KOHLS Corp (KSS) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Kohls' Operating Margin was 7.43% in fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Aug 1, 2026), down 0.44 percentage points from 7.87% a year earlier but up 5.97 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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KOHLS Corp (KSS) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Kohls' Operating Margin was 3.84% through Aug 1, 2026, up 0.29 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it came in at 4.02%, up 1.35 percentage points from FY2025.
- Operating Margin shows a five-year change of +5.66 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Operating Margin was 2.67% in FY2025 (-1.43 pp), 4.10% in FY2024 (+2.74 pp), 1.36% in FY2023 (-7.29 pp) and 8.65% in FY2022 (+10.29 pp).
- Quarterly Operating Margin has moved between -5.02% (fiscal Q4 2023) and 8.41% (fiscal Q3 2022) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Operating Margin was higher in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.05 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin over five years was fiscal Q4 2024 (a gain of 10.04 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q4 2023 (a drop of 11.94 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, KSS's Operating Margin in the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2027 was 1.45% (Q1 2027), 4.10% (Q4 2026) and 2.04% (Q3 2026).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2026 | 7.43% |
| May 2, 2026 | 1.45% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 4.10% |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 2.04% |
| Aug 2, 2025 | 7.87% |
| May 3, 2025 | 1.86% |
| Feb 1, 2025 | 2.33% |
| Nov 2, 2024 | 2.64% |
| Aug 3, 2024 | 4.45% |
| May 4, 2024 | 1.27% |
| Feb 3, 2024 | 5.02% |
| 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 | 6.92% |
| Oct 30, 2021 | 8.41% |
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KOHLS Corp Operating Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=KSS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "KSS", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=KSS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();