Kohl's (KSS) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.28
- Estimate
- $0.57
- Surprise
- +124.1%
- Score today
- 4.5/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Kohl's (KSS) beat the $0.57 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.28 — a large 124.1% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- Baird Maintains Neutral on Kohl's, Raises Price Target to $20 — benzinga, 2026-08-27
- Kohl’s Warns Fall Margins Will Turn Negative As Retail Promotions Heat Up — benzinga, 2026-08-26
- Kohl's CEO Says Sephora At Kohl's Business Faced Headwinds In Q2, With Sales Down 4% — benzinga, 2026-08-26
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates KSS Sell at 4.5/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +124.1% surprise compares with a +85.8% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-24.
What argues against it
- Target reached (-9.0% upside)
- Quality below floor (3.8 < 4.0)
- Value-trap signals (2/5): High leverage (D/E 2.1), Material insider selling (5 sells, 0.89% of cap)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $17.90
- Price target
- $19.12
- Stop
- $16.65
- Upside to target
- +6.8%
Forward estimates sit below the trailing run-rate (11.0× forward vs 7.4× trailing) — consensus expects earnings to decline from here.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-26 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
KSS at TrendMatrix's latest read
Cyclical consumer names live and die on demand momentum — same-quarter comps and guidance carry more weight than the headline surprise.
- Industry
- Department Stores
- Market cap
- $1.95B
- P/E (fwd)
- 11.0
- P/E (ttm)
- 7.4
- 52-week range
- $11.38–$25.22
- Off 52-week high
- 29.0%
- RSI (14)
- 41
- Volume vs avg
- 1.03×
- Score today
- 4.5/10