KOHLS CORP KSS
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 500255104 · ISIN US5002551043
American department store chain
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($10.9m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 113.4m as of 2026-05-29, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $17.68. Options: 17 managers hold calls ($85.6m notional), 15 hold puts ($85.2m).
Trends to Q2 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 371 |
| Q4 2022 | 355 |
| Q1 2023 | 341 |
| Q2 2023 | 337 |
| Q3 2023 | 353 |
| Q4 2023 | 385 |
| Q1 2024 | 392 |
| Q2 2024 | 370 |
| Q3 2024 | 375 |
| Q4 2024 | 345 |
| Q1 2025 | 342 |
| Q2 2025 | 342 |
| Q3 2025 | 338 |
| Q4 2025 | 377 |
| Q1 2026 | 373 |
| Q2 2026 | 370 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | 172 | 193 |
| Q4 2024 | 162 | 195 |
| Q1 2025 | 171 | 167 |
| Q2 2025 | 178 | 158 |
| Q3 2025 | 147 | 182 |
| Q4 2025 | 190 | 144 |
| Q1 2026 | 183 | 161 |
| Q2 2026 | 166 | 186 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $184.5m | $254.4m | 1.38 |
| Q4 2025 | $146.8m | $176.8m | 1.20 |
| Q1 2026 | $66.4m | $101.4m | 1.53 |
| Q2 2026 | $85.6m | $85.2m | 1.00 |
Biggest buyers
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +1.8m |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +1.7m |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | Added | +1.7m |
| Nuveen, LLC | Added | +960.2k |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | +785.9k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | New | +761.1k |
| J. Goldman & Co LP | New | +715.9k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | Added | +647.2k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | +628.1k |
| CITIGROUP INC | Added | +551.0k |
Biggest sellers
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Reduced | -1.9m |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Reduced | -1.8m |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Sold out | -1.8m |
| Woodline Partners LP | Sold out | -1.4m |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | -1.0m |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Reduced | -1.0m |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -969.9k |
| Trexquant Investment LP | Reduced | -836.2k |
| M&G PLC | Sold out | -820.1k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -765.8k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $25.9m1.5m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $11.1m628.0k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | $8.5m477.1k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $8.0m448.9k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | $6.8m382.6k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $6.0m338.1k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $4.8m269.3k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $4.7m264.3k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $4.0m225.5k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $2.4m135.0k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $27.0m1.5m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $22.0m1.2m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $7.9m446.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $7.4m418.5k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | $5.3m297.6k shares |
| Crawford Fund Management, LLC | Added | $4.2m236.0k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $3.6m200.6k shares |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (USA) Corp | Unchanged | $3.2m180.0k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $1.7m95.8k shares |
| Militia Capital Management LLC | Reduced | $1.1m60.0k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +2.8 pts · filed 2025-07-17 | 14.8% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 6.3% |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 13G · institution +1.2 pts · filed 2026-10-08 | 6.1% |
| AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 13G · institution +0.3 pts · filed 2026-08-14 | 5.5% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC), GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (4.2%, 2026-02-12)
Insider purchases and sales since 1 Apr 2026
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $315.4k | $315.4k |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $53.8k | $53.8k |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $518.5k | $518.5k |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $808.8k | $808.8k |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 1 | $34.8k | $34.8k |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — | 1 | $30.2k | $30.2k |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — | 3 | $759.8k | $759.8k |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-03 | Kent Jennifer J. Sr. EVP, CLO & Corp. Sec. | Sold plan | $458.8k22.9k shares |
| 2026-08-03 | Raymond Christie Sr. EVP, Chief Marketing Off. | Sold plan | $300.0k15.0k shares |
| 2026-07-16 | Steinmetz Mari Sr. EVP, Chief People Officer | Sold plan | $91053 shares |
| 2026-04-15 | Steinmetz Mari Sr. EVP, Chief People Officer | Sold plan | $4.7k351 shares |
| 2026-04-06 | Steinmetz Mari Sr. EVP, Chief People Officer | Sold plan | $1.5k112 shares |
| 2026-04-01 | Steinmetz Mari Sr. EVP, Chief People Officer | Sold plan | $24.0k1.8k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 20.9m $371.1m | Added +1.7m |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 7.3m $129.5m | Added +259.5k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 6.2m $110.4m | Added +406.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 5.6m $98.8m | Reduced -765.8k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.1m $90.0m | Added +206.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.8m $85.9m | Added +263.9k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.8m $84.7m | Added +37.6k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.07% of their portfolio | 4.2m $69.8m | Added +647.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.5m $61.9m | Reduced -190.9k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.0m $53.1m | Reduced -131.7k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.7m $47.7m | Added +628.1k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.6m $46.5m | Added +277.6k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.4m $43.3m | Reduced -357.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.1m $38.0m | Added +1.8m |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.8m $32.2m | Added +1.7m |
| Freestone Grove Partners LP 0.19% of their portfolio | 1.6m $28.9m | Reduced -273.6k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6m $28.3m | Added +205.2k |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.4m $25.2m | Added +214.0k |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.4m $24.6m | Added +83.7k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $23.5m | Added +960.2k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $23.3m | Added +125.8k |
| HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP 0.33% of their portfolio | 1.1m $19.7m | Reduced -43.5k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $18.8m | Added +7.8k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.0m $17.8m | Added +247.8k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 971.0k $17.2m | Added +551.0k |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 970.6k $17.2m | Added +82.4k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 916.5k $16.2m | Added +785.9k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 906.6k $16.1m | Reduced -46.8k |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.28% of their portfolio | 904.9k $16.0m | Added +25.0k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 817.1k $14.5m | Reduced -258.1k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.06% of their portfolio | 775.2k $13.7m | Reduced -117.4k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 761.1k $13.5m | New |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 738.8k $13.1m | Added +20.4k |
| J. Goldman & Co LP 0.45% of their portfolio | 715.9k $12.7m | New |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 652.7k $11.6m | Reduced -1.8m |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 559.3k $9.9m | Added +119.9k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 550.6k $9.8m | Added +47.5k |
| Empowered Funds, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 548.8k $9.7m | Reduced -117.3k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 542.5k $9.6m | Reduced -2.7k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 521.1k $9.2m | Reduced -836.2k |
| Amundi 0.00% of their portfolio | 515.8k $9.1m | Added +481.7k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 506.4k $9.0m | Reduced -969.9k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 499.2k $8.8m | Reduced -5.7k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 491.8k $8.7m | Added +7.4k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 433.9k $7.7m | Added +193.3k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 431.3k $7.6m | New |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 426.3k $7.6m | Added +162.3k |
| Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC 0.70% of their portfolio | 400.3k $7.1m | Added +380.9k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.02% of their portfolio | 385.7k $6.8m | Reduced -15.7k |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 348.0k $6.2m | Added +235.7k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 347.1k $6.2m | Reduced -10.9k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 339.4k $6.0m | Reduced -75.6k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 339.3k $6.0m | Reduced -237.5k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 330.1k $6.1m | Added +2.4k |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 327.7k $5.8m | Added +162.5k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 317.3k $5.6m | Added +70.5k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 305.1k $5.4m | Reduced -63.8k |
| Hestia Capital Management, LLC 7.88% of their portfolio | 301.5k $5.3m | Added +2.0k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 293.0k $5.2m | Reduced -34.8k |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 284.7k $5.0m | Added +134.5k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 278.4k $4.9m | Added +247.9k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 268.8k $4.8m | Reduced -237.0k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 252.2k $4.5m | Added +241.3k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 248.9k $4.4m | Reduced -33.6k |
| Dana Investment Advisors, Inc. 0.11% of their portfolio | 241.9k $4.3m | Added +8.9k |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main 0.00% of their portfolio | 241.3k $4.3m | Added +847 |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 228.9k $4.1m | Reduced -1.0m |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 219.7k $3.9m | Reduced -1.3k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 217.6k $3.9m | Reduced -1.9m |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.03% of their portfolio | 217.2k $3.8m | Added +147.9k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 213.7k $3.8m | Reduced -410.7k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 209.8k $3.7m | Unchanged |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 197.8k $3.5m | Added +127.8k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.00% of their portfolio | 193.5k $3.4m | Reduced -5.1k |
| Interval Partners, LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 180.0k $3.2m | New |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 176.0k $3.1m | Reduced -5.1k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 167.1k $3.0m | Added +7.7k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.00% of their portfolio | 165.3k $2.9m | Added +48.9k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 159.2k $2.8m | Added +21.3k |
| PICTON MAHONEY ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.02% of their portfolio | 151.5k $2.7m | Added +44.3k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 150.3k $2.6m | Reduced -109.3k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 138.7k $2.5m | Reduced -9.5k |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 134.3k $2.4m | Added +73.3k |
| OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 132.7k $2.4m | Added +39.4k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 126.0k $2.2m | Reduced -6.0k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 124.2k $2.2m | New |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 122.7k $1.6m | Unchanged |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 120.5k $2.1m | Added +25.4k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 115.4k $2.0m | Added +17.2k |
| Weiss Asset Management LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 113.6k $2.0m | Not comparable |
| IRONWOOD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.69% of their portfolio | 112.8k $2.0m | Unchanged |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 112.4k $2.0m | Reduced -15.2k |
| Brevan Howard Capital Management LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 109.8k $1.9m | Added +2.1k |
| SummitTX Capital, L.P. 0.05% of their portfolio | 108.2k $1.9m | Added +76.6k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 107.9k $1.9m | Reduced -195.1k |
| CAXTON ASSOCIATES LLP 0.04% of their portfolio | 106.9k $1.9m | Reduced -33.2k |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 106.4k $1.9m | Added +35.1k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% of their portfolio | 104.5k $1.9m | Added +29.4k |
| MARTINGALE ASSET MANAGEMENT L P 0.04% of their portfolio | 93.5k $1.7m | Added +19.1k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 87.8k $1.6m | Added +37.2k |