Kohl's Corporation

KSS Consumer Cyclical Department Stores

Kohl's Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $15.5 billion, down 4.28% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue was flat, EPS fell 2.19%, free cash flow fell 7.02% and total debt fell 9.59%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.

21.59 0.82 −3.66%
Market cap
$2.5B
P/E
9.0×
Fwd P/E
10.4×
Dividend yield
2.32%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.67
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
62/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 2.14
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — 2 — — 4 2 — — 1 2 — 1
Insider Ownership 4.27%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 2,540.00
Revenue 15,430.00
Net Income 270.00
Free Cash Flow 1,067.00
Net Debt 2,799.00
Current Ratio 1.49
Debt/Equity 0.87
P/E ratio 9.03
Fwd P/E 10.40
P/S ratio 0.16
P/B ratio 0.59
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth 30.67% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth (24.42%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y revenue growth (3.86%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 1.96%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 36.06%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 30.08%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 21.34%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 14.49%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 9.74%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.22
Annual Dividend Rate 0.50
Annual Dividend Yield 2.32%
total individual payouts
2029 Powerpack
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 0.50
0.13
0.13
0.13
2025 2.04
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
2024 2.00
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
2023 2.00
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
2022 2.00
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
2021 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2020 0.70
0.70
2019 2.68
0.67
0.67
0.67
0.67
2018 2.44
0.61
0.61
0.61
0.61
2017 2.20
0.55
0.55
0.55
0.55
2016 2.00
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 183 134 674 821
Receivables — — — —
Inventory 2,880 2,945 2,745 2,913
Other 347 309 272 285
3,410 3,388 3,691 4,019
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 1,134 1,042 1,171 1,418
ST’ Debt 92 643 — —
Other — — — —
2,612 3,131 2,531 2,696

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (2.10%) (0.54%) (4.98%)
Cash Flow (0.72%) 0.62% 69.78%
Earnings (8.66%) 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value (3.00%) (4.87%) 2.46%

Revenue $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 3,167 3,515 — — —
’26 3,233 3,546 3,575 5,173 15,527
’25 3,382 3,732 3,710 5,397 16,221
’24 3,571 3,895 4,054 5,956 17,476
’23 3,715 4,087 4,277 6,019 18,098
’22 3,887 4,447 4,600 6,499 19,433
’21 2,428 3,407 3,979 6,141 15,955
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 (74) 552 — — —
’26 (92) 598 124 750 1,380
’25 (7) 254 (195) 596 648
’24 (202) 430 151 789 1,168
’23 (460) (86) 121 707 282
’22 278 1,414 82 497 2,271
’21 53 251 606 428 1,338
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 (158) 490 — — —
’26 (200) 527 32 703 1,062
’25 (133) 141 (321) 501 188
’24 (295) 189 5 718 617
’23 (677) (413) (37) 626 (501)
’22 221 1,284 (122) 318 1,701
’21 (109) 410 539 361 1,201
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 (0.13) 1.28 — — —
’26 (0.13) 1.35 0.07 1.07 2.38
’25 (0.24) 0.59 0.20 0.43 0.98
’24 0.13 0.52 0.53 1.67 2.85
’23 0.11 1.11 0.82 (2.49) (0.15)
’22 0.09 2.48 1.65 2.20 6.32
’21 (3.50) 0.30 (0.08) 2.20 (1.06)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to January

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 35.16 52.53 43.33 10.89 38.65 23.38 17.68 13.65 6.04 11.38

