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KSS Kohl's Corp.data gap · 92% coverage

Consumer Discretionary · Broadline Retail · close $21.59 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-08-01

54
C
#97/128 in sector · #753/964 overall

Kohl's Corp. (KSS) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 54/100 (grade C), ranking #97 of 128 in Consumer Discretionary. Its strongest pillars are valuation (96) and cash flow (70); its weakest is profitability (38). Data gap: 2 factors without usable data, so 92% of the method weight is covered. TTM revenue growth is -2.9% and operating margin 3.8%.

Data as of .

Data gap

No usable data for: Consensus score (1–5), 90-day net rating shift. Data gap: no usable data for this factor, so it is left out and its weight is shared among the factors that do have data (no value is imputed). 92% of the full method weight is backed by data.

Analyst sentiment

weight 7.5% · no data · —
Consensus score (1–5) (0.0%)data gapderived—
90-day net rating shift (0.0%)data gapderived—

Growth

weight 30.83% (→33.3%) · 43
Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (13.3%)-2.9%6
EPS growth YoY (TTM) (13.3%)24.9%67
Revenue acceleration (6.7%)1.2%68

Profitability

weight 18.5% (→20.0%) · 38
Operating margin (10.7%)3.8%13
4Q gross-margin change (9.3%)0.7%67

Balance sheet

weight 18.5% (→20.0%) · 49
Net debt / EBITDA (10.7%)0.39×55
Current ratio (5.3%)1.4963
Interest coverage (4.0%)2.01×13

Cash flow

weight 12.33% (→13.3%) · 70
FCF margin (6.7%)6.5%40
FCF yield (6.7%)41.2%100

Valuation

weight 12.33% (→13.3%) · 96
P/E (inverted) (6.7%)9.35×92
EV/Sales (inverted) (6.7%)0.19×99

Technicals (EOD)

RSI(14)67.2
EMA 9 / 2120.88 / 19.79
200-day SMA16.84
Volume vs 20d avg0.87×
20-day return29.3%

Exit-rule monitor

  • EXITRating break: House Rating below 60
  • EXITFundamental miss: revenue growth negative YoY

Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax · Gross profit: Revenue − CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold · Operating income: OperatingIncomeLoss · Interest expense: InterestPaidNet · D&A: DepreciationAndAmortization · EPS: EarningsPerShareDiluted · Market cap: SEC shares (dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (cover page)) × EOD close · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (EarningsPerShareDiluted).

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FAQ

What is KSS's House Rating?
KSS scores 54 out of 100 (grade C) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #97 of 128 Consumer Discretionary stocks we cover.
What do analysts say about KSS?
We do not have enough analyst-sentiment data to score this stock.
When does KSS report earnings next?
KSS's next earnings report is estimated for about 2026-11-24 (window 2026-11-21 to 2026-11-27), based on its past SEC 8-K earnings filings. This is an estimate, not a company-confirmed date.
Is KSS a buy?
ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.

Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology

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