Growth Metrics

Kohls (KSS) Return on Equity (2016 - 2026)

Kohls' Return on Equity history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.12% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity rose 6.0% year-over-year to 0.12%; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached 0.12%, up 6.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.18%, 35.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.12% at Kohls, up from 0.27% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 1.69% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.27% in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Equity is 0.01% (2021), against an average of 0.09%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Equity surged 171bps in 2022 before it crashed -175bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.06% in 2021, then tumbled by -304bps to 0.12% in 2022, then soared by 49bps to 0.06% in 2023, then soared by 208bps to 0.07% in 2024, then surged by 84bps to 0.12% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for KSS's Return on Equity are 0.12% (Q4 2025), 0.27% (Q3 2025), and 0.08% (Q2 2025).