Kohl's Corp (NYSE:KSS) stock is 29% higher to trade at $20.20, after the company posted a surprise third-quarter profit.
KSS tops third-quarter estimates and boosts its 2025 guidance, highlighting stronger margins and a firmer full-year outlook.
Kohl's Corporation (NYSE:KSS) shares surged more than 32% Tuesday after the retailer reported a third-quarter earnings beat and raised its full-year guidance, buoyed by stronger-than-expected sales. For the quarter ended September 30, net sales fell 2.8% year-on-year to $3.4 billion, slightly above analysts' estimate of $3.33 billion.
Although the revenue and EPS for Kohl's (KSS) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended October 2025, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.
Kohl's (KSS) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.1 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.19 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.2 per share a year ago.
The company raised its guidance for the fiscal year.
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Kohl's named Michael Bender its permanent CEO. Bender is the third CEO the department store has had in three years, and the move comes after the company fire ex-CEO Ashley Buchanan only a few months into his tenure.
The board interviewed several candidates before opting to appoint Bender, according to the report.
Beyond analysts' top-and-bottom-line estimates for Kohl's (KSS), evaluate projections for some of its key metrics to gain a better insight into how the business might have performed for the quarter ended October 2025.