Our Take On Kemper Corporation’s (NYSE:KMPR) CEO Salary

Joe Lacher has been the CEO of Kemper Corporation (NYSE:KMPR) since 2015. First, this article will compare CEO compensation with compensation at similar sized companies. Then we’ll look at a snap shot of the business growth. And finally – as a second measure of performance – we will look at the returns shareholders have received over the last few years. This process should give us an idea about how appropriately the CEO is paid.

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How Does Joe Lacher’s Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?

At the time of writing our data says that Kemper Corporation has a market cap of US$4.8b, and is paying total annual CEO compensation of US$4.9m. (This figure is for the year to 2017). While this analysis focuses on total compensation, it’s worth noting the salary is lower, valued at US$750k. We looked at a group of companies with market capitalizations from US$4.0b to US$12b, and the median CEO compensation was US$6.4m.

So Joe Lacher receives a similar amount to the median CEO pay, amongst the companies we looked at. While this data point isn’t particularly informative alone, it gains more meaning when considered with business performance.

The graphic below shows how CEO compensation at Kemper has changed from year to year.

Is Kemper Corporation Growing?

On average over the last three years, Kemper Corporation has grown earnings per share (EPS) by 43% each year (using a line of best fit). It achieved revenue growth of 23% over the last year.

This demonstrates that the company has been improving recently. A good result. This sort of respectable year-on-year revenue growth is often seen at a healthy, growing business.

You might want to check this free visual report on analyst forecasts for future earnings.

Has Kemper Corporation Been A Good Investment?

Boasting a total shareholder return of 129% over three years, Kemper Corporation has done well by shareholders. So they may not be at all concerned if the CEO were to be paid more than is normal for companies around the same size.

In Summary…

Remuneration for Joe Lacher is close enough to the median pay for a CEO of a similar sized company .

Shareholders would surely be happy to see that shareholder returns have been great, and the earnings per share are up. Indeed, many might consider the pay rather modest, given the solid company performance! Whatever your view on compensation, you might want to check if insiders are buying or selling Kemper shares (free trial).

Or you might prefer this data-rich interactive visualization of historic revenue and earnings.

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The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned. For errors that warrant correction please contact the editor at editorial-team@simplywallst.com.