10:18 AM EDT, 08/27/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with stock move in the headline and first paragraph.)

Kohl's (KSS) shares rose past 23% in recent Wednesday trading after the company released its fiscal Q2 results and revised its fiscal 2025 guidance.

The department store retail chain reported fiscal Q2 adjusted earnings of $0.56 per diluted share, down from $0.59 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $0.30.

Net sales for the quarter ended Aug. 2 were $3.35 billion, compared with $3.53 billion a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $3.32 billion.

For fiscal 2025, the company said it now expects adjusted EPS of $0.50 to $0.80 on a net sales decline of 5% to 6%, compared with non-GAAP EPS of $0.10 to $0.60 on a sales decline of 5% to 7% expected previously.

Analysts polled by FactSet expect non-GAAP earnings of $0.44 per share.

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