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Kohl's (Kohl's) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 3.79 (As of Jan. 2024)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Kohl's's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $277 Mil. Kohl's's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $7,099 Mil. Kohl's's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $1,944 Mil. Kohl's's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 3.79.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

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

KSS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.55   Med: 2.55   Max: 11.01
Current: 5.03

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Kohl's was 11.01. The lowest was 1.55. And the median was 2.55.

KSS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
72.64% of 837 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.67 vs KSS: 5.03

Kohl's Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Kohl's Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.02 11.01 2.93 7.18 5.03

Kohl's Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Debt-to-EBITDA Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -18.54 7.05 5.73 5.83 3.79

Competitive Comparison

For the Department Stores subindustry, Kohl's's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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

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



Kohl's Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Kohl's's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(277 + 7099) / 1466
=5.03

Kohl's's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(277 + 7099) / 1944
=3.79

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jan. 2024) EBITDA data.


Kohl's  (NYSE:KSS) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

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


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Kohl's Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Kohl's (Kohl's) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
N56 W17000 Ridgewood Drive, Menomonee Falls, WI, USA, 53051
Kohl's operates about 1,170 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 27% of its 2022 sales. The retailer, headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, opened its first department store in 1962.
Executives
Adolfo Villagomez director N56 W17000 RIDGEWOOD DRIVE, MENOMONEE FALLS WI 53051
Thomas Kingsbury officer: Senior Exec. Vice President 2006 ROUTE 130 NORTH, BURLINGTON NJ 08016
David Alves officer: President & COO N56 W17000 RIDGEWOOD DRIVE, MENOMONEE FALLS WI 53051
Jones Nicholas David George officer: Chief Merch. / Digital Officer N56 W17000 RIDGEWOOD DRIVE, MENOMONEE FALLS WI 53051
Jennifer J. Kent officer: Chief Legal Officer, Secretary QUAD/GRAPHICS, INC., N61 W23044 HARRY'S WAY, SUSSEX WI 53089-3995
John E. Schlifske director N56 W17000 RIDGEWOOD DRIVE, MENOMONEE FALLS WI 53051
Jonas Prising director MANPOWERGROUP INC., 100 MANPOWER PLACE, MILWAUKEE WI 53212
Peter Boneparth director 1411 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10018
Christie Raymond officer: Chief Marketing Officer N56 W17000 RIDGEWOOD DRIVE, MENOMONEE FALLS WI 53051
Feeney Siobhan Mc officer: Chief Technology Officer N56 W17000 RIDGEWOOD DRIVE, MENOMONEE FALLS WI 53051
Christine Mccormick Day director N56 W17000 RIDGEWOOD DRIVE, MENOMONEE FALLS WI 53051
Margaret L Jenkins director 203 EAST MAINST P 12-02, SPARTANBURG SC 29319
Robbin Mitchell director W56 N17000 RIDGEWOOD DRIVE, MENOMONEE FALLS WI 53051
Jason J. Kelroy officer: Sr.EVP,Gen. Counsel,Secretary W56 N17000 RIDGEWOOD DRIVE, MENOMONEE FALLS WI 53051
Yael Cosset director 1014 VINE STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202