Kohl’s (NYSE:KSS) Issues Earnings Results

Kohl’s (NYSE:KSS) posted its earnings results on Tuesday. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.72 by $0.23, Zacks reports. Kohl’s had a net margin of 1.47% and a return on equity of 6.44%. The firm had revenue of $5.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.25 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.67 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was down 9.4% on a year-over-year basis. Kohl’s updated its FY 2025 guidance to 0.100-0.600 EPS and its FY26 guidance to $0.10-$0.60 EPS.

Kohl’s Stock Performance

Shares of Kohl’s stock opened at $9.11 on Wednesday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $12.58 and its 200 day simple moving average is $16.00. The company has a current ratio of 1.05, a quick ratio of 0.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.97. Kohl’s has a 12 month low of $8.75 and a 12 month high of $29.60. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 4.11 and a beta of 1.92.

Kohl’s Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 21st will be issued a $0.125 dividend. This represents a $0.50 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.49%. Kohl’s’s dividend payout ratio is presently 90.09%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Kohl’s

In other news, EVP Feeney Siobhan Mc sold 3,827 shares of Kohl’s stock in a transaction on Friday, January 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $14.05, for a total transaction of $53,769.35. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 133,091 shares in the company, valued at $1,869,928.55. The trade was a 2.80 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.86% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on KSS. Telsey Advisory Group restated a “market perform” rating and set a $13.00 price objective on shares of Kohl’s in a research report on Tuesday. Gordon Haskett cut shares of Kohl’s from a “hold” rating to a “reduce” rating and set a $11.00 price objective for the company. in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th. Robert W. Baird lowered their target price on Kohl’s from $18.00 to $11.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday. Morgan Stanley decreased their price target on shares of Kohl’s from $17.00 to $15.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, November 25th. Finally, Baird R W lowered Kohl’s from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and nine have assigned a hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $14.30.

About Kohl’s

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.