KOHL’S CORP
boothcheck covers KOHL’S CORP (KSS) but does not put one priced-in number on it: here the defensible answer is the evidence rather than a point estimate. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating. Narrative composed June 27, 2026.
• Kohl's is a mid-tier department store in a long decline trying to stabilize, with comparable sales still falling but at the slowest pace in over four years and proprietary-brand and digital sales finally growing [Source: Kohl's Q1 2026 results, May 2026]. • The whole stock is a value-versus-trap question: at roughly 6 times through-the-cycle operating income the price sits below every standard valuation method, so the market is either handing out a bargain or correctly pricing a business that
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355 institutional managers reported holding KSS in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. 46 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, Dimensional Fund Advisors, among others. On the short side, 30.1M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 27% of shares outstanding (5.1 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
KSS has cut its share count 26.3% over the past five years, spending $1.97B on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has for 15 years running; the current rate is $0.50 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $457.00M in dividends.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
No open-market insider buys on file at KSS over the trailing three years. Absence is a fact about the company, not a signal. 20 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
KSS's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-02 | +2.1% | +43.5% |
| 2023-09-01 | -0.3% | -7.3% |
| 2023-12-01 | -6.8% | +8.9% |
| 2024-03-22 | -7.0% | +0.5% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
KSS's latest 8-K filings: 2026-10-29 (items 5.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-08-31 (items 5.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-08-26 (items 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01); 2026-08-25 (items 5.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-08-18 (items 8.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: June 27, 2026
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