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KSS (Kohl's) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Oct. 2024)


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What is Kohl's Financial Strength?

Kohl's has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Kohl's's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 was 1.29. Kohl's's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 was 0.52. As of today, Kohl's's Altman Z-Score is 1.61.


Competitive Comparison of Kohl's's Financial Strength

For the Department Stores subindustry, Kohl's's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength 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 Financial Strength Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Kohl's's Financial Strength falls into.



Kohl's Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Kohl's's Interest Expense for the months ended in Oct. 2024 was $-76 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Oct. 2024 was $98 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 was $6,506 Mil.

Kohl's's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Oct. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Oct. 2024 )
=-1*98/-76
=1.29

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Kohl's's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Oct. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(1275 + 6506) / 14840
=0.52

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Kohl's has a Z-score of 1.61, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.61 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* 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.


Kohl's  (NYSE:KSS) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Kohl's has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Kohl's Business Description

Address
N56 W17000 Ridgewood Drive, Menomonee Falls, WI, USA, 53051
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.
Executives
Feeney Siobhan Mc officer: Chief Technology Officer N56 W17000 RIDGEWOOD DRIVE, MENOMONEE FALLS WI 53051
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
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

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