NYSE:TGT - Target Stock Price, Price Target & More

Target trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "TGT."

Target declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 13th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.64 per share on Monday, September 10th. This represents a $2.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 14th. This is a positive change from Target's previous quarterly dividend of $0.62. View Target's Dividend History.

Target Co. (NYSE:TGT) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 23rd. The retailer reported $1.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.38 by $0.06. The retailer earned $16.78 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $16.58 billion. Target had a net margin of 4.09% and a return on equity of 23.34%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 3.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.21 EPS. View Target's Earnings History.

Target is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 15th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Target.

Target issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $5.15-5.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.27. Target also updated its Q2 guidance to $1.30-1.50 EPS.

20 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Target's shares. Their predictions range from $56.00 to $91.00. On average, they anticipate Target's share price to reach $72.4706 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Target.

Target saw a decrease in short interest during the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 34,459,878 shares, a decrease of 10.4% from the May 15th total of 38,471,597 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 7,579,353 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.5 days. Currently, 6.5% of the company's stock are sold short.

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Press coverage about TGT stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Target earned a media sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the retailer an impact score of 46.55 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Target's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.58%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.62%), Northern Trust Corp (1.46%), LSV Asset Management (1.36%), American Century Companies Inc. (1.31%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.78%). Company insiders that own Target stock include Anne M Mulcahy, Cathy R Smith, Don H Liu, Donald R Knauss, Hourigan Rice Jacqueline, Janna A Potts, John J Mulligan, Laysha Ward, Robert M Harrison, Roxanne S Austin and Stephanie A Lundquist. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Target.

TGT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Franklin Resources Inc., BlackRock Inc., Tremblant Capital Group, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Equity Investment Corp, CIBC Asset Management Inc, Swiss National Bank and Legal & General Group Plc. Company insiders that have sold Target company stock in the last year include Don H Liu, Hourigan Rice Jacqueline, Janna A Potts, John J Mulligan, Laysha Ward, Robert M Harrison, Roxanne S Austin and Stephanie A Lundquist. View Insider Buying and Selling for Target.

TGT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including American Century Companies Inc., Argent Capital Management LLC, CIBC World Markets Inc., LSV Asset Management, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Obermeyer Wood Investment Counsel Lllp, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. and Quadrature Capital Ltd. Company insiders that have bought Target stock in the last two years include Cathy R Smith, Don H Liu and Donald R Knauss. View Insider Buying and Selling for Target.

Shares of TGT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of TGT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $77.81.

Target has a market capitalization of $41.18 billion and generates $71.88 billion in revenue each year. The retailer earns $2.93 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.71 on an earnings per share basis. Target employs 345,000 workers across the globe.

Target's mailing address is 1000 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS MN, 55403. The retailer can be reached via phone at 612-304-6073 or via email at [email protected]