Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for KSS in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeKohl's has drawn attention this week around leadership and portfolio moves rather than a single catalyst. The company named a new head of merchandising as C-suite turnover continues, while separately confirming the sale of a shuttered Monroe, Ohio fulfillment center for $56 million after 23 years of ownership. Kohl's also continued its philanthropic partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America with a $1.5 million donation. A Schedule 13G filing showed Dimensional Fund Advisors LP holding a 6.1% passive stake, a background disclosure rather than a market-moving event.
Shares closed at $21.17, up 4% on the session, sitting above both the 50-day average of $18.46 and the 200-day average of $16.83, with the shorter-term average above the longer-term one. The GekkoIndex reads 43.4, placing the stock in the Distribution zone, down 7.1 points over the past five sessions. Gekko Fair Value stands at $32.48, leaving price 34.8% below that level.
The next earnings report is set for 24 November 2026, 42 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior quarter saw EPS of $1.28 against a $0.55 estimate with a 2.7% reaction. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the current windows. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a 14.8% move over five years, rising in three of them. Analyst views are split, with ten firms covering the stock and a consensus target of $18.73.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Kohl's price vs fair value
Close $21.17200-day averageGekko Fair Value $32.48
Kohl's quick facts
- Market cap
- $2.40B
- P/E ratio
- 8.6
- Forward P/E
- 8.5
- EPS, TTM
- $2.36
- Revenue, TTM
- $15.43B
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Dividend yield
- 2.49%
- Beta
- 1.35
- Volume
- 5.44M avg 4.10M
- 1-year return
- +38.6%
- Typical daily move
- ±4.6%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±11.3%
- 50-day average
- $18.46
- 200-day average
- $16.83
- Next earnings
- Nov 24 before open
- Shares outstanding
- 113.4M
Kohl's swing-trade checklist
Kohl's scores 4 supportive, 0 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
4 supportive0 mixed1 headwind
- Trendsupportive
Above 50 and 200-day
Close $21.17 is above the 50-day ($18.46) and 200-day ($16.83) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexheadwind
43.4, Distribution
Reading 43.4 is in the Distribution zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
34.8% below
Price is 34.8% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 43 days
Next report Nov 24, 2026, 43 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+14.8% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +14.8% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
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Kohl's stock chart and price history
Kohl's closed at $21.17 on Oct 12, 2026, +38.6% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $11.38 to $25.22.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- +22.9%
- 3 months
- +28.8%
- 6 months
- +57.3%
- 1 year
- +38.6%
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About Kohl's
Kohl's sells clothing, footwear, accessories, beauty items and home goods to shoppers across the United States, reaching them both through its physical stores and its online shopping site. A notable share of what it sells carries its own private labels, among them Apt. 9, Croft & Barrow, Jumping Beans, SO and Sonoma Goods for Life, while the shelves also carry co-branded lines such as Food Network, LC Lauren Conrad, Nine West and Simply Vera Vera Wang.
The business runs on a mix of in-store and digital retail, with roughly 1,100 outlets operating under the Kohl's name as of March 2022, supported by an e-commerce platform that extends the same product range to online customers.
Kohl's traces its founding to 1988 and keeps its headquarters in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Its shares trade on the NYSE under the ticker KSS.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Retail trade
- Industry
- Department stores
- Website
- corporate.kohls.com
Kohl's GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Kohl's’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 43.4, in the Distribution zone, down 7.1 points over five sessions.
43.4Distribution
Down 7.1 points over five sessions, from the Neutral zone.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 60 | +0.7% | −5.3% | ||
| Accumulation | 272 | +0.4% | −1.9% | ||
| Neutral | 335 | +0.4% | +3.5% | ||
| Distribution (current zone) | 12 | −7.3% | −4.4% | ||
| Selling | 3 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average KSS share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Distribution readings averaged +1.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Distribution zone: Institutions potentially offloading. About the five zones →
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Is Kohl's stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Kohl's trades 34.8% below Gekko Fair Value of $32.48, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Kohl's shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$32.48
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
34.8% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 3.8% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Kohl's insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Kohl's, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in KSS were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Kohl's has been buying back its own shares.
- Latest authorization
- $100.0M, Aug 26, 2026
- Bought back, quarter ended May 2, 2026
- $6.00M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.25%
From company filings.
Kohl's earnings: next date and track record
Kohl's reports on Nov 24, 2026, before the open (43 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 6 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 24, 2026
Expected before the open, 43 days away
- EPS estimate
- −$0.01
- Revenue estimate
- $3.38B
6 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±17.5%average move across the report
5 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Aug 26, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Kohl's Q2 2026 showed continued comparable sales improvement with Kohl's Card customers delivering 1% sales increase and proprietary brands up 3%. Home category led performance with 1% sales growth driven by decor and small electrics. Management highlighted strong operational discipline in expense and inventory management, improving balance sheet and cash flow generation. Early seasonal transitions and deeper inventory levels (up 6%) supported product availability.
