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Kohl's Corporation (KSS)

Consumer Cyclical | Department Stores | Menomonee Falls, United States | NYSE
22.40 USD -0.01 (-0.067%) ⇩ (Oct. 16, 2026, 10:12 a.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 4:44 a.m. EDT

The long-term outlook is severely compromised by a brutal multi-year decline; the stock has lost nearly 70% of its value over the last nine years, with four consecutive years of negative returns ending recently. Despite a low P/E ratio, this is a classic value trap where the market has correctly priced in a deteriorating business model in the department store sector, rather than offering a margin of safety. The recent price action shows a fragile recovery attempt, but the underlying fundamentals—shrinking revenues and negative earnings growth—do not support a sustained comeback. On the short end, the technicals are mixed with some recent upward momentum, but the overwhelming options flow suggests traders are betting against the stock, capping any immediate upside. The dividend, while yielding nearly 2.5%, is a token payout covering only a fraction of earnings and cannot offset the capital destruction inherent in holding a declining legacy retailer.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.053717
MSTL0.055603
AutoTheta0.100343
AutoARIMA0.232478

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 36%
H-stat 10.07
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.372
Excess Kurtosis -0.96
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-08
Last Dividend Date 2026-09-08
Debt to Equity Ratio 154.055
Revenue per Share 137.156
Market Cap 2,539,065,600
Trailing P/E 9.61
Forward P/E 14.33
Beta 1.35
Profit Margins 1.75%
Website https://www.corporate.kohls.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 4:44 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for downside protection, evidenced by massive out-of-the-money put open interest (over 17k contracts) compared to negligible call volume. The strike distribution shows a dense wall of puts at 11, 15, and 17, while call activity is concentrated near the money (18-20 strikes) with very little speculative buying further out. This structure indicates a market consensus expecting a significant drop rather than a rally.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.71% 3.07% 6.37% 6.33%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-09-09 0.125 0.713470
2026-06-10 0.125 0.787650
2026-03-18 0.125 1.039069
2025-12-10 0.125 0.528989
2025-09-10 0.125 0.779302
2025-06-11 0.125 1.423690
2025-03-21 0.125 1.509662
2024-12-11 0.500 3.385240
2024-09-11 0.500 2.620545
2024-06-12 0.500 2.220249
2024-03-19 0.500 1.960784
2023-12-05 0.500 2.132196
2023-09-05 0.500 1.992032
2023-06-06 0.500 2.279982
2023-03-14 0.500 2.243158
2022-12-06 0.500 1.758706
2022-09-06 0.500 1.767409
2022-06-07 0.500 1.096732
2022-03-15 0.500 0.929023
2021-12-07 0.250 0.479662
2021-09-07 0.250 0.454133
2021-06-08 0.250 0.456454
2021-03-16 0.250 0.409031
2020-03-17 0.704 4.141176
2019-12-10 0.670 1.394671
2019-09-10 0.670 1.311155
2019-06-11 0.670 1.397289
2019-03-19 0.670 0.969469
2018-12-11 0.610 0.969023
2018-09-11 0.610 0.756542
2018-06-12 0.610 0.778856
2018-03-13 0.610 0.951490
2017-12-05 0.550 1.139660
2017-09-01 0.550 1.371571
2017-06-05 0.550 1.450422
2017-03-06 0.550 1.395939
2016-12-05 0.500 0.917263
2016-09-02 0.500 1.148633
2016-06-06 0.500 1.339047
2016-03-07 0.500 1.029018
2015-12-07 0.450 0.948367
2015-09-04 0.450 0.891619
2015-06-08 0.450 0.717589
2015-03-09 0.450 0.610501
2014-12-08 0.390 0.691244
2014-09-08 0.390 0.663378
2014-06-09 0.390 0.726122
2014-03-10 0.390 0.708576
2013-12-09 0.350 0.636479
2013-09-09 0.350 0.667302
2013-06-10 0.350 0.676852
2013-03-11 0.350 0.743889
2012-12-03 0.320 0.731094
2012-08-31 0.320 0.613027
2012-06-04 0.320 0.727273
2012-03-05 0.320 0.665004
2011-12-05 0.250 0.492514
2011-09-02 0.250 0.569087
2011-06-06 0.250 0.495148
2011-03-07 0.250 0.466853
Additional Data
dividendYield 2.23
exDividendDate 2026-09-09
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.5
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.022311468
lastDividendValue 0.125
lastDividendDate 2026-09-09
dividendDate 2026-09-23

