Target (TGT) Stock Forecast & Price Target

$156.66 +1.35 (+0.87%)

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Target - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Hold

Based on 31 Analyst Ratings

Sell
3

Hold
15

Buy
13

Based on 31 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Target in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold." Out of the 31 analysts, 3 have given a sell rating, 15 have given a hold rating, 12 have given a buy rating, and 1 has given a strong buy rating for TGT.

Consensus Price Target

$159.33
1.71% Upside

According to the 31 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Target, the average price target is $159.33. The highest price target for TGT is $185.00, while the lowest price target for TGT is $88.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 1.71% from the current price of $156.66.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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TGT Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 10/15/25 to 10/15/26	1 Month Ago 9/15/25 to 9/15/26	3 Months Ago 7/17/25 to 7/17/26	1 Year Ago 10/15/24 to 10/15/25
Strong Buy	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	12 Buy rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)
Hold	15 Hold rating(s)	18 Hold rating(s)	17 Hold rating(s)	22 Hold rating(s)
Sell	3 Sell rating(s)	3 Sell rating(s)	3 Sell rating(s)	4 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$159.33	$159.52	$130.64	$108.57
Forecasted Upside	1.71% Upside	3.44% Upside	-6.64% Downside	19.36% Upside
Consensus Rating	Hold	Hold	Hold	Hold

TGT Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

TGT Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Target Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Target	Consumer Staples Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	2.35	2.23	2.53
Consensus Rating	Hold	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	2.12% Upside	175.31% Upside	19.52% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Positive News See Recent TGT News	Positive News	Positive News

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
10/13/2026	Evercore 3 of 5 stars	Greg Melich 2 of 5 stars	Set Target		$165.00	+8.14%
10/12/2026	Zacks Research 4 of 5 stars		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
10/8/2026	Weiss Ratings 3 of 5 stars		Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
9/25/2026	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Kate McShane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Neutral
8/20/2026	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Krisztina Katai Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Set Target		$150.00	-5.90%
8/20/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Reiterated Rating	Overweight
8/20/2026	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Scot Ciccarelli Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Hold	$147.00 ➝ $167.00	+5.21%
8/20/2026	Roth Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$142.00	-10.75%
8/20/2026	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Peter Benedict Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Set Target		$170.00	+6.53%
8/20/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Michael Lasser Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Buy	$166.00 ➝ $185.00	+16.27%
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8/20/2026	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Peter Keith Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Neutral	$146.00 ➝ $153.00	-3.84%
8/20/2026	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Zhihan Ma Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform	$154.00	-3.21%
8/20/2026	Guggenheim Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	John Heinbockel Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Buy	$150.00 ➝ $175.00	+9.99%
8/20/2026	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Set Target		$150.00	-5.73%
8/20/2026	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Edward Kelly Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Overweight	$165.00 ➝ $185.00	+16.27%
8/20/2026	Telsey Advisory Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Joseph Feldman Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Outperform	$170.00 ➝ $182.00	+14.39%
8/20/2026	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Kelly Bania Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Market Perform	$150.00 ➝ $160.00	+0.56%
8/20/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Paul Lejuez Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Neutral	$148.00 ➝ $160.00	+0.43%
8/20/2026	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Oliver Chen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Hold	$155.00 ➝ $160.00	+0.02%
8/20/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Steven Shemesh Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Outperform	$166.00 ➝ $178.00	+11.87%
8/20/2026	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Bradley B. Thomas Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Sector Weight
8/19/2026	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Michael Baker Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Buy	$170.00 ➝ $185.00	+16.27%
8/19/2026	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Seth Sigman Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Underweight	$115.00 ➝ $140.00	-13.14%
8/14/2026	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Corey Tarlowe Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Buy	$161.00 ➝ $177.00	+13.76%
8/12/2026	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Reiterated Rating	Underperform	$110.00 ➝ $124.00	-18.64%
8/11/2026	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Rupesh Parikh Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Outperform	$140.00 ➝ $170.00	+11.69%
8/7/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Christopher Horvers Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Neutral	$129.00 ➝ $157.00	+5.87%
8/3/2026	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Spencer Hanus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Set Target		$169.00	+16.91%
5/22/2026	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Set Target		$150.00	+18.92%
5/20/2026	Freedom Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
3/4/2026	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Chris Bottiglieri Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Underperform	$63.00 ➝ $88.00	-27.38%
10/14/2025	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Robert Drbul Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Initiated Coverage	Neutral
7/17/2025	Loop Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Justin Patterson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Set Target		$95.00	-8.43%
7/17/2025	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Reiterated Rating	Outperform
4/17/2025	Cfra Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	A. Sundaram Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Downgrade	Moderate Buy ➝ Hold
3/20/2025	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Mark Astrachan Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Hold	$130.00 ➝ $120.00	+14.50%
3/5/2025	KGI Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	M. Shen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Set Target		$132.00	+17.22%
2/13/2025	Gordon Haskett Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Chuck Grom Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold
11/26/2024	Daiwa Securities Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Neutral	$170.00 ➝ $130.00	-0.38%
11/20/2024	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Daniela Bretthauer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold	$138.00	+13.43%
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Should I Buy Target Stock? TGT Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Monday, October 12, 2026. Please send any questions or comments about these Target pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

