---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-265606"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KSS"
cik: "0000885639"
company_name: "KOHLS Corp"
filed_at: "2024-11-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T18:26:35.002944+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kohl's Q3 EPS $0.20 vs $0.53; CEO Kingsbury to step down; cuts FY outlook

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $3.5B, down 8.8% YoY; comparable sales down 9.3%.
- Diluted EPS $0.20, down from $0.53; net income $22M vs $59M.
- CEO Tom Kingsbury stepping down Jan 15, 2025; Ashley Buchanan appointed CEO.
- FY2024 outlook lowered: net sales decline 7%-8%, EPS $1.20-$1.50.
- Gross margin expanded 20 bps to 39.1%; inventory down 3%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-265606
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KSS
- cik: 0000885639
- company_name: KOHLS Corp
- filed_at: 2024-11-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885639/000119312524265606/0001193125-24-265606-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885639/000119312524265606/d881588d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-265606.txt

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