Kohl’s (NYSE:KSS) Releases FY26 Earnings Guidance

Kohl’s (NYSE:KSS) issued an update on its FY26 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.10-$0.60 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $1.18. The company issued revenue guidance of $14.32-$14.63 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $15.45 billion. Kohl’s also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 0.100-0.600 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently commented on KSS shares. Citigroup cut their price target on shares of Kohl’s from $18.00 to $14.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Telsey Advisory Group cut their target price on Kohl’s from $17.00 to $13.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, March 5th. Robert W. Baird cut Kohl’s from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their target price for the company from $25.00 to $18.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. TD Cowen dropped their price target on Kohl’s from $20.00 to $16.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, Baird R W cut Kohl’s from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and nine have issued a hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $15.84.

Kohl’s Trading Down 1.1 %

Shares of KSS stock opened at $12.08 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $1.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 5.44 and a beta of 1.92. The company has a current ratio of 1.05, a quick ratio of 0.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.97. The business’s 50 day moving average is $12.67 and its two-hundred day moving average is $16.08. Kohl’s has a twelve month low of $10.91 and a twelve month high of $29.60.

Kohl’s (NYSE:KSS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 11th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.72 by $0.23. The firm had revenue of $5.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.25 billion. Kohl’s had a net margin of 1.47% and a return on equity of 6.44%. Kohl’s’s quarterly revenue was down 9.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.67 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Kohl’s will post 1.3 EPS for the current year.

Kohl’s Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.125 per share. This represents a $0.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.14%. Kohl’s’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 90.09%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Kohl’s news, EVP Feeney Siobhan Mc sold 3,827 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the executive vice president now owns 133,091 shares in the company, valued at approximately $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 accessible through the SEC website. 0.86% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.