Kohl’s return attempt (KSS) falls flat while the chain of stores reported results from the fourth quarter that showed steep drops.
On Tuesday, before the opening of the market, Kohl said that fourth quarter income and comparable store sales decreased 9.4% and 6.7% from one year on the other respectively. The profit adjusted per share came to $ 0.95, against $ 1.67 during the previous period.
His 2025 prospects were not better. The company expects comparable store sales to decrease 4% to 6%, much more than 0.55% planned. Action per share from $ 0.10 to $ 0.60 was also much lower than $ 1.24 estimates.
Kohl’s stock fell 24% in the morning trade and lost 65% in the past year.
“I want to define the expectations according to which this turnaround, although very feasible, will take some time,” said CEO Ashley Buchanan when the results are called.
This is the first time that Buchanan has been for investors since taking care of in January. He quickly announced his intention to reduce around 10% of Kohl’s workforce and to close 27 stores by April.
Macy’s (M), who also announced prudent advice last week, plans to close 66 stores this year and is in the midst of a recovery attempt.
Kohl’s financial director Jill Timm, who has occupied the role since 2019, added that the guidelines recognize “the time necessary to make the necessary changes and uncertainty in the macro environment”.
Buchanan has said that customers who earn $ 50,000 or less per year are “quite limited from a discretionary point of view”, while those who earn less than $ 100,000 are still disputed due to the rise in grocery stores and rent prices in recent years.
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Morningstar analyst David Swartz said that investors’ confidence in Kohl was “hollow of all time” and that the course of action was “completely understandable”.
“How many recovery strategies has there had been at Kohl?” He said. “It’s the same story again and again.”
The efforts of the former CEO Tom Kingsbury, who joined in 2022, did not take place.
“Kingsbury came with many major plans, and apparently with a certain momentum, since it was supported by the activists who had targeted three years ago” Swartz, adding ” [as] The CEO was close to a disaster, and now they start again with a new CEO. “”
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Dana Telsey, CEO of Telsey Advisory Group, wrote in a note to customers that this turnaround will probably prove to be difficult. “”
“A new leadership will seek to bring stabilization to the company after several years of volatile performance … Visibility to a calendar to a turnaround for better profitability is difficult in our opinion, in particular against an increasingly uncertain backdrop,” she wrote.
