BAC
Bank of America Corporation
BAC has the edge over KMPR overall, supported by stronger fundamentals and stronger modeled upside.
KMPR
Kemper Corporation
KMPR trails on the overall score without a compensating advantage in the available component scores.
BAC Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
BAC's revenue and profitability are currently healthy. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like BAC.
KMPR Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Under pressure | |
| Under pressure | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
KMPR's revenue and profitability are currently under pressure. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like KMPR.
BAC PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 9.4x | $39.50 | -22% |
| Forward | 10x | $50.51 | — |
| Current | 12x | $50.51 | — |
| Fair | 13x | $53.81 | +6.5% |
| Expensive | 15x | $62.23 | +23% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
BAC's PE is in its fair range at 12x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 10x next year's earnings, in its cheap range.
KMPR PE Valuation
KMPR has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
BAC Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
BAC has the edge over KMPR on the outlook, with more favorable revenue expectations.
KMPR Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Strong growth | |
| Decline | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect KMPR's earnings to grow and its profitability to improve, but its revenue to decline. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
BAC Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $4.92 | +17% |
| Q3 2026 | $4.19 | +14% |
| Q2 2026 | $4.34 | +27% |
| Q1 2026 | $4.02 | +20% |
| Q4 2025 | $3.81 | +19% |
| Q3 2025 | $3.66 | +33% |
| Q2 2025 | $3.41 | +20% |
| Q1 2025 | $3.35 | +16% |
| Q4 2024 | $3.21 | +4.2% |
BAC has the edge over KMPR on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
KMPR Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $3.58 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$7.08 | -285% |
| Q2 2026 | -$8.30 | -256% |
| Q1 2026 | $0.72 | -87% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.29 | -53% |
| Q3 2025 | $3.83 | -8.8% |
| Q2 2025 | $5.31 | +581% |
| Q1 2025 | $5.35 | +$7.25 |
| Q4 2024 | $4.91 | +$9.16 |
KMPR has swung to a loss: it lost $7.08 per share over the past year, after a profit the year before.
BAC Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $30B | +6.7% |
| Q2 2026 | $31.6B | +19% |
| Q1 2026 | $30.3B | +11% |
| Q4 2025 | $31.2B | +23% |
| Q3 2025 | $28.1B | +11% |
| Q2 2025 | $26.5B | +4.3% |
| Q1 2025 | $27.4B | +6% |
| Q4 2024 | $25.3B | +15% |
BAC has the edge over KMPR on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 30% | -3.7 points |
| Q2 2026 | 37% | +7.6 points |
| Q1 2026 | 34% | +4.7 points |
| Q4 2025 | 40% | +12 points |
| Q3 2025 | 34% | +4.8 points |
| Q2 2025 | 29% | -0.7 points |
| Q1 2025 | 30% | +1.5 points |
| Q4 2024 | 28% | +14 points |
BAC's operating margin was 30% last quarter, down 3.7 points from the same quarter a year ago.
KMPR Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.1B | -12% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.1B | -11% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.1B | -7.2% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.1B | -4.7% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.2B | +5.2% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.2B | +8.5% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.2B | +4.4% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.2B | 0% |
KMPR's revenue has slid since its 2021 peak: $1.1B last quarter, down 12% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | 11% | +15 points |
| Q2 2024 | 10% | +12 points |
| Q1 2024 | 7.5% | +14 points |
| Q4 2023 | 5.3% | +8.3 points |
| Q3 2023 | -3.3% | 0 points |
| Q2 2023 | -1.9% | +1.8 points |
| Q1 2023 | -6.6% | -0.6 points |
| Q4 2022 | -2.9% | +9.2 points |
KMPR's operating margin was 11% last quarter, up 14 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the top of its range since 2019.
BAC Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$6.5B | -114% |
| Q2 2026 | $29B | +$38.2B |
| Q1 2026 | $41.8B | +$44B |
| Q4 2025 | -$22.9B | -189% |
| Q3 2025 | $46.9B | +$84.2B |
| Q2 2025 | -$9.1B | -150% |
| Q1 2025 | -$2.2B | +$13.4B |
| Q4 2024 | $25.9B | -21% |
BAC's free cash flow was $41.4B over the past year, down 33% from the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like BAC.
