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

Kohl’s (NYSE:KSS) updated its FY26 earnings guidance on Tuesday. 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.

Kohl’s Trading Down 24.4 %

Shares of KSS stock opened at $9.11 on Wednesday. Kohl’s has a fifty-two week low of $8.75 and a fifty-two week high of $29.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.97, a quick ratio of 0.12 and a current ratio of 1.05. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $12.58 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $16.00. The company has a market cap of $1.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 4.11 and a beta of 1.92.

Kohl’s (NYSE:KSS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 11th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.23. The company had revenue of $5.18 billion during 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 revenue for the quarter was down 9.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.67 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Kohl’s will post 1.3 earnings per share for the current year.

Kohl’s Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Investors 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 yield of 5.49%. Kohl’s’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 90.09%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Baird R W lowered shares of Kohl’s from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Guggenheim cut Kohl’s from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, December 2nd. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price target on Kohl’s from $15.00 to $12.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. Morgan Stanley reduced their target price 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, Telsey Advisory Group reissued a “market perform” rating and set a $13.00 price target on shares of Kohl’s in a research report on Tuesday. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and nine have assigned a hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $14.93.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Feeney Siobhan Mc sold 3,827 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $14.05, for a total value of $53,769.35. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 133,091 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,869,928.55. This represents a 2.80 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.86% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.