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 57.28 83.28 75.91 51.30 64.80 64.38 35.77 29.60 25.22 22.90
People
People Employees 138,000 137,000 129,000 122,000 146,000 99,000 97,000 96,000 87,000 84,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.14 0.15 0.16 0.16 0.11 0.20 0.19 0.18 0.19 0.18
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 19,681 20,084 20,229 19,974 15,955 19,433 18,098 17,476 16,221 15,527
Gross margin, % 39.31 39.37 39.70 39.22 35.07 41.15 36.69 39.93 40.44 40.57
EBT 875 1,117 1,042 901 (546) 1,219 (58) 373 114 336
EBT margin, % 4.45 5.56 5.15 4.51 (3.42) 6.27 (0.32) 2.13 0.70 2.16
Net income 556 859 801 691 (163) 938 (19) 317 109 272
Depreciation 938 991 964 917 874 838 808 749 743 700
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 110.57 120.26 123.35 127.22 103.60 133.10 150.82 158.87 146.14 138.63
Earnings 3.12 5.14 4.88 4.39 (1.06) 6.41 (0.15) 2.88 0.98 2.43
Cash flow 12.10 10.13 12.85 10.55 8.69 15.55 2.35 10.62 5.84 12.32
Capex (4.31) (4.02) (3.52) (5.45) (0.89) (3.90) (6.52) (5.01) (4.14) (2.84)
Free cash flow 7.78 6.10 9.32 5.11 7.80 11.65 (4.17) 5.61 1.69 9.48
Book value 29.08 32.45 33.70 34.71 33.74 31.92 31.36 35.39 34.25 36.14
Shares, m 178 167 164 157 154 146 120 110 111 112
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 12.73 12.55 14.05 9.69 0.00 9.19 0.00 8.94 13.48 7.43
P/S 0.36 0.54 0.56 0.34 0.42 0.45 0.21 0.16 0.09 0.13
P/B 1.37 2.00 2.04 1.23 1.28 1.87 1.03 0.73 0.39 0.50
EV/Sales 0.54 0.70 0.68 0.48 0.54 0.59 0.47 0.40 0.35 0.33
EV/FCF 7.67 13.76 9.05 11.94 7.11 6.72 (16.99) 11.44 29.82 4.88
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 2,153 1,691 2,107 1,657 1,338 2,271 282 1,168 648 1,380
Capex (768) (672) (578) (855) (137) (570) (783) (551) (460) (318)
Free cash flow 1,385 1,019 1,529 802 1,201 1,701 (501) 617 188 1,062
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 2,273 2,671 2,105 1,880 2,813 1,737 621 798 257 1,160
Total debt 4,611 4,639 3,621 3,589 4,166 4,306 4,783 4,410 4,273 3,801
Net debt 3,537 3,331 2,687 2,866 1,895 2,719 4,630 4,227 4,139 3,127
Shareholders’ equity 5,177 5,419 5,527 5,450 5,196 4,661 3,763 3,893 3,802 4,048
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 4.09 6.37 6.20 5.11 (1.09) 6.17 (0.13) 2.24 0.79 2.02
ROIC 8.48 10.11 10.36 8.26 (2.31) 14.23 1.83 5.52 3.41 5.44
ROE 10.42 16.21 14.64 12.59 (3.06) 19.03 (0.45) 8.28 2.83 6.93
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Jan 2026 · latest quarter Jul 2026

Charts ten years each

Kohl's Corporation vs peers in Department Stores (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
DDS Dillard's, Inc. $8.0B 15.2× 15.3× −0.36% (below 0%: shrinking) +34.12% (above 0%: growing) −190.01% (below 0%: shrinking) 40.58% 8.45% Compare
M Macy's, Inc. $6.3B 8.5× 10.4× +1.20% (above 0%: growing) +100.00% (above 0%: growing) −17.37% (below 0%: shrinking) 43.70% 4.82% Compare
KSS Kohl's Corporation $2.5B 9.0× 10.4× −0.87% (below 0%: shrinking) −2.19% (below 0%: shrinking) −7.02% (below 0%: shrinking) 46.15% 7.43%
PLBL Polibeli Group Ltd. $2.0B — — — — — — — Compare
EXTOY Almacenes Exito S.A. Sponsored ADR $585.7M 6.7× — +52.61% (above 0%: growing) +22.73% (above 0%: growing) +71.99% (above 0%: growing) 25.60% 6.59% Compare
CBDBY Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao $218.1M — (loss-making) — +0.52% (above 0%: growing) n/m −52.68% (below 0%: shrinking) 30.15% 3.84% Compare
Median of peers $2.0B 8.5× — +0.86% +34.12% −35.02% 35.37% 5.71%

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Kohl's Corporation (KSS) key facts

  • Concern: Kohl's Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $15.5 billion, down 4.28% from fiscal 2025.
  • Strength: Net income was $272.0 million, or $2.43 per share (basic), a net margin of 1.75%.
  • Kohl's Corporation (KSS) is a Department Stores company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, KSS traded at $21.59, a market capitalization of $2.5 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 9.0× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 0.2× sales; its P/E is higher than 36% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Kohl's Corporation pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share, a yield of 2.32%, with a payout ratio of 21.8%.
  • Return on equity was 6.93% and debt-to-equity 0.87.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.67 (distress zone) for fiscal 2026.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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