- AEO has moved in the same direction as KSS's earnings reaction in 81% of 26 tracked reports, with a median same-day move of ±3.1% — ×1.7 its normal daily move.
- EarningsWatcher tracks 1 quality-gated sympathy peers for KSS: AEO.
- When KSS's earnings reaction is positive, AEO's median same-day move is +3.0%; when negative, -0.9%.
All measured sympathy peers for KSS
Every peer below passed the gates — enough events, direction consistency well above a coin flip, and a move meaningfully bigger than its normal day. Nobody else publishes this measurement; it exists because EarningsWatcher computes it from every KSS report, with the peer's own earnings days and heavy market days excluded.
| Peer | Same direction | Typical move | vs normal day | Sympathy score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEO | 81% of 26 | ±3.1% | ×1.7 | ▮▮ |
- the 0–100 sympathy score for each pair (direction consistency + amplification + correlation, discounted for small samples)
- each peer's live ATM straddle with an honest 1-day breakeven — the move it must beat by the reaction-day close
- historical beat rates from real option prices: how often past KSS reports beat that same hurdle
- direction splits, gap-vs-peak timing, and an event-by-event history for every pair
- the week's best pairs delivered as P0/P1/P2 sympathy picks
Why trade the peer instead of KSS itself?
Options on KSS are expensive into the print — the expected move is priced in, and implied volatility collapses the moment results land. AEO has no event that day: its options are priced for a normal session, and measured across our pairs the median change in peer IV through a reporter's print is roughly zero. The sympathy trade turns KSS's report into a position with a normal-day hurdle instead of an event-premium hurdle. New to the concept? Read what a sympathy play is, then see this week's live board.
Frequently asked questions
Which stocks move when KSS reports earnings?
Measured over up to ten years of KSS's earnings days, the strongest sympathy peer is AEO: same direction as KSS's reaction in 81% of 26 tracked reports, median same-day move ±3.1%.
Are stocks like KSS worth watching on its earnings day?
That is exactly what a sympathy play is: KSS's report reprices companies with the same customers and economics, so 'stocks like KSS' often move the same day — without an earnings event of their own. The size is usually smaller than KSS's own move (AEO: ±3.1% vs a normal day ×1.7), but the peer's options carry no event premium, so there is no IV crush to pay.
Is AEO correlated with KSS?
On KSS's earnings days specifically, yes, historically: 81% same-direction over 26 events after excluding AEO's own earnings window and heavy market days. General day-to-day correlation is a different (weaker) question — the earnings-day link is the tradeable one.
What is a sympathy stock?
A sympathy stock moves on another company's news rather than its own — here, AEO reacting to KSS's earnings. EarningsWatcher measures these relationships event by event and gates them for sample size, direction consistency and amplification; see the full guide to sympathy plays.