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

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

Target announced 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.29%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 14th. This is a boost from Target's previous quarterly dividend of $0.62. View Target's Dividend History.

Target Co. (NYSE:TGT) released its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 23rd. The retailer reported $1.32 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' 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%. Target's revenue was up 3.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $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 updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 23rd. The company provided EPS 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 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Target's shares. Their predictions range from $58.00 to $91.00. On average, they anticipate Target's stock price to reach $74.4667 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.2%. View Analyst Ratings for Target.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Target in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 11 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Target saw a decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 31,341,278 shares, a decline of 9.0% from the May 31st total of 34,459,878 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,310,323 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.9 days. Approximately 5.9% of the company's shares are short sold. View Target's Current Options Chain.

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Media coverage about TGT stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty 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 nearest to one being the most favorable. Target earned a news impact score of 0.10 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the retailer an impact score of 43.26 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Target's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hamlin Capital Management LLC (0.18%), Hexavest Inc. (0.18%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.08%), Park National Corp OH (0.07%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%) and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.03%). 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 Hexavest Inc., Clinton Group Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Atria Investments LLC, Pennsylvania Trust Co and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, DnB Asset Management AS, Cohen Klingenstein LLC, BLB&B Advisors LLC, Capital Investment Advisors LLC, American National Bank, Hamlin Capital Management LLC and Legacy Private Trust Co.. 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 $77.72.

Target has a market capitalization of $41.44 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]