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Kohl's KSS Ratios & Valuation

Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin40.5%0.0pp40.6%+0.1pp40.5%0.0pp40.5%0.0pp40.4%0.0pp
Operating margin3.9%-0.1pp4%+0.6pp3.4%-0.1pp3.5%+0.7pp2.8%+0.1pp
Net margin1.8%0.0pp1.7%+0.5pp1.2%-0.1pp1.3%+0.6pp0.8%+0.1pp
EBITDA margin8.5%-0.1pp8.5%+0.6pp7.9%-0.1pp8.1%+0.7pp7.3%+0.1pp
Free cash flow margin6.8%+0.3pp6.5%+1.3pp5.2%+2.2pp3%+2.3pp0.7%-0.4pp
Returns
Return on equity7%+0.1pp6.9%+1.9pp5%-0.3pp5.4%+2.2pp3.2%+0.4pp
Return on assets2%0.0pp2%+0.7pp1.3%-0.2pp1.5%+0.6pp0.9%+0.1pp
Return on invested capital5%-0.1pp5.1%+0.8pp4.4%-0.1pp4.5%+0.6pp3.9%-0.1pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover1.2×0.0×1.2×+0.1×1.1×-0.1×1.2×0.0×1.2×0.0×
Inventory turnover-0.2×3.2×+0.9×2.3×-0.7×3.1×0.0×3.1×-0.2×
Liquidity
Current ratio1.5×0.0×1.5×+0.2×1.3×-0.1×1.4×+0.3×1.1×0.0×
Quick ratio0.3×-0.1×0.4×+0.2×0.1×-0.1×0.2×+0.1×0.1×0.0×
Cash ratio0.2×-0.1×0.3×+0.2×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity1.5×0.0×1.5×-0.1×1.6×0.0×1.6×-0.1×1.7×0.0×
Debt-to-assets0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.4×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA4.3×+0.2×4.2×-0.8×4.9×+0.1×4.8×-0.5×5.3×-0.1×
Valuation
Market capitalization$1.59B-18.8%$1.96B+7.5%$1.82B+50.1%$1.21B+55.2%$782.6M-46.7%
Enterprise value$7.24B-2.9%$7.46B-6.5%$7.98B+8.4%$7.36B+5.2%$7B-9.7%
Price / earnings5.8×-1.4×7.2×-2.2×9.4×+3.6×5.8×-0.6×6.5×-7.0×
Price / sales0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.0×
Price / book0.4×-0.1×0.5×0.0×0.5×+0.2×0.3×+0.1×0.2×-0.2×
EV / EBITDA5.5×-0.1×5.6×-0.8×6.4×+0.6×5.8×-0.2×5.9×-0.7×
EV / sales0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.4×0.0×
Free cash flow yield66.1%+14.7pp51.4%+6.5pp44.9%+5.4pp39.5%+25.1pp14.4%+2.1pp
Earnings yield17.1%+3.3pp13.8%+3.2pp10.6%-6.5pp17.1%+1.7pp15.5%+8.0pp
Dividend yield3.5%+0.7pp2.9%-2.5pp5.4%-6.1pp11.4%-11.7pp23.1%+8.0pp
PEG ratio0.0×

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Questions, answered.

What are Kohl's's profit margins?
Kohl's (KSS) runs a 40.5% gross margin and a 3.9% operating margin, with a 1.8% net margin.
Where do Kohl's's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Kohl's's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.