Is Kohl’s Corp (NYSE: KSS) Stock On Course For Another Boom Or Bust?

During the last session, Kohl’s Corp (NYSE:KSS)’s traded shares were 10.95 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 1.63. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $8.95, reflecting an intraday loss of -2.19% or -$0.2. The 52-week high for the KSS share is $29.60, that puts it down -230.73 from that peak though still a striking 11.06% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $7.96. The company’s market capitalization is $996.30M, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 14.96 million shares, and the average trade volume was 9.65 million shares over the past three months.

Kohl’s Corp (KSS) received a consensus recommendation of Hold from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 3.56. KSS has a Sell rating from 3 analyst(s) out of 13 analysts who have looked at this stock. 6 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 4 recommend a Buy rating for it. 0 analyst(s) has rated the stock Underweight. Company’s earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter are expected to be -0.53.

Kohl’s Corp (NYSE:KSS) trade information

Kohl’s Corp (KSS) registered a -2.19% downside in the last session and has traded in the green over the past 5 sessions. The stock plummet -2.19% in intraday trading to $8.95, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is 2.76%, and it has moved by -25.60% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is -66.06%. The short interest in Kohl’s Corp (NYSE:KSS) is 49.0 million shares and it means that shorts have 3.83 day(s) to cover.

The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $9.5, which implies an increase of 5.79% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $8 and $11 respectively. As a result, KSS is trading at a discount of -22.91% off the target high and 10.61% off the low.

Kohl’s Corp (KSS) estimates and forecasts

In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will decrease -4.84% compared to the previous financial year.

As companies strive to predict their financial trajectories, we turn our attention to the forthcoming financial quarter. Here are the insights gathered from industry analysts. Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be 3.01B as predicted by 8 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 8 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 3.35B by the end of current fiscal year. As per earnings report from last fiscal year’s results, sales for the corresponding quarters totaled 3.18B and 3.52B respectively. In this case, analysts expect current quarter sales to shrink by -5.25% and then drop by -4.86% in the coming quarter.

An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings shrunk an estimated -25.96%. While earnings are projected to return -68.89% in 2025.

KSS Dividends

Kohl’s Corp is due to release its next quarterly earnings on 2025-Mar-10. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for Kohl’s Corp is 1.62, with the dividend yield indicating at 18.16 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years. The average dividend yield of the company for the last 5 years is 7.01%.

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

Kohl’s Corp insiders own 2.57% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 107.68%, with the float percentage being 110.53%. BLACKROCK INC. is the largest shareholder of the company, while 466.0 institutions own stock in it. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 17.65 million shares (or 15.9042% of all shares), a total value of $405.86 million in shares.

The next largest institutional holding, with 11.95 million shares, is of VANGUARD GROUP INC’s that is approximately 10.7673% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $274.77 million.