Target Stock Forecast, Price & News

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Target in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings, 16 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Target stock.
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Target saw a drop in short interest during the month of August. As of August 13th, there was short interest totaling 8,120,000 shares, a drop of 12.4% from the July 29th total of 9,270,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,100,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.6 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Target is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 17th 2021.
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Target Co. (NYSE:TGT) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 17th. The retailer reported $3.64 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.49 by $0.15. The retailer had revenue of $24.83 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $25.03 billion. Target had a net margin of 6.29% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 44.68%. Target's quarterly revenue was up 8.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $3.38 EPS.
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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 (WHO). Since then, TGT stock has increased by 130.8% and is now trading at $243.67.
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Target declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 23rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 17th will be given a dividend of $0.90 per share on Friday, December 10th. This represents a $3.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.48%.
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Target pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.49%. Target has been increasing its dividend for 50 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Target is 38.22%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Target will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.57% next year. This indicates that Target will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Target announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, August 18th 2021, which authorizes the company to buyback $15,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 12.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

21 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Target's stock. Their forecasts range from $188.00 to $305.00. On average, they expect Target's share price to reach $251.42 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.2% from the stock's current price.
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10,048 employees have rated Target CEO Brian Cornell on Glassdoor.com. Brian Cornell has an approval rating of 78% among Target's employees.

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

Target's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.65%), BlackRock Inc. (8.19%), State Street Corp (7.35%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.58%), Northern Trust Corp (1.32%) and GQG Partners LLC (1.20%). Company insiders that own Target stock include Brian C Cornell, Cara A Sylvester, Christina Hennington, Don H Liu, Don H Liu, John J Mulligan, Katie M Boylan, Mark Schindele, Michael Edward Mcnamara, Robert M Harrison, Robert M Harrison, Roxanne S Austin, Stephanie A Lundquist and Stephen A Vintz.
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TGT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AQR Capital Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, LSV Asset Management, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Invesco Ltd., Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, and Citadel Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Target company stock in the last year include Brian C Cornell, Cara A Sylvester, Christina Hennington, Don H Liu, John J Mulligan, Katie M Boylan, Mark Schindele, Michael Edward Mcnamara, Robert M Harrison, Stephanie A Lundquist, and Stephen A Vintz.
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TGT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including GQG Partners LLC, BlackRock Inc., Amundi, Melvin Capital Management LP, Millennium Management LLC, Simplex Trading LLC, APG Asset Management N.V., and 1832 Asset Management L.P..
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Shares of TGT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of TGT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $243.67.

Target has a market capitalization of $118.92 billion and generates $93.56 billion in revenue each year. The retailer earns $4.37 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.42 on an earnings per share basis.

Target employs 409,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Target: A Bullseye View, Associated Merchandising Corporation, Chefs Catalog, Cooking.com, Deliv, DermStore, Fedco, Grand Junction, PoweredAnalytics, Shipt, Sonia Kashuk, Target Brands Inc. (MN), Target Capital Corporation (MN), Target Enterprise Inc. (MN), and Target General Merchandise Inc. (MN).

Target was founded in 1902.

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

Target is headquartered at 1000 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS MN, 55403.

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].