359,261 Kohl's Corporation $KSS Shares Sold by Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC

Key Points

• Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC cut its Kohl’s stake by 89.8% in the third quarter, selling 359,261 shares and retaining 40,998 shares valued at approximately $757,000. Institutional investors collectively own 98.04% of the company.
• Analyst sentiment remains cautious: Kohl’s has an average “Reduce” rating and a consensus price target of $16.17, despite some firms raising their targets and Zacks upgrading the stock to “strong buy.”
• Kohl’s reported quarterly EPS of $1.28, beating estimates of $0.58, while revenue reached $3.52 billion. The company also maintains a quarterly dividend of $0.125 per share, or $0.50 annually, representing a 2.3% yield.

Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC decreased its holdings in shares of Kohl's Corporation (NYSE:KSS - Free Report) by 89.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 40,998 shares of the company's stock after selling 359,261 shares during the period. Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC's holdings in Kohl's were worth $757,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its holdings in shares of Kohl's by 107.9% during the first quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 2,479,061 shares of the company's stock valued at $31,980,000 after buying an additional 1,286,710 shares in the last quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC raised its position in Kohl's by 1,497.7% during the fourth quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 1,141,932 shares of the company's stock valued at $23,406,000 after buying an additional 1,070,457 shares during the period. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. acquired a new position in Kohl's during the second quarter valued at $13,487,000. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its stake in Kohl's by 13.3% in the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 6,342,340 shares of the company's stock worth $81,811,000 after acquiring an additional 744,539 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Amundi lifted its stake in Kohl's by 1,409.3% in the 2nd quarter. Amundi now owns 515,833 shares of the company's stock worth $9,141,000 after acquiring an additional 481,657 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 98.04% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have commented on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on Kohl's from $15.00 to $17.00 and gave the stock an "underweight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 18th. Telsey Advisory Group lifted their target price on Kohl's from $17.00 to $18.00 and gave the company a "market perform" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Zacks Research upgraded Kohl's from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, August 26th. Morgan Stanley reissued an "underweight" rating and issued a $15.00 price target on shares of Kohl's in a research report on Monday, July 6th. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised shares of Kohl's from a "hold (c)" rating to a "hold (c+)" rating in a research report on Friday, September 25th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has issued a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and five have assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Kohl's currently has an average rating of "Reduce" and a consensus target price of $16.17.

Kohl's Trading Down 3.8%

Shares of NYSE:KSS opened at $21.56 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $18.62 and a two-hundred day moving average of $16.77. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.44 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.41 and a beta of 1.32. Kohl's Corporation has a 12-month low of $11.38 and a 12-month high of $25.22. The company has a quick ratio of 0.41, a current ratio of 1.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.87.

Kohl's (NYSE:KSS - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The company reported $1.28 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.70. Kohl's had a net margin of 1.75% and a return on equity of 6.75%. The business had revenue of $3.52 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.32 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.56 EPS. Kohl's's revenue was down .9% on a year-over-year basis. Kohl's has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.800-2.400 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Kohl's Corporation will post 2.10 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Kohl's Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 23rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 9th were paid a $0.1250 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, September 9th. This represents a $0.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.3%. Kohl's's payout ratio is 21.83%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Kohl's news, EVP Jennifer Kent sold 22,942 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $20.00, for a total value of $458,840.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 234,452 shares in the company, valued at $4,689,040. The trade was a 8.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 45,882 shares of company stock valued at $963,520 in the last quarter. Insiders own 1.55% of the company's stock.

Kohl's Company Profile

Kohl's Corporation is an American department store retailer headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. The company operates stores across the United States and sells merchandise through its brick-and-mortar locations and e-commerce platform, Kohls.com.

Kohl's offers a broad selection of apparel, footwear, accessories, beauty products, home goods, toys and other consumer merchandise for women, men and children. Its retail offerings include national brands, private-label merchandise and Sephora beauty products through Sephora shop-in-shop locations and online channels.

The company traces its origins to a department store founded by Maxwell Kohl in Brookfield, Wisconsin, in 1962.

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