Kohl's (MEX:KSS) Debt-to-Equity : 1.88 (As of Jan. 2025)

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What is Kohl's Debt-to-Equity?

Kohl's's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was MXN17,040 Mil. Kohl's's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was MXN130,643 Mil. Kohl's's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was MXN78,431 Mil. Kohl's's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was 1.88.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Kohl's's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

MEX:KSS' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.63 Med: 1.21 Max: 2.01
Current: 1.88

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Kohl's was 2.01. The lowest was 0.63. And the median was 1.21.

MEX:KSS's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
83.68% of 1011 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 0.59 vs MEX:KSS: 1.88

Kohl's Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kohl's's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Kohl's Debt-to-Equity Chart

Kohl's Annual Data

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Jan17

Jan18

Jan19

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Jan21

Jan22

Jan23

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Jan25

Debt-to-Equity

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1.30

1.46

2.01

1.90

1.88

Kohl's Quarterly Data
	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24	Apr24	Jul24	Oct24	Jan25
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.90	1.99	1.95	2.05	1.88

Competitive Comparison of Kohl's's Debt-to-Equity

For the Department Stores subindustry, Kohl's's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Kohl's's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Kohl's's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kohl's's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Kohl's Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Kohl's's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(17039.554	+	130643.457)	/	78431.458
	=	1.88

Kohl's's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(17039.554	+	130643.457)	/	78431.458
	=	1.88

Kohl's (MEX:KSS) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Address

N56 W17000 Ridgewood Drive, Menomonee Falls, WI, USA, 53051

Website

https://www.kohls.com

Kohl's operates about 1,178 department stores in 49 states that sell moderately priced private-label and national brand clothing, shoes, accessories, cosmetics, and home furnishings. Most of these stores are in strip centers. Kohl's also operates a large digital sales business. Women's apparel is Kohl's largest category, having generated 26% of its 2023 sales. The retailer, headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, opened its first department store in 1962.