Kohl’s Corporation (NYSE:KSS) Stock Has Consensus Target Price of $16.17 According to Brokerages

Kohl’s Corporation (NYSE:KSS) has received a consensus rating of “Reduce” from the fifteen brokerages that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating, one has assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average 1 year price target among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $16.17.

A number of research analysts recently commented on the stock. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “underweight” rating and set a $15.00 price objective on shares of Kohl’s in a research report on Monday, July 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on shares of Kohl’s from $15.00 to $17.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 18th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Kohl’s from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Friday, September 25th. Robert W. Baird lifted their target price on shares of Kohl’s from $19.00 to $20.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, BTIG Research restated a “neutral” rating on shares of Kohl’s in a report on Friday, September 18th.

Kohl’s Trading Down 3.8%

NYSE:KSS opened at $21.56 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.87, a current ratio of 1.49 and a quick ratio of 0.41. Kohl’s has a fifty-two week low of $11.38 and a fifty-two week high of $25.22. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $18.62 and its two-hundred day moving average is $16.77. The stock has a market cap of $2.44 billion, a PE ratio of 9.41 and a beta of 1.32.

Kohl’s (NYSE:KSS) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The company reported $1.28 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.58 by $0.70. The company had revenue of $3.52 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.32 billion. Kohl’s had a return on equity of 6.75% and a net margin of 1.75%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down .9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.56 EPS. Kohl’s has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.800-2.400 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Kohl’s will post 2.10 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Kohl’s Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 23rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 9th were given a dividend of $0.1250 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, September 9th. This represents a $0.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.3%. Kohl’s’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 21.83%.

Insider Transactions at Kohl’s

In other Kohl’s news, insider Jennifer Kent sold 18,352 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $22.00, for a total value of $403,744.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 211,512 shares in the company, valued at $4,653,264. The trade was a 7.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 45,882 shares of company stock worth $963,520 over the last ninety days. 1.55% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Kohl’s

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its holdings in shares of Kohl’s by 13.3% during the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 6,342,340 shares of the company’s stock valued at $81,811,000 after buying an additional 744,539 shares during the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership increased its holdings in Kohl’s by 107.9% in the first quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 2,479,061 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,980,000 after buying an additional 1,286,710 shares during the last quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC increased its holdings in Kohl’s by 1,497.7% in the fourth quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 1,141,932 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,406,000 after buying an additional 1,070,457 shares during the last quarter. Bridgeway Capital Management LLC raised its position in Kohl’s by 3.4% during the fourth quarter. Bridgeway Capital Management LLC now owns 868,499 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,726,000 after acquiring an additional 28,308 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Alyeska Investment Group L.P. bought a new position in Kohl’s during the second quarter valued at approximately $13,487,000. 98.04% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Kohl’s

Kohl’s Corporation is an American department store retailer headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. The company operates stores across the United States and sells merchandise through its brick-and-mortar locations and e-commerce platform, Kohls.com.

Kohl’s offers a broad selection of apparel, footwear, accessories, beauty products, home goods, toys and other consumer merchandise for women, men and children. Its retail offerings include national brands, private-label merchandise and Sephora beauty products through Sephora shop-in-shop locations and online channels.

The company traces its origins to a department store founded by Maxwell Kohl in Brookfield, Wisconsin, in 1962.