Kohls (KSS) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Kohls' (KSS) quarterly EBIT Margin came in at 4.1% in Q1 2026, up 934.0% year-on-year from 0.4% in Q1 2025, and up 100.7% quarter-over-quarter from 2.04% in Q4 2025.

Kohls (KSS) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Kohls has disclosed EBIT Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 4.1% for Q1 2026.

  • EBIT Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 4.1%, up 934.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 4.02% (up 387.0% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was 4.02%, up 387.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin came in at 4.1% for Q1 2026 at Kohls, up from 2.04% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBIT Margin ranged from a high of 7.87% in Q3 2025 to a low of 14.99% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for EBIT Margin is 2.64% (2024), against an average of 1.03%.
  • Across the five-year window, EBIT Margin plunged 2253 bps in 2022 and jumped 997 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Kohls' EBIT Margin stood at 4.68% in 2022, then declined by 17 bps to 3.87% in 2023, then slumped by 32 bps to 2.64% in 2024, then slipped by 23 bps to 2.04% in 2025, then soared by 101 bps to 4.1% in 2026.
  • The last three EBIT Margin figures came in at 4.1% (Q1 2026), 2.04% (Q4 2025), and 7.87% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT Margin (Qtr)
1 Dillard'S 8.67 Bn 7.26 Bn 718.25 Mn 34.36%
2 Macy's 6.49 Bn 5.25 Bn 3.55 Bn 8.77%
3 Kohls 1.93 Bn 1.26 Bn 1.85 Bn 4.10%
4 Dillard'S - - 718.25 Mn 34.36%
5 Polibeli - - - -
6 Loan Artificial Intelligence - - - -
7 Loan Artificial Intelligence - - - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 4.10%
Nov 1, 2025 2.04%
Aug 2, 2025 7.87%
May 3, 2025 1.86%
Feb 1, 2025 -5.24%
Nov 2, 2024 2.64%
Aug 3, 2024 4.45%
May 4, 2024 1.27%
Feb 3, 2024 -5.71%
Oct 28, 2023 3.87%
Jul 29, 2023 4.18%
Apr 29, 2023 2.74%
Jan 28, 2023 -5.02%
Oct 29, 2022 4.68%
Jul 30, 2022 6.51%
Apr 30, 2022 2.21%
Jan 29, 2022 -14.99%
Oct 30, 2021 8.41%
Jul 31, 2021 12.82%
May 1, 2021 7.02%