Kohl’s (NYSE:KSS) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results

Kohl’s (NYSE:KSS) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday. The company reported $0.95 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.23, Zacks reports. Kohl’s had a return on equity of 6.44% and a net margin of 1.47%. The firm had revenue of $5.18 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.25 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.67 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly 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 Trading Down 6.5 %

Shares of Kohl’s stock opened at $8.56 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $952.33 million, a P/E ratio of 3.85 and a beta of 1.92. Kohl’s has a 52-week low of $8.28 and a 52-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’s 50-day simple moving average is $12.47 and its 200 day simple moving average is $15.95.

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. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 21st. This represents a $0.50 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.84%. Kohl’s’s payout ratio is 90.09%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Feeney Siobhan Mc sold 3,827 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 owns 133,091 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,869,928.55. The trade was a 2.80 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.86% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have weighed in on KSS. TD Cowen lowered their price objective on shares of Kohl’s from $20.00 to $16.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on shares of Kohl’s from $11.00 to $9.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their price objective on Kohl’s from $13.00 to $11.25 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, March 4th. Guggenheim downgraded Kohl’s from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, December 2nd. Finally, Robert W. Baird lowered their price target on Kohl’s from $18.00 to $11.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and nine have assigned a hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Kohl’s presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $12.56.

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.