KMPR Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $55.7M | -58% |
| Q2 2026 | $19.1M | -77% |
| Q1 2026 | $77.9M | -55% |
| Q4 2025 | $166.2M | +0.5% |
| Q3 2025 | $133.4M | +1.5% |
| Q2 2025 | $82M | +1477% |
| Q1 2025 | $172.3M | +522% |
| Q4 2024 | $165.4M | +$209.8M |
KMPR has the edge over BAC on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
BAC Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -1% | -72M shares |
| 1 year | -5.3% | -405M shares |
| 3 years | -11% | -854M shares |
| 5 years | -15% | -1.3B shares |
| Available history | -24% | -2.2B shares |
BAC has the edge over KMPR on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $6B |
| Q2 2026 | $6B |
| Q1 2026 | $7.2B |
| Q4 2025 | $6.3B |
| Q3 2025 | $5.3B |
| Q2 2025 | $5.3B |
| Q1 2025 | $4.5B |
| Q4 2024 | $3.5B |
BAC spent $25.6B buying back its own shares over the past year, up 37% from the year before.
KMPR Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +1.2% | +722K shares |
| 1 year | -3.1% | -1.9M shares |
| 3 years | -7% | -4.5M shares |
| 5 years | -6.3% | -4M shares |
| Available history | -10% | -7M shares |
KMPR has 60M diluted shares, down 3.1% from a year ago, with $51M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | — |
| Q4 2025 | $50.6M |
| Q3 2025 | $218.8M |
| Q2 2025 | $28.5M |
| Q1 2025 | $4M |
| Q4 2024 | $13.9M |
KMPR spent $51M buying back its own shares over the past year, down 81% from the year before.
BAC Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 6.4x | High |
| Q2 2026 | 6.7x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 7.1x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 7.7x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 8.3x | High |
| Q2 2025 | 8.8x | High |
| Q1 2025 | 8.6x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 9.0x | High |
BAC's net debt is about 6.4 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 8.3 years a year ago. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like BAC.
KMPR Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | 3.1x | Elevated |
| Q2 2024 | 4.8x | High |
| Q1 2024 | 9.7x | High |
| Q2 2021 | 4.5x | High |
| Q1 2021 | 1.3x | Healthy |
| Q4 2020 | 1.7x | Healthy |
| Q3 2020 | 1.4x | Healthy |
| Q2 2020 | 0.6x | Very low |
KMPR's net debt is about 3.1 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 1.3 years a year ago. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like KMPR.
BAC Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 37.1 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 4.9 | Oversold |
BAC's weekly RSI is 37 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 5 (oversold).
KMPR Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 64.6 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 84.4 | Overbought |
KMPR's weekly RSI is 65 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 84 (overbought).
BAC PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | BAC | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 12x | 13x | 7.5% below |
| PE % | 40 | 63 | 23 pts below |
BAC is trading at 12x earnings, in line with the Financial Services sector's median of 13x.
KMPR PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | KMPR | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 13x | — |
KMPR has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
BAC Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $52.1 | 3% below |
| 20 week MA | $57.8 | 13% below |
| 50 week MA | $54.7 | 7.7% below |
| 100 week MA | $50.5 | 0% below |
| 200 week MA | $42.5 | 19% above |
BAC has fallen below most of its moving averages, though it's still 19% above its 200-week average.
KMPR Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $29.6 | 16% above |
| 20 week MA | $28.7 | 20% above |
| 50 week MA | $31.2 | 9.8% above |
| 100 week MA | $44.8 | 23% below |
| 200 week MA | $49.9 | 31% below |
KMPR has the edge over BAC on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
BAC Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $35.4 | $30.0 | -15% |
| 2021 | $30.0 | $44.4 | +48% |
| 2022 | $44.4 | $32.5 | -27% |
| 2023 | $32.5 | $33.7 | +3.7% |
| 2024 | $33.7 | $44.3 | +32% |
| 2025 | $44.3 | $56.2 | +27% |
| 2026 YTD | $56.2 | $50.5 | -10% |
BAC has the edge over KMPR on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
KMPR Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $76.7 | $77.2 | +0.6% |
| 2021 | $77.2 | $56.3 | -27% |
| 2022 | $56.3 | $50.5 | -10% |
| 2023 | $50.5 | $48.7 | -3.7% |
| 2024 | $48.7 | $65.2 | +34% |
| 2025 | $65.2 | $40.9 | -37% |
| 2026 YTD | $40.9 | $34.3 | -16% |
KMPR has finished lower in four of the last six years. It's down 16% so far in 2026.