- Guidance
- Management expects the challenging macroeconomic environment with persistent consumer financial pressures to continue through the remainder of the year. Kohl's plans to leverage its healthy balance sheet for flexibility, with proactive holiday positioning and early seasonal assortment strategies to capture demand.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | $1.28 est $0.55 | $3.32B est $3.32B | +2.7% |
| May 28, 2026 | −$0.13 est −$0.18 | $3.00B est $2.99B | +11.1% |
| Mar 10, 2026 | $1.07 est $0.86 | $4.97B est $5.02B | −6.8% |
| Nov 25, 2025 | $0.10 est −$0.13 | $3.58B est $3.32B | +53.2% |
| Aug 27, 2025 | $0.56 est $0.33 | $3.55B est $3.42B | +17.9% |
| May 29, 2025 | −$0.13 est −$0.22 | $3.23B est $3.35B | +0.4% |
| Mar 11, 2025 | $0.43 est $0.77 | $5.40B est $3.02B | −28.5% |
| Nov 26, 2024 | $0.20 est $0.27 | $3.71B est $3.64B | −19.6% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Kohl's stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Kohl's is $18.73, −11.5% from the last close, from 10 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$18.73consensus 12-month target, −11.5% from the last close
Now $21.17Avg $18.73
Low $9High $22
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 10 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29 | Telsey Advisory | $18 | −15.0% |
| Sep 21 | UBS | $9 | −57.5% |
| Sep 17 | BTIG | — | — |
| Sep 1 | Telsey Advisory | $18 | −15.0% |
| Aug 27 | Telsey Advisory | $18 | −15.0% |
−4.4%average 20-day move after past Distribution readings
+14.8%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±4.6%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Kohl's seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Kohl's averaged +14.8% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +7.1% | 5 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +10.7% | 5 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +12.1% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +14.8% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +12.3% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, KSS’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 11.3%.
Kohl's market cap and key statistics
Kohl's’s market cap is $2.40B, with a P/E ratio of 8.6 and revenue of $15.43B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $2.40B
- P/E ratio
- 8.6
- Forward P/E
- 8.5
- EPS, TTM
- $2.36
- Gekko Fair Value
- $32.48
Trading
- Volume
- 5.44M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 4.10M
- 52-week high
- $25.22
- 52-week low
- $11.38
- Shares outstanding
- 113.4M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $15.43B
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Return on equity
- 6.7%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- −5.2%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.35
- Typical daily move
- ±4.6%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±11.3%
- Dividend yield
- 2.49%
Kohl's stock news this week
Coverage of Kohl's this week reads neutral: 0 positive, 3 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
- Kohl's Continues Partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America with $1.5 Million Donation to Support Youth Mental Health and Wellness NationwideBusiness Wire, Oct 9
- Funds advised or managed by one firm hold over 5% of Kohl's (KSS) stock.Stock Titan, Oct 8
- Shuttered Kohl's fulfillment center in Ohio sells for $56MThe Business Journals, Oct 8
- A Look at Kohl's Corp (KSS) After 3.8% Gain -- GF Value $16.54 vs Price $19.53GuruFocus, Oct 5
- Meet the new head of merchandising at Kohl's as C-suite turnover continuesThe Business Journals, Oct 5
Kohl's peers
Kohl's’s 3 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| DDSDillard's | Neutral | 16.1% above |
| MMacy's | Neutral | 3.0% below |
| OLLIOllie's Bargain Outlet | Neutral | 4.7% above |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Kohl's stock FAQ
What is Kohl's’s market cap?
Kohl's’s market cap is $2.40B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $21.17, with 113.4M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 8.6.
What is the Kohl's stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Kohl's is $18.73, −11.5% from the last close. Of the 10 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 1 rate it a buy, 5 a hold and 4 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Kohl's stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Kohl's is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $21.17 is 34.8% below Gekko Fair Value of $32.48. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Kohl's report earnings next?
Kohl's is expected to report on Nov 24, 2026, before the market opens (43 days away). Analysts expect earnings of −$0.01 per share on revenue of $3.38B. Kohl's beat the earnings estimate in 6 of its last 8 reports, moving 17.5% on average across the report.
What is Kohl's’s 52-week high and low?
Kohl's’s 52-week high is $25.22 and its 52-week low is $11.38; it closed at $21.17 on Oct 12, 2026, +38.6% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $64.38 on Jan 25, 2022.
Is Kohl's stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (trend, fair value, earnings risk and seasonality) and 1 as a headwind (gekkoindex). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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