Kohls (KSS) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Kohls' (KSS) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $1.5 billion in Q1 2026, down 4.94% year-on-year from $1.5 billion in Q1 2025, and up 15.47% quarter-over-quarter from $1.3 billion in Q4 2025.

Kohls (KSS) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Kohls has disclosed Operating Expenses across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $1.5 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $1.5 billion, down 4.94% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was $5.1 billion (down 3.84% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was $5.1 billion, down 5.2% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $1.5 billion for Q1 2026 at Kohls, up from $1.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $1.7 billion in Q1 2022 to a low of $1.2 billion in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $1.3 billion (2022), against an average of $1.4 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses rose 10.51% in 2022 and declined 5.21% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Kohls' Operating Expenses stood at $1.3 billion in 2022, then gained by 1.95% to $1.4 billion in 2023, then fell by 5.07% to $1.3 billion in 2024, then dropped by 1.86% to $1.3 billion in 2025, then advanced by 15.47% to $1.5 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $1.5 billion (Q1 2026), $1.3 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.2 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Dillard'S 8.67 Bn 7.26 Bn 718.25 Mn 172.48 Mn
2 Macy's 6.49 Bn 5.25 Bn 3.55 Bn 2.56 Bn
3 Kohls 1.93 Bn 1.26 Bn 1.85 Bn 1.46 Bn
4 Dillard'S - - 718.25 Mn 172.48 Mn
5 Polibeli - - - -
6 Loan Artificial Intelligence - - - 8,641.00
7 Loan Artificial Intelligence - - - 8,641.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 1.46 Bn
Nov 1, 2025 1.27 Bn
Aug 2, 2025 1.21 Bn
May 3, 2025 1.16 Bn
Feb 1, 2025 1.54 Bn
Nov 2, 2024 1.29 Bn
Aug 3, 2024 1.25 Bn
May 4, 2024 1.23 Bn
Feb 3, 2024 1.61 Bn
Oct 28, 2023 1.36 Bn
Jul 29, 2023 1.30 Bn
Apr 29, 2023 1.24 Bn
Jan 28, 2023 1.68 Bn
Oct 29, 2022 1.33 Bn
Jul 30, 2022 1.28 Bn
Apr 30, 2022 1.29 Bn
Jan 29, 2022 1.69 Bn
Oct 30, 2021 1.38 Bn
Jul 31, 2021 1.24 Bn
May 1, 2021 1.17 Bn