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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-189105"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KSS"
cik: "0000885639"
company_name: "KOHLS Corp"
filed_at: "2025-08-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T09:52:25.801562+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kohl's Q2 adjusted EPS $0.56, sales down 5.1%; raises FY 2025 outlook

## Summary
- Net sales $3.3B (-5.1% YoY); comparable sales -4.2%; gross margin +28 bps to 39.9%.
- GAAP diluted EPS $1.35 includes $129M legal settlement gain; adjusted diluted EPS $0.56.
- FY25 outlook raised: net sales -5% to -6%, adj. op. margin 2.5-2.7%, adj. EPS $0.50-$0.80.
- Issued $360M 10% senior secured notes due 2030; repaid $353M 4.25% notes due July 2025.
- Quarterly dividend $0.125/share declared, payable Sept 24, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-189105
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KSS
- cik: 0000885639
- company_name: KOHLS Corp
- filed_at: 2025-08-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885639/000119312525189105/0001193125-25-189105-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885639/000119312525189105/d42370d8k.htm

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