Kohls (KSS) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)

Kohls' (KSS) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 35.74% in Q1 2026, up 9.0% year-on-year from 32.79% in Q1 2025, and down 15.71% quarter-over-quarter from 42.41% in Q4 2025.

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

Kohls has disclosed Gross Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 35.74% for Q1 2026.

  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 35.74%, up 9.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 40.57% (up 13.0% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was 40.57%, up 13.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin came in at 35.74% for Q1 2026 at Kohls, down from 42.41% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 43.29% in Q3 2025 to a low of 26.17% in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 42.4% (2024), against an average of 39.96%.
  • Across the five-year window, Gross Margin plunged 990 bps in 2023 and soared 902 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Kohls' Gross Margin stood at 40.59% in 2022, then climbed by 4 bps to 42.06% in 2023, then gained by 1 bps to 42.4% in 2024, then climbed by 0 bps to 42.41% in 2025, then fell by 16 bps to 35.74% in 2026.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 35.74% (Q1 2026), 42.41% (Q4 2025), and 43.29% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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