NYSE:TGT - Target Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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 paid a dividend of $0.64 per share on Monday, September 10th. This represents a $2.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.07%. 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) announced its quarterly earnings results 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 company's revenue for the quarter was up 3.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.21 EPS. View Target's Earnings History.

Target is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 22nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Target.

Target updated 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.

21 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Target's shares. Their forecasts range from $62.00 to $102.00. On average, they anticipate Target's stock price to reach $78.60 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for Target.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Target in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 13 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Target.

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Media stories about TGT stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Target earned a coverage optimism score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the retailer an impact score of 48.43 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View Recent Headlines for Target.

Target's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.02%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.78%), LSV Asset Management (1.41%), American Century Companies Inc. (1.06%), Morgan Stanley (0.92%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.80%). 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 American Century Companies Inc., Morgan Stanley, CIBC World Markets Inc., Federated Investors Inc. PA, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, Schroder Investment Management Group, Natixis and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Alberta as represented by Alberta Investment Management Corp. 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 BlackRock Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, Tyvor Capital LLC, Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc., Millennium Management LLC, First Republic Investment Management Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC and Argent Capital Management LLC. 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 $83.27.

Target has a market capitalization of $44.27 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]