Kohls (KSS) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

For the trailing twelve months through Aug 1, 2026, Operating Expenses at Kohls was $5.06 billion, down 2.7% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it was $5.1 billion, down 5.2% from FY2025.

• Annual Operating Expenses has declined for three consecutive fiscal years, though with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 0.3% (FY2021 to FY2026).
• In prior fiscal years, Kohls' Operating Expenses was $5.38 billion in FY2025 (-2.3%), $5.51 billion in FY2024 (-1.3%), $5.59 billion in FY2023 (+2.0%) and $5.48 billion in FY2022 (+9.1%).
• Quarterly Operating Expenses has run from a low of $1.15 billion in fiscal Q1 2027 to a high of $1.69 billion in fiscal Q4 2022 over five years.
• On a year-over-year basis, Operating Expenses has declined in each of the last 11 quarters, with an average decline of 3.5% over the last eight quarters.
• The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Expenses in the past five years was fiscal Q1 2023, with growth of 10.5%; the weakest was fiscal Q1 2026, with a decline of 5.2%.
• According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses for the three prior fiscal quarters was $1.15 billion (Q1 2027), $1.46 billion (Q4 2026) and $1.27 billion (Q3 2026).