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

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

Target announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 19th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.64 per share on Monday, December 10th. This represents a $2.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.21%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 20th. View Target's Dividend History.

Target Co. (NYSE:TGT) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 22nd. The retailer reported $1.47 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.40 by $0.07. The retailer earned $17.78 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $17.33 billion. Target had a return on equity of 24.29% and a net margin of 4.19%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 6.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.23 earnings per share. View Target's Earnings History.

Target is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 20th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Target.

Target will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, November 20th at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Target updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 22nd. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.30-5.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.30. Target also updated its Q3 guidance to $1.00-1.20 EPS.

23 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Target's stock. Their predictions range from $64.00 to $110.00. On average, they anticipate Target's share price to reach $90.8947 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Target.

23 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 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Target.

Press coverage about TGT stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Target earned a news sentiment score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Target saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 26,548,983 shares, an increase of 12.9% from the October 15th total of 23,522,049 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,905,206 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.4 days. Approximately 5.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View Target's Current Options Chain.

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Target's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.96%), AQR Capital Management LLC (1.99%), Dodge & Cox (1.68%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.42%), LSV Asset Management (1.42%) and Capital Research Global Investors (1.27%). Company insiders that own Target stock include 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 Dodge & Cox, Franklin Resources Inc., Capital Research Global Investors, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, American Century Companies Inc., BlackRock Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp and Great Lakes Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Target company stock in the last year include Don H Liu, 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 AQR Capital Management LLC, Swedbank, OppenheimerFunds Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., JPMorgan Chase & Co., FMR LLC and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. 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 $79.68.

Target has a market capitalization of $43.76 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.

The official website for Target is http://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]