NYSE:TGTTarget Stock Price, Forecast & News

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. Since then, TGT shares have increased by 25.9% and is now trading at $132.94.
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27 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Target in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings, 18 buy ratings and 2 strong buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Target is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 19th 2020.
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Target Co. (NYSE:TGT) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 20th. The retailer reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.19. The retailer had revenue of $19.37 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.04 billion. Target had a net margin of 3.46% and a return on equity of 24.17%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 11.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.53 EPS.
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Target declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 11th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 19th will be given a dividend of $0.68 per share on Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $2.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 18th. This is an increase from Target's previous quarterly dividend of $0.66.
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Target declared that its board has approved a stock buyback program on Thursday, September 19th 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase $5,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 9.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

27 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Target's shares. Their forecasts range from $105.00 to $150.00. On average, they anticipate Target's share price to reach $128.38 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.4%.
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News coverage about TGT stock has been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Target earned a coverage optimism score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.
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Target saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 15,390,000 shares, an increase of 20.6% from the December 31st total of 12,760,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 5,410,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.8 days. Currently, 3.1% of the company's shares are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to Target include Dollar General (DG), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Big Lots (BIG), Tuesday Morning (TUES) and Fred's (FREDQ).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Target investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), AT&T (T), Walmart (WMT), Walt Disney (DIS), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Alibaba Group (BABA), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Verizon Communications (VZ), Home Depot (HD) and AbbVie (ABBV).

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

Target's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include LSV Asset Management (1.09%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.47%), Swiss National Bank (0.40%), Raymond James & Associates (0.38%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.36%) and US Bancorp DE (0.35%). Company insiders that own Target stock include Brian C Cornell, Cathy R Smith, Don H Liu, Janna A Potts, Laysha Ward, Mark J Tritton, Michael Edward Mcnamara, Robert M Harrison, Roxanne S Austin and Stephanie A Lundquist.
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TGT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Banco Santander S.A., Hexavest Inc., Smith Asset Management Group LP, ProShare Advisors LLC, Hamlin Capital Management LLC, and Arizona State Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Target company stock in the last year include Brian C Cornell, Cathy R Smith, Don H Liu, Laysha Ward, Mark J Tritton, Michael Edward Mcnamara, Robert M Harrison, Roxanne S Austin, and Stephanie A Lundquist.
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TGT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Unigestion Holding SA, Prudential PLC, Raymond James & Associates, PGGM Investments, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Royal London Asset Management Ltd., and Railway Pension Investments Ltd.
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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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of TGT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $132.94.

Target has a market capitalization of $66.47 billion and generates $78.11 billion in revenue each year. The retailer earns $3.28 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.39 on an earnings per share basis. Target employs 368,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Target is 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]