Kohl's Co. (NYSE:KSS) Receives Consensus Recommendation of "Hold" from Analysts

Kohl's Co. (NYSE:KSS - Get Free Report) has earned a consensus recommendation of "Hold" from the seven analysts that are covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price target among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $24.20.

KSS has been the topic of several recent research reports. Citigroup dropped their target price on Kohl's from $27.00 to $24.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, March 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of Kohl's from $20.00 to $21.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Wednesday, March 13th. TD Cowen upped their price target on shares of Kohl's from $28.00 to $31.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, March 13th. Telsey Advisory Group upped their price target on shares of Kohl's from $25.00 to $28.00 and gave the stock a "market perform" rating in a report on Wednesday, March 13th. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of Kohl's from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, April 12th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. CWM LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Kohl's by 59.7% during the fourth quarter. CWM LLC now owns 1,145 shares of the company's stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 428 shares during the period. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina increased its position in shares of Kohl's by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 49,007 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,406,000 after acquiring an additional 470 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its position in shares of Kohl's by 32.5% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,130 shares of the company's stock valued at $62,000 after acquiring an additional 523 shares in the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC grew its position in Kohl's by 20.3% in the 4th quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 3,278 shares of the company's stock worth $94,000 after purchasing an additional 553 shares during the period. Finally, Parallel Advisors LLC grew its position in Kohl's by 14.3% in the 4th quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 4,581 shares of the company's stock worth $131,000 after purchasing an additional 572 shares during the period. 98.04% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Kohl's Stock Down 2.0 %

KSS traded down $0.51 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $24.89. 6,077,743 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,490,075. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11, a quick ratio of 0.20 and a current ratio of 1.31. The company's fifty day moving average price is $26.24 and its 200 day moving average price is $25.31. The company has a market cap of $2.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.38 and a beta of 1.98. Kohl's has a one year low of $17.68 and a one year high of $29.65.

Kohl's (NYSE:KSS - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, March 12th. The company reported $1.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.28 by $0.39. Kohl's had a return on equity of 8.40% and a net margin of 1.81%. The company had revenue of $5.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.80 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted ($2.49) earnings per share. Kohl's's quarterly revenue was down 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts expect that Kohl's will post 2.24 EPS for the current year.

Kohl's Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 3rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 20th were paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 19th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.04%. Kohl's's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 70.18%.

Kohl's Company Profile

Kohl's Corporation operates as an omnichannel retailer in the United States. It offers branded apparel, footwear, accessories, beauty, and home products through its stores and website. The company provides its products primarily under the brand names of Croft & Barrow, Jumping Beans, SO, Sonoma Goods for Life, and Tek Gear, as well as Food Network, LC Lauren Conrad, Nine West, and Simply Vera Vera Wang.