Kohl’s Corp (NYSE: KSS) Lose -2.29%, Marking A Loss For Bears.

In the last trading session, 6.08 million Kohl’s Corp (NYSE:KSS) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.64. With the company’s per share price at $6.82 changed hands at -$0.16 or -2.29% during last session, the market valuation stood at $759.23M. KSS’s last price was a discount, traded about -314.22% off its 52-week high of $28.25. The share price had its 52-week low at $6.04, which suggests the last value was 11.44% up since then. When we look at Kohl’s Corp’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 9.87 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 11.86 million.

Analysts gave the Kohl’s Corp (KSS) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, calculated at a mean rating of 3.53. 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 (NYSE:KSS) trade information

Instantly KSS was in red as seen at the end of in last trading. With action 0.89%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -51.42%, with the 5-day performance at 0.89% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, Kohl’s Corp (NYSE:KSS) is -19.48% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 52.07 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 3.73 days.

The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 9.5, meaning bulls need an upside of 28.21% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, KSS’s forecast low is 8 with 11 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -61.29% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -17.3% for it to hit the projected low.

Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of -25.96%. The 2025 estimates are for Kohl’s Corp earnings to decrease by -82.70%.

KSS Dividends

Kohl’s Corp is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on 2025-Mar-10. The 23.83% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 1.62. It is important to note, however, that the 23.83% 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 7.03 per year.

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

If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 2.98% of Kohl’s Corp shares while 107.81% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 111.12%. There are 107.81% 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.