Kohls (KSS) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Kohls (KSS) posted Operating Margin of 4.1% for Q1 2026, up 100.7% sequentially from 2.04% in Q4 2025, and up 176.0% YoY from 1.48% in Q1 2025.

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

Kohls has reported Operating Margin for 18 years, with the latest figure at 4.1% in Q1 2026.

Quarterly Operating Margin rose 176.0% year-over-year to 4.1% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 4.02% (up 135.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 4.02%, up 135.0% from the prior year.
Operating Margin rose to 4.1% in Q1 2026 per KSS's latest filing, from 2.04% in the prior quarter.
Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 7.87% in Q3 2025 and troughed at 5.02% in Q1 2023.
A 5-year average of 3.39% and a median of 3.87% in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Operating Margin slumped 1194 bps in 2023, then soared 1004 bps in 2024.
Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 4.68% in 2022, then retreated by 17 bps to 3.87% in 2023, then slumped by 32 bps to 2.64% in 2024, then declined by 23 bps to 2.04% in 2025, then surged by 101 bps to 4.1% in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods registered 4.1%, 2.04%, and 7.87% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	Operating Margin (Qtr)
1	Dillard'S	8.76 Bn	7.34 Bn	718.25 Mn	34.36%
2	Macy's	6.16 Bn	4.86 Bn	2.03 Bn	2.29%
3	Polibeli	3.96 Bn	3.96 Bn	-	-
4	Kohls	2.18 Bn	1.75 Bn	1.37 Bn	1.45%

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