---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-051424"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KSS"
cik: "0000885639"
company_name: "KOHLS Corp"
filed_at: "2025-03-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T00:28:41.842518+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kohl's Q4 net sales down 9.4%, EPS $0.43; FY25 guidance weak with EPS $0.10-$0.60

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $5.2B (-9.4% YoY); comparable sales -6.7%; diluted EPS $0.43, adjusted $0.95.
- FY2024 net sales $15.4B (-7.2% YoY); diluted EPS $0.98, adjusted $1.50; operating income $433M.
- FY2025 guidance: net sales -5% to -7%; comps -4% to -6%; diluted EPS $0.10-$0.60; operating margin 2.2%-2.6%.
- Board declared quarterly dividend $0.125/share, payable Apr 2, 2025 to holders of record Mar 21, 2025.
- Inventory up 2% YoY to $2.9B; long-term debt reduced by $113M via redemption of 9.5% notes due May 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-051424
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KSS
- cik: 0000885639
- company_name: KOHLS Corp
- filed_at: 2025-03-11T23:59:59+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/885639/000119312525051424/0001193125-25-051424-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885639/000119312525051424/d891597d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-051424.txt

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