Kohl's
KSS · Broadline Retail
$24.58
0.8%Ollie's Bargain Outlet
OLLI · Broadline Retail
$87.72
5.3%The short version
- Kohl's is the larger business, with $15.5B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $2.6B for Ollie's Bargain Outlet, about 5.9 times as much.
- Ollie's Bargain Outlet grew revenue faster (16.6%, against −4.3%).
- Ollie's Bargain Outlet kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (11.2% operating margin, against 4.0% operating margin).
- Ollie's Bargain Outlet turned more of its sales into free cash flow (7.4% FCF margin, against 6.5% FCF margin).
- Ollie's Bargain Outlet earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (14.5%, against 7.2%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Ollie's Bargain Outlet’s earnings: a P/E of 19.6x against 10.7x for Kohl's.
| Latest fiscal year | KSS · FY25 | OLLI · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $2.9B | $5.3B |
| Revenue | $15.5B | $2.6B |
| Free cash flow | $1.0B | $195M |
| Net income | $272M | $241M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −4.3% | 16.6% |
| 5-year growth | −0.5% | 7.9% |
| Share count change | 1.8% | 0.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 40.6% | 40.5% |
| Operating margin | 4.0% | 11.2% |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 9.1% |
| FCF margin | 6.5% | 7.4% |
| Return on capital | 7.2% | 14.5% |
| Return on equity | 6.9% | 13.4% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $2.8B | −$258M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.1x | −0.7x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $56.0M | $73.8M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 10.7x | 19.6x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
FY16
KSS $19.7B
OLLI $890M
FY17
KSS $20.1B
OLLI $1.1B
FY18
KSS $20.2B
OLLI $1.2B
FY19
KSS $20.0B
OLLI $1.4B
FY20
KSS $16.0B
OLLI $1.8B
FY21
KSS $19.4B
OLLI $1.8B
FY22
KSS $18.1B
OLLI $1.8B
FY23
KSS $17.5B
OLLI $2.1B
FY24
KSS $16.2B
OLLI $2.3B
FY25
KSS $15.5B
OLLI $2.6B
KSS
OLLI
FY16
KSS 6.0%
OLLI 11.5%
FY17
KSS 7.1%
OLLI 12.6%
FY18
KSS 6.7%
OLLI 13.1%
FY19
KSS 5.5%
OLLI 12.2%
FY20
KSS −1.6%
OLLI 15.3%
FY21
KSS 8.7%
OLLI 11.7%
FY22
KSS 1.4%
OLLI 7.2%
FY23
KSS 4.1%
OLLI 10.8%
FY24
KSS 2.7%
OLLI 11.0%
FY25
KSS 4.0%
OLLI 11.2%
KSS
OLLI
FY16
KSS $1.4B
OLLI $50.7M
FY17
KSS $1.0B
OLLI $76.7M
FY18
KSS $1.5B
OLLI $51.9M
FY19
KSS $802M
OLLI $28.4M
FY20
KSS $1.0B
OLLI $331M
FY21
KSS $1.7B
OLLI $10.0M
FY22
KSS −$544M
OLLI $62.7M
FY23
KSS $591M
OLLI $130M
FY24
KSS $182M
OLLI $107M
FY25
KSS $1.0B
OLLI $195M
KSS
OLLI
FY16
KSS 10.2%
OLLI 8.6%
FY17
KSS 15.5%
OLLI 17.1%
FY18
KSS 15.4%
OLLI 16.1%
FY19
KSS 11.9%
OLLI 15.1%
FY20
KSS −3.0%
OLLI 26.1%
FY21
KSS 19.7%
OLLI 16.3%
FY22
KSS 2.6%
OLLI 9.2%
FY23
KSS —
OLLI 14.2%
FY24
KSS —
OLLI 13.7%
FY25
KSS 7.2%
OLLI 14.5%
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