Kohl's rallies to a 2025 high as its hot streak continues

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Kohl's (NYSE:KSS [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/KSS]) continued its hot streak with a 7.2% swing higher on Wednesday to a new 2025 high. The department store stock became the focus of traders in June amid a spike in social media posts. The rally continued after Kohl's (NYSE:KSS [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/KSS]) reported better-than-feared second-quarter earnings and issued an improved outlook for FY25 profitability.

For Q2, the department store operator posted a bottom-line beat despite a 4.2% contraction in same-store sales and a 5.1% drop in revenue. "We managed the business with great discipline in the quarter," interim CEO Michael Bender said, noting the company’s ability to expand its gross margin, reduce inventory, and lower expenses.

Shares of Kohl's (KSS [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/KSS]) have doubled over the last 90 days amid the renewed interest in the stock. Meanwhile, short interest on Kohl's (KSS [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/KSS]) still stands at 26.2% of the total float, which is likely to add to near-term volatility. Both Seeking Alpha analysts and Wall Street analysts have a consensus Buy rating on Kohl's (KSS [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/KSS]).

The ETFs with the highest weighting of Kohl's (KSS [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/KSS]) in their portfolio are the First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund (FGD [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/FGD]), the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/XRT]), and the Invesco S&P SmallCap 600 Revenue ETF (RWJ [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/RWJ]).

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