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Kohl’s Corporation (NYSE: KSS) has unexpectedly become one of 2025’s hottest meme stocks. After years of sluggish performance, shares in the US department store giant more than doubled in a single day as retail traders piled in, triggering a massive short squeeze.
While the fundamentals remain mixed, online forums and trading platforms are buzzing with renewed interest. If you’re keen to ride the wave (or just want to know what all the fuss is about), here’s how to buy Kohl’s stock in Australia.
How to buy shares in Kohls Corporation
- Compare share trading platforms. To buy shares in a company listed in the US from Australia you'll need to find a trading platform that offers access to US stock markets. Look for a platform with low brokerage and foreign exchange fees.
- Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, which will typically include your ID and tax file number. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
- Search for Kohls Corporation. Find the share by name or ticker symbol: KSS. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment that matches your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Kohls Corporation reaches your desired price. To spread out your risk, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying using consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimise risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Kohls Corporation, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Kohls Corporation. Optimise your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights.
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Have Kohls Corporation's shares ever split?
Kohls Corporation's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 24 April 2000. So if you had owned 1 share the day before the split, the next day you would own 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Kohls Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Kohls Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Kohls Corporation's share price.
Kohls Corporation shares at a glance
Information last updated 2025-12-02.
| 52-week range | US$5.9148 - US$25.22 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | US$16.9938 |
| 200-day moving average | US$11.9368 |
| Target price | US$21.5833 |
| PE ratio | 14.2832 |
| Dividend yield | US$0.5 (2.07%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | US$1.73 |
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Is it a good time to buy Kohls Corporation stock?
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Is it worth buying Kohls Corporation stock?
Valuing Kohls Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Kohls Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Kohls Corporation's P/E ratio
Kohls Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 14x. In other words, Kohls Corporation shares trade at around 14x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Kohls Corporation's PEG ratio
Kohls Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.1346. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Kohls Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Kohls Corporation's EBITDA
Kohls Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is US$1.2 billion (£0.0 million).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Kohls Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure stock profitability.
Kohls Corporation share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Kohls Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as US$5.9148 up to US$25.22. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta measures a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Kohls Corporation's is 1.532. This would suggest that Kohls Corporation's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Kohls Corporation financials
| Revenue TTM | US$15.8 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 2.15% |
| Gross profit TTM | US$6.4 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 2.09% |
| Return on equity TTM | 5.04% |
| Profit margin | 1.24% |
| Book value | 35.089 |
| Market capitalisation | US$2.8 billion |
| EBITDA | US$1.2 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Kohls Corporation share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 29.07% of net profits
Recently Kohls Corporation has paid out, on average, around 29.07% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.07% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Kohls Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 2.07% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Kohls Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $0.5 per share.
While Kohls Corporation's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Kohls Corporation may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Kohls Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 23 December 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 9 December 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").
Kohls Corporation's environmental, social and governance track record
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Kohls Corporation.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Kohls Corporation's total ESG risk score
Total ESG risk: 9.87
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Kohls Corporation's overall score of 9.87 (as at 12/31/2018) is excellent – landing it in it in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Kohls Corporation is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Kohls Corporation's environmental score
Environmental score: 0.43/100
Kohls Corporation's social score
Social score: 5.23/100
Kohls Corporation's governance score
Governance score: 4.21/100
Kohls Corporation's controversy score
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Kohls Corporation scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Kohls Corporation has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary
Kohl's Corporation was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 9.87 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 3.44 |
| Environmental score | 0.43 |
| Social score | 5.23 |
| Governance score | 4.21 |
| Level of controversy | 2 |
Kohls Corporation overview
Kohl's Corporation operates as an omnichannel retailer in the United States. It offers apparel, footwear, accessories, beauty products, and home products through its stores and website. The company provides its products primarily under the brand names of Apt. 9, Croft & Barrow, Jumping Beans, SO, Sonoma Goods for Life, and Tek Gear, as well as LC Lauren Conrad, Nine West, and Simply Vera Vera Wang. Kohl's Corporation was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.
Past developments
01 July 2022: Kohl’s Corp. shares slumped 19% as the retailer said it ended talks to sell itself to Franchise Group (FRG) after the potential buyer slashed the offer price. Read story
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