Kohl's (KSS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. Kohl’s became a publicly traded company in 1992. Ashley Buchanan serves as the company’s chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $19.80 to $20.56
• 50-Day Range: $16.29 to $20.34
• 52-Week Range: $11.38 to $25.22
• Volume: 3.29 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.02 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.31 billion
• P/E Ratio: 8.88
• Dividend Yield: 2.46%
• Price Target: $16.17
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Kohl's Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Kohl's scored higher than 56% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 277th out of 485 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Kohl's has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.87, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 1 buy rating, 8 hold ratings, and 5 sell ratings.

Downside Risk

Kohl's has a consensus price target of $16.17, representing about 20.5% downside from its current price of $20.34.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Kohl's has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -29.52%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Kohl's are expected to decrease by -29.52% in the coming year, from $2.10 to $1.48 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Kohl's is 8.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.03.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Kohl's is 8.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 44.99.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Kohl's has a P/B Ratio of 0.56. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

27.85% of the float of Kohl's has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Kohl's has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.96.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Kohl's has recently decreased by 6.79%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Kohl's pays a meaningful dividend of 2.49%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Kohl's does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Kohl's is 21.83%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Kohl's will have a dividend payout ratio of 33.78% next year. This indicates that Kohl's will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.59

News Sentiment

Kohl's has a news sentiment score of 0.59. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for Kohl's this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 35 people have searched for KSS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -35% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

5 people have added Kohl's to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Kohl's insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $458,840.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.55% of the stock of Kohl's is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

98.04% of the stock of Kohl's is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/26/2026
• Record date for 9/23 Dividend: 9/09/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/23 Dividend: 9/09/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/23/2026
• Today: 10/10/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/24/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Broadline Retail
• Sub-Industry: Broadline Retail
• Current Symbol: NYSE:KSS
• CIK: 885639
• Web: www.kohls.com
• Phone: (262) 703-7000
• Fax: 262-703-6143
• Employees: 84,000
• Year Founded: 1962

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Kohl's: $16.17
• High Price Target: $22.00
• Low Price Target: $9.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -20.5%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.87
• Research Coverage: 15 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.29
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 8.88
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.68
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $272 million
• Net Margins: 1.75%
• Pretax Margin: 2.15%
• Return on Equity: 6.75%
• Return on Assets: 2.02%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.87
• Current Ratio: 1.49
• Quick Ratio: 0.41

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $15.43 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.15
• Cash Flow: $7.97 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 2.55
• Book Value: $36.08 per share
• Price / Book: 0.56

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 113,376,000
• Free Float: 111,619,000
• Market Cap: $2.31 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.32