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.4467398
Address1 N56 W17000 Ridgewood Drive
All Time High 83.28
All Time Low 1.65625
Ask 22.76
Ask Size 100
Audit Risk 3
Average Analyst Rating 3.1 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 4,419,730
Average Daily Volume3 Month 4,043,293
Average Volume 4,043,293
Average Volume10Days 4,419,730
Beta 1.351
Bid 22.71
Bid Size 100
Board Risk 1
Book Value 36.885
City Menomonee Falls
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 22.395
Current Ratio 1.491
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 22.9
Day Low 22.295
Debt To Equity 154.055
Display Name Kohl's
Dividend Date 1,790,121,600
Dividend Yield 2.23
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,748,523,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,748,523,600
Earnings Growth -0.052
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.013
Earnings Timestamp 1,787,747,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,795,523,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,795,523,400
Ebitda 1,192,999,936
Ebitda Margins 0.07732
Enterprise To Ebitda 6.824
Enterprise To Revenue 0.528
Enterprise Value 8,140,766,208
Eps Current Year 2.08001
Eps Forward 1.56284
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.33
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,788,912,000
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 18.557
Fifty Day Average Change 3.8380013
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.2068223
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 44.67398
Fifty Two Week High 25.22
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.8249989
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.112014234
Fifty Two Week Low 11.38
Fifty Two Week Low Change 11.015
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.9679262
Fifty Two Week Range 11.38 - 25.22
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 706,282,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 4.67
Float Shares 111,589,632
Forward Eps 1.56284
Forward P E 14.329682
Free Cashflow 879,500,032
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 84,000
Fullday Change -0.01499939
Fullday Change Percent -0.06693168
Fullday Price 22.395
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.40518
Gross Profits 6,252,000,256
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.04014
Held Percent Institutions 1.09223
Implied Shares Outstanding 113,376,445
Industry Department Stores
Industry Disp Department Stores
Industry Key department-stores
Ir Website http://www.kohlscorporation.com/InvestorRelations/Investor01.htm
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,788,912,000
Last Dividend Value 0.125
Last Fiscal Year End 1,769,817,600
Last Split Date 956,620,800
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Kohl's Corporation operates as an omnichannel retailer in the United States. It offers apparel, footwear, accessories, beauty products, and home products through its stores and website. The company provides its products primarily under the brand names of Apt. 9, Croft & Barrow, FLX, Jumping Beans, SO, Sonoma Goods for Life, and Tek Gear, as well as LC Lauren Conrad, Nine West, and Simply Vera Vera Wang. Kohl's Corporation was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.
Long Name Kohl's Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 2,539,065,600
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_61243
Most Recent Quarter 1,785,542,400
Net Income To Common 270,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,801,353,600
Non Diluted Market Cap 2,071,387,650
Number Of Analyst Opinions 13
Open 22.62
Operating Cashflow 1,352,000,000
Operating Margins 0.0458
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 0.2146
Peg Ratio 2.07
Phone 262 703 7000
Previous Close 22.41
Price Eps Current Year 10.766776
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.6071574
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.16455384
Profit Margins 0.0175
Quick Ratio 0.305
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 3.14286
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.01499939
Regular Market Change Percent -0.06693168
Regular Market Day High 22.9
Regular Market Day Low 22.295
Regular Market Day Range 22.295 - 22.9
Regular Market Open 22.62
Regular Market Previous Close 22.41
Regular Market Price 22.395
Regular Market Time 1,792,159,949
Regular Market Volume 495,947
Return On Assets 0.02313
Return On Equity 0.06671
Revenue Growth -0.009
Revenue Per Share 137.156
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16207206
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Sector Disp Consumer Cyclical
Sector Key consumer-cyclical
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 113,376,445
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.2742
Shares Short 31,084,645
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 30,692,752
Short Name Kohl's Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.32389998
Short Ratio 7.75
Source Interval 15
State WI
Symbol KSS
Target High Price 41.5
Target Low Price 9.0
Target Mean Price 18.88462
Target Median Price 18.0
Total Cash 821,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 7.241
Total Debt 6,421,000,192
Total Revenue 15,429,999,616
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.5
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.022311468
Trailing Eps 2.33
Trailing P E 9.6115885
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.3488
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 16.8355
Two Hundred Day Average Change 5.5594997
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.33022478
Type Disp Equity
Volume 495,947
Website https://www.corporate.kohls.com
Zip 53,051