NYSE:TGTTarget Stock Price, Forecast & News

Target's stock was trading at $105.58 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, TGT stock has increased by 12.8% and is now trading at $119.12. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Target in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings, 18 buy ratings and 2 strong buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Target.

Target is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 19th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Target.

Target Co. (NYSE:TGT) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 20th. The retailer reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.19. The retailer had revenue of $19.37 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $19.04 billion. Target had a net margin of 3.46% and a return on equity of 24.17%. Target's quarterly revenue was up 11.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.53 earnings per share. View Target's earnings history.

Target announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 11th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 19th will be given a dividend of $0.68 per share on Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $2.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.28%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 18th. This is a boost from Target's previous quarterly dividend of $0.66. View Target's dividend history.

Target announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, September 19th 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase $5,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 9.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

26 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Target's shares. Their forecasts range from $110.00 to $150.00. On average, they anticipate Target's share price to reach $128.96 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Target.

Press coverage about TGT stock has trended negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Target earned a media sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the retailer a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Target.

Target saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 17,550,000 shares, a decrease of 6.3% from the May 31st total of 18,720,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,450,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.7 days. Currently, 3.5% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Target's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Target investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Walt Disney (DIS), Walmart (WMT), AT&T (T), Alibaba Group (BABA), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Home Depot (HD), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Netflix (NFLX).

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

Target's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Park National Corp OH (0.06%), First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.01%), Modus Advisors LLC (0.00%) and M&R Capital Management Inc. (0.00%). Company insiders that own Target stock include Brian C Cornell, Cathy R Smith, Don H Liu, Janna A Potts, Laysha Ward, Mark J Tritton, Michael Edward Mcnamara, 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 Park National Corp OH. Company insiders that have sold Target company stock in the last year include Brian C Cornell, Cathy R Smith, Don H Liu, Laysha Ward, Mark J Tritton, Michael Edward Mcnamara, Robert M Harrison, Roxanne S Austin, and Stephanie A Lundquist. View insider buying and selling activity for Target.

TGT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Financial Bank Trust Division, Modus Advisors LLC, and M&R Capital Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of TGT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $119.12.

Target has a market capitalization of $59.56 billion and generates $78.11 billion in revenue each year. The retailer earns $3.28 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.39 on an earnings per share basis. Target employs 368,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Target is www.target.com.

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]