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 Thursday, January 10th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.64 per share on Sunday, March 10th. This represents a $2.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.51%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 19th. View Target's Dividend History.

Target Co. (NYSE:TGT) released its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 20th. The retailer reported $1.09 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.11 by $0.02. The retailer earned $17.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $17.81 billion. Target had a net margin of 4.31% and a return on equity of 25.02%. The company's revenue was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.91 EPS. View Target's Earnings History.

Target is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, March 5th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Target.

Target will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, March 5th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Target issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 10th. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.30-5.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.40.

23 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Target's stock. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $110.00. On average, they expect Target's stock price to reach $87.0684 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.5% 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, 11 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Target.

Headlines about TGT stock have been trending positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Target earned a news sentiment score of 2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the retailer a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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Target's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.28%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (3.54%), LSV Asset Management (1.38%), Northern Trust Corp (1.36%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.34%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.33%). 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 Two Sigma Advisers LP, O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, First Trust Advisors LP, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, LSV Asset Management, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. Company insiders that have sold Target company stock in the last year include Don H Liu, Janna A Potts, John J Mulligan, Laysha Ward 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 Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Boston Partners, BlackRock Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Geode Capital Management LLC, ClariVest Asset Management LLC and Hamlin 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 $72.84.

Target has a market capitalization of $38.01 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]