Target - TGT Stock Forecast, Price & News

26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Target in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings, 17 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" TGT shares.
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26 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Target's shares. Their TGT share price forecasts range from $161.00 to $235.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $193.42 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.3% from the stock's current price.
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Target's stock was trading at $231.44 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, TGT stock has decreased by 26.2% and is now trading at $170.79.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 16th 2022.
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Target Co. (NYSE:TGT) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 17th. The retailer reported $0.39 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.33. The retailer had revenue of $26.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $26.07 billion. Target had a net margin of 3.92% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 35.15%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 4.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $3.64 earnings per share.
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Target declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 9th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 17th will be given a dividend of $1.08 per share on Saturday, September 10th. This represents a $4.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 16th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.90.
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Target (NYSE:TGT) pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.64%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 52 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 49.09%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, TGT will have a dividend payout ratio of 35.79% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Target declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, August 18th 2021, which authorizes the company to repurchase $15,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 12.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

10,048 employees have rated Target Chief Executive Officer Brian Cornell on Glassdoor.com. Brian Cornell has an approval rating of 78% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Target investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Walmart (WMT), AT&T (T), Walt Disney (DIS), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Home Depot (HD), Verizon Communications (VZ), Intel (INTC), Alibaba Group (BABA) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

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 State Street Corp (7.19%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.46%), Northern Trust Corp (1.27%), FMR LLC (0.95%), Franklin Resources Inc. (0.95%) and Legal & General Group Plc (0.88%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian C Cornell, Brian C Cornell, Cara A Sylvester, Christina Hennington, Don H Liu, Don H Liu, Jill Sando, John J Mulligan, Katie M Boylan, Mark Schindele, Matthew A Liegel, Michael Edward Mcnamara, Michael J Fiddelke, Robert M Harrison, Robert M Harrison, Roxanne S Austin, Stephanie A Lundquist and Stephen A Vintz.
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Shares of TGT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of TGT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $170.79.

Target (NYSE:TGT) has a market capitalization of $78.61 billion and generates $106.01 billion in revenue each year. The retailer earns $6.95 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.80 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 450,000 workers across the globe.

Target was founded in 1902.

Target's mailing address is 1000 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS MN, 55403. The official website for the company is www.target.com. The retailer can be reached via phone at (612) 304-6073, via email at investorrelations@target.com, or via fax at 612-761-5555.