name
- KEMPER Corp
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Feb 11, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0000860748-26-000014
0000860748
Revenue and margins
KEMPER Corp had $4.8B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 3.3% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 24.0% a year. Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $554M in fiscal 2025, 11.6% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
KEMPER Corp returned $382M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 69% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 3.3%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably KEMPER Corp can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $148M | $491M | $585M | $1.1B | $440M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $1.1B | $1.4B | $1.4B | $1.4B | $944M |
| Debt / equity | β | 5.8x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.4x |
| Interest coverage | β7.7x | β3.0x | β1.2x | β | β |
| Total assets | $14.9B | $13.3B | $12.7B | $12.6B | $12.5B |
| Total liabilities | $10.9B | $10.6B | $10.2B | $9.8B | $9.8B |
| Shareholders' equity | β$850M | $241M | $2.5B | $2.8B | $2.7B |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $974M | $896M | $804M | $289M | $504M |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
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Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
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Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 6 / 7 | 4 / 7 | 6 / 7 | 3 / 7 | 5 / 7 | 3 / 7 | 2 / 7 | 4 / 7 | 6 / 7 |
| Accruals ratio | β2.7% | β1.4% | β3.5% | β0.0% | β0.3% | β3.2% | β0.5% | β1.1% | β0.5% | β3.5% |
| Altman Z'' | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $2.5B | $2.7B | $3.7B | $5.0B | $5.2B | $5.7B | $5.5B | $4.9B | $4.6B | $4.8B |
| Operating income | $3.1M | $119M | $286M | $519M | $547M | β$334M | β$167M | β$68.9M | β | β |
| Interest expense | $44.4M | $34.9M | $43.3M | $42.5M | $36.0M | $43.6M | $54.7M | $56.1M | $56.9M | $38.5M |
| Pretax income | $3.5M | $161M | $199M | $662M | $510M | β$245M | β$390M | β$347M | $389M | $161M |
| Income tax | β$9.2M | $41.2M | $10.7M | $131M | $100M | β$126M | β$84.4M | β$74.8M | $76.0M | $28.1M |
| Net income | $16.8M | $121M | $190M | $531M | $410M | β$124M | β$287M | β$272M | $318M | $143M |
| Diluted EPS | $0.33 | $2.33 | $3.22 | $7.96 | $6.14 | β$1.92 | β$4.50 | β$4.25 | $4.91 | $2.29 |
| Diluted shares | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.06B | 0.07B | 0.07B | 0.06B | 0.06B | 0.06B | 0.06B | 0.06B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $241M | $241M | $539M | $534M | $448M | $351M | β$210M | β$134M | $383M | $585M |
| Capital expenditure | β | $35.5M | $65.3M | $84.0M | $53.4M | $57.8M | $30.8M | $53.8M | $53.2M | $30.6M |
| Free cash flow | β | $205M | $474M | $450M | $395M | $293M | β$241M | β$188M | $330M | $554M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $13.6M | $13.1M | $15.6M | $32.8M | $36.2M | $46.3M | $70.9M | $58.6M | $53.7M | $74.3M |
| Stock-based compensation | $4.7M | $9.4M | $18.6M | $25.3M | $24.9M | $28.0M | $17.7M | $29.0M | $29.2M | $29.4M |
| Acquisitions | $0.0M | $0.0M | $561M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $317M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β | β |
| Share buybacks | $3.8M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $110M | $162M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $38.9M | $302M |
| Dividends paid | $49.2M | $49.5M | $56.4M | $67.8M | $78.9M | $80.6M | $79.7M | $80.1M | $80.1M | $79.6M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $53.0M | $49.5M | $56.4M | $67.8M | $189M | $242M | $79.7M | $80.1M | $119M | $382M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $116M | $45.7M | $361M | $608M | $206M | $148M | $491M | $585M | $1.1B | $440M |
| Total debt | $752M | $592M | $909M | $778M | $1.2B | $1.1B | $1.4B | $1.4B | $1.4B | $944M |
| Finance lease liabilities | β | β | $1.9M | $0.5M | $0.2M | β | β | β | β | β |
| Goodwill | $323M | $323M | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.3B |
| Intangible assets | β | $133M | $261M | $328M | $320M | $293M | $267M | $269M | $266M | $227M |
| Total assets | $8.2B | $8.4B | $11.5B | $13.0B | $14.3B | $14.9B | $13.3B | $12.7B | $12.6B | $12.5B |
| Total liabilities | $6.2B | $6.3B | $8.5B | $9.0B | $9.8B | $10.9B | $10.6B | $10.2B | $9.8B | $9.8B |
| Shareholders' equity | $2.0B | $2.1B | $3.1B | $4.0B | $4.6B | β$850M | $241M | $2.5B | $2.8B | $2.7B |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Operating margin | 0.1% | 4.4% | 7.7% | 10.3% | 10.5% | β5.8% | β3.0% | β1.4% | β | β |
| EBITDA margin | 0.7% | 4.8% | 8.1% | 10.9% | 11.2% | β5.0% | β1.7% | β0.2% | β | β |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 4.4% | 5.1% | 10.5% | 7.9% | β2.2% | β5.2% | β5.5% | 6.9% | 3.0% |
| FCF margin | β | 7.5% | 12.7% | 8.9% | 7.6% | 5.1% | β4.4% | β3.8% | 7.1% | 11.6% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | 0.1% | 3.3% | 7.5% | 10.1% | 7.9% | β212.8% | β11.6% | β1.6% | β | β |
| Return on equity | 0.9% | 5.9% | 7.4% | 15.1% | 9.6% | β6.7% | β | β19.8% | 12.0% | 5.2% |
| Return on assets | 0.2% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 4.3% | 3.0% | β0.8% | β2.0% | β2.1% | 2.5% | 1.1% |
| Return on tangible equity | 1.0% | 7.3% | 11.3% | 21.0% | 13.1% | β | β | β27.6% | 25.0% | 11.9% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 8.0% | 36.8% | 35.3% | 3.3% | 9.9% | β3.4% | β10.5% | β6.2% | 3.3% |
| Net income growth | β | 619.6% | 57.2% | 179.4% | β22.8% | β130.2% | β | β | β | β54.9% |
| EPS growth | β | 606.1% | 38.2% | 147.2% | β22.9% | β131.3% | β | β | β | β53.4% |
| FCF growth | β | β | 131.1% | β5.0% | β12.4% | β25.8% | β182.3% | β | β | 68.0% |
| Share count change | β | 0.7% | 13.9% | 13.3% | 0.3% | β3.7% | β0.7% | 0.3% | 1.2% | β3.3% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 38.1x | 4.1x | 1.8x | 0.3x | 1.7x | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt / equity | 0.4x | 0.3x | 0.3x | 0.2x | 0.3x | β | 5.8x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.4x |
| Interest coverage | 0.1x | 3.4x | 6.6x | 12.2x | 15.2x | β7.7x | β3.0x | β1.2x | β | β |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | β | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.6% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% |
| Payouts / FCF | β | 24.1% | 11.9% | 15.1% | 48.0% | 82.7% | β | β | 36.1% | 68.9% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 6.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 |
| Accruals ratio | β2.7% | β1.4% | β3.5% | β0.0% | β0.3% | β3.2% | β0.5% | β1.1% | β0.5% | β3.5% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000860748). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.