Kohl’s Corporation (NYSE:KSS) Stock Has Average Price Target of $16.17

Shares of Kohl’s Corporation (NYSE:KSS) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Reduce” from the fifteen analysts that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, eight have assigned a hold recommendation, one has assigned a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $16.17.

Several equities research analysts have commented on the company. Telsey Advisory Group boosted their target price on Kohl’s from $17.00 to $18.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Robert W. Baird boosted their target price on shares of Kohl’s from $19.00 to $20.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of Kohl’s from $15.00 to $17.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note 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. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded Kohl’s from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 26th.

Kohl’s Price Performance

Shares of Kohl’s stock opened at $21.04 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $18.47 and a 200 day moving average of $16.60. Kohl’s has a 52 week low of $11.38 and a 52 week high of $25.22. The company has a quick ratio of 0.41, a current ratio of 1.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.87. The company has a market cap of $2.39 billion, a PE ratio of 9.12 and a beta of 1.32.

Kohl’s (NYSE:KSS) last announced 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. Kohl’s had a net margin of 1.75% and a return on equity of 6.75%. The firm had revenue of $3.52 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.32 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.56 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down .9% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 year.

Kohl’s Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 23rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 9th were paid a dividend of $0.1250 per share. This represents a $0.50 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, September 9th. Kohl’s’s payout ratio is currently 21.83%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Kohl’s

In related news, EVP Jennifer Kent sold 22,942 shares of Kohl’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $20.00, for a total value of $458,840.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 234,452 shares in the company, valued at $4,689,040. The trade was a 8.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 1.55% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in KSS. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its holdings in shares of Kohl’s by 13.3% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 6,342,340 shares of the company’s stock worth $81,811,000 after buying an additional 744,539 shares during the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its position in Kohl’s by 107.9% during the first quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 2,479,061 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,980,000 after buying an additional 1,286,710 shares during the period. Hsbc Holdings PLC raised its holdings in Kohl’s by 1,497.7% in the 4th quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 1,141,932 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,406,000 after purchasing an additional 1,070,457 shares during the period. 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 worth $17,726,000 after acquiring an additional 28,308 shares during the period. Finally, Alyeska Investment Group L.P. acquired a new stake in Kohl’s in the 2nd quarter worth about $13,487,000. 98.04% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Kohl’s Company Profile

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.