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. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 15th will be given a dividend of $0.64 per share on Monday, September 10th. This represents a $2.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 14th. This is an increase from Target's previous quarterly dividend of $0.62. View Target's Dividend History.

Target Co. (NYSE:TGT) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 23rd. The retailer reported $1.32 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' 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 business's revenue was up 3.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last 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 (EPS) guidance of $5.15-5.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.27. Target also updated its Q2 guidance to $1.30-1.50 EPS.

20 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Target's shares. Their forecasts range from $56.00 to $91.00. On average, they expect Target's stock price to reach $72.4706 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Target.

Target saw a decrease in short interest in 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 volume of 7,579,353 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.5 days. Currently, 6.5% of the shares of the company are short sold.

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Media coverage about TGT stock has been trending positive on Monday, Accern reports. Accern identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Target earned a news sentiment score of 0.26 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the retailer an impact score of 47.13 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Target's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 acquired 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 $77.07.

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]