Kohl’s Corp. (KSS): A Great Stock For Handling Current Market Conditions?

With over 3.96 million Kohl’s Corp. (KSS) shares trading Tuesday and a closing price of $27.81 on the day, the dollar volume was approximately $110.08 million. The shares have shown a positive half year performance of 10.23% and its price on 01/09/24 gained nearly 2.36%. Currently, there are 111.00M common shares owned by the public and among those 105.31M shares have been available to trade.

An analysis of what Wall Street brokers have to say about the expected price targets for this stock gives us this picture: 17 analysts who have offered their price forecasts for KSS have a consensus price objective of $24.36. The analysts have set the share’s price value over the next 12 months at a high of $38.00 and a low of $15.00. The average price target is -14.16% below its recent price level and a downside to the estimated low will see the stock lose -85.4% over that period. But an upside of 26.82% will see the stock hit the forecast high price target while median target price for the stock is $24.00.

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Insiders at the company have transacted a total of 106 times over the past 12 months, according to data filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 76 of these insider trades were purchases, accounting for 986,893 shares. Insider sales of the common stock occurred on 30 occasions, with total insider shares sold totaling 116,358 shares.

Shares of Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE: KSS) opened at $26.83, down -$0.34 from a prior closing price of $27.17. The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of -0.82% and 50.32% over the past three months. KSS shares are trading -3.03% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance up to 2.09% higher. It has a 12-month low price of $17.68 and touched a high of $35.77 over the same period. KSS has an average intraday trading volume of 5.71 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by 0.97%, 11.02%, and 18.39% respectively.

Institutional ownership of Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE: KSS) shares accounts for 109.05% of the company’s 111.00M shares outstanding.

It has a market capitalization of $3.08B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 2.00. The earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at -$1.30. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 4.86% over the week and 4.35% over the month.

Analysts forecast that Kohl’s Corp. (KSS) will achieve an EPS of $Kosmos Energy Ltd. for the current quarter, $6.63 for the next quarter and $Stocks for Type. The lowest estimate earnings-per-share for the quarter is $Maison Solutions Inc. while analysts give the company a high EPS estimate of $DSS, Inc.. Comparatively, EPS for the current quarter was $Essex Property Trust, Inc. a year ago. Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 1744.04%, and 10.76% over the next financial year.

If you are looking to buy this stock, then you may note that the average analyst recommendation by 17 brokerage firm advisors rate Kohl’s Corp. (KSS) as a “Moderate Buy” at a consensus score of 2.94. Specifically, 3 Wall Street analysts polled rate the stock as a buy, while 8 of the 17 advise that investors “hold,” and 3 rated it as a “Sell.”

Looking at the support for the KSS, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. Telsey Advisory Group stated their Market Perform rating for the stock in a research note on November 22, 2023, with the firm’s price target at $29-$25.

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