How Kohl's Corporation stacks up

KSS · against 361 other Consumer Cyclical companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

34/ 100

Below the middle of the pack.

Ranked #243 of 362 · scores higher than 32% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

21 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including KSS · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 34?

Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Cyclical companies.

Mainly because of its operating margin and return on assets, which are weaker than most Consumer Cyclical peers.

a thinner operating margin: weaker than 71% of peers. Operating margin: 3.3% vs peer median 6.4%
a lower return on assets: weaker than 61% of peers. Return on assets: 2.3% vs peer median 3.3%
Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 5.7% vs peer median 7.3%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = KSS, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	KSS	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 349 reported	5.7%	9.5%	34%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 362 reported	3.3%	7.1%	32%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 358 reported	2.3%	4.1%	35%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 315 reported	6.7%	11.8%	37%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 363 reported	40.5%	36.0%	60%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around KSS

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Atour Lifestyle Holdings LimitedATAT · US-listed	4.6B USD	99	80
1	The Buckle, Inc.BKE · US-listed	2.4B USD	99	65
1	Deckers Outdoor CorporationDECK · US-listed	11.5B USD	99	78
1	Domino's Pizza, Inc.DPZ · US-listed	10.7B USD	99	50
1	H&R Block, Inc.HRB · US-listed	6.5B USD	99	62
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240	Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.HVT · US-listed	459M USD	36	38
241	Genesco Inc.GCO · US-listed	395M USD	35	59
241	The ONE Group Hospitality, Inc.STKS · US-listed	37M USD	35	44
243	Graphic Packaging Holding CompanyGPK · US-listed	3.3B USD	34	33
243	Kohl's CorporationKSS · US-listed	2.7B USD	34	53
243	Gentherm IncorporatedTHRM · US-listed	931M USD	34	44
243	Tesla, Inc.TSLA · US-listed	1.57T USD	34	30
247	Advance Auto Parts, Inc.AAP · US-listed	2.9B USD	33	28
247	Camping World Holdings, Inc.CWH · US-listed	307M USD	33	27

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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