Is Kohl’s Corp (NYSE: KSS) A Stock A New Investor Should Consider Now?

Kohl’s Corp (NYSE:KSS) shares, rose in value on Thursday, February 13, with the stock price up by 2.07% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $11.86.

Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $11.62. The PE ratio was 5.35 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $29.60, and the low was $11.53. On the whole, KSS has fluctuated by -6.61% over the past month.

With the market capitalization of Kohl’s Corp currently standing at about $1.32 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in March. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 2.00, with its dividend yield at 16.86%.

Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 15.73B, with a low estimate of 5.1B and a high estimate of 5.44B. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 5.25B.

Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that KSS’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Sell.

The stock’s technical analysis shows that the price of KSS currently trading nearly -7.99% and -13.58% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 31.43, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 3.31% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 3.54%. Furthermore, Kohl’s Corp (KSS)’s beta value is 1.95, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.48.

A comparison of Kohl’s Corp (KSS) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. KSS showed an intraday change of 2.07% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -57.28%%.

Data on historical trading for Kohl’s Corp (NYSE:KSS) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 9.52 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 111.00 million shares outstanding.

Nearly 2.77% of Kohl’s Corp’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 108.89% of the company’s shares. The stock has fallen by -15.53% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the KSS stock heading into the next quarter.

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