Target
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in Target Co.:

Target Co. recently reported a significant earnings beat, delivering $4.11 in earnings per share for the quarter compared to analyst estimates of $2.35, which demonstrates strong operational execution and profitability that can drive shareholder value.
The company is currently trading at $153.37, which is below the consensus price target of $159.52, suggesting that the stock may still have room for appreciation as analysts maintain a positive outlook on its growth trajectory.
Target Co. is expanding its high-margin non-merchandise businesses, including its advertising platform Roundel and the Target+ marketplace, which are emerging as important contributors to revenue growth and profitability beyond traditional retail sales.
The retailer has announced a $5 billion capital expenditure plan to modernize its technology and strengthen fulfillment capabilities, which is already showing results as same-day and next-day delivery units have risen nearly 30% due to improved speed and inventory reliability.
Target Co. offers a dividend yield of 3.00% with a payout ratio of 48.18%, providing a steady income stream for investors while maintaining a sustainable financial position that allows for continued dividend growth.

Target
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in Target Co. for these reasons:

The stock is currently trading at $153.37, which is below its 50-day moving average of $157.17, indicating short-term downward momentum and potential weakness in the stock's recent price action.
Wall Street analysts currently hold a consensus rating of "Hold" for the stock, with seventeen analysts issuing a Hold rating compared to twelve Buy ratings, suggesting that the market is divided on the stock's future upside potential.
Short interest in Target Co. has increased to 17,261,422 shares as of September 30, 2026, representing a 2.82% month-over-month increase, which indicates that a growing number of investors are betting against the stock's performance.
Recent insider activity shows a trend of selling, with insiders such as Melissa K. Kremer and Matthew A. Liegel selling significant portions of their holdings in August 2026, which may signal a lack of confidence in the stock's near-term value from company leadership.
Target Co. is facing a cautious spending environment for US consumers, with higher gas prices adding pressure to household budgets, which could impact discretionary spending on the retailer's merchandise and services.

TGT Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 31 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Target is $159.33, with a high forecast of $185.00 and a low forecast of $88.00.

31 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Target in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 15 hold ratings, 12 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" TGT shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in TGT, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.

According to analysts, Target's stock has a predicted upside of 1.71% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, Target's stock had 3 upgrades and 1 downgrade by analysts.

Target has been rated by research analysts at Bank of America, Barclays, BMO Capital Markets, Citigroup, DA Davidson, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Evercore, Guggenheim, Jefferies Financial Group, JPMorgan Chase & Co., KeyCorp, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Oppenheimer, Piper Sandler, Robert W. Baird, Roth Capital, Royal Bank Of Canada, Sanford C. Bernstein, TD Cowen, Telsey Advisory Group, The Goldman Sachs Group, Truist Financial, UBS Group, Weiss Ratings, Wells Fargo & Company, Wolfe Research, and Zacks Research in the past 90 days.

Analysts like Target more than other "consumer staples" companies. The consensus rating score for Target is 2.35 while the average consensus rating score for "consumer staples" companies is 2.23. Learn more on how TGT compares to other companies.

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Target (TGT) Stock Forecast & Price Target

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