In the latest trading session, 1.09 million Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE:KSS) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.96. With the company’s most recent per share price at $19.88 changed hands at -$0.48 or -2.36% at last look, the market valuation stands at $2.21B. KSS’s current price is a discount, trading about -48.89% off its 52-week high of $29.60. The share price had its 52-week low at $17.89, which suggests the last value was 10.01% up since then. When we look at Kohl’s Corp.’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 5.28 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 6.69 million.

Analysts gave the Kohl’s Corp. (KSS) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, calculated at a mean rating of 3.18. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 3 out of 13 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 6 recommended KSS as a Hold, 4 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Kohl’s Corp.’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 0.31.

Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE:KSS) trade information

Instantly KSS was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action 0.40%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -30.68%, with the 5-day performance at 0.40% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE:KSS) is 0.61% up. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 37.54 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 4.87 days.

The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 26, meaning bulls need an upside of 23.54% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, KSS’s forecast low is 15 with 60 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -201.81% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 24.55% for it to hit the projected low.

Kohl’s Corp. (KSS) estimates and forecasts

Data shows that the Kohl’s Corp. share is performing relatively much not better than most of its peers within the same industry. As can be gleaned from the statistics, the company’s share value shot -20.13% over the past 6 months, a -36.84% in annual growth rate that is considerably lower than the industry average of -28.60%. Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach -4.00% down from the last financial year.

Consensus estimates given by 7 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 3.68B. 7 analysts are of the opinion that Kohl’s Corp.’s revenue for the current quarter will be 5.4B. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at -5.50%.

Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of -10.07%. The 2024 estimates are for Kohl’s Corp. earnings to decrease by -35.50%.

KSS Dividends

Kohl’s Corp. is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on 2024-Nov-19. The 10.06% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 2.00. It is important to note, however, that the 10.06% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision. During the past 5 years, the average dividend yield was 6.3 per year.

Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE:KSS)’s Major holders

If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 1.51% of Kohl’s Corp. shares while 123.12% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 125.01%. There are 123.12% institutions holding the Kohl’s Corp. stock share, with BLACKROCK INC. the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 15.9042% of the shares, roughly 17.65 million KSS shares worth $405.86 million.

VANGUARD GROUP INC holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 10.7673% or 11.95 million shares worth $274.77 million as of 2024-06-30.