Target Corp
Target Corp operates as a broadline retailer generating revenue through merchandise sales and a growing digital advertising business called Roundel.
Business. Target Corp (TGT) is a broadline and specialty retailer operating within the Cyclical Consumer Goods & Services sector. The company generates revenue through product sales and is headquartered in the United States. It is primarily listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol TGT. Specific operating segments and geographic breakdowns are not provided in the available data.
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- Company
- EarningsQ2 2026 earnings (expected)2026-08-19 · estimated
- Macro
- Rate decisionReserve Bank of Australia rate decision (press conf.)2026-08-12 · AU
- Rate decisionNorges Bank rate decision (press conf.)2026-08-20 · NO
- Rate decisionSveriges Riksbank rate decision (press conf.)2026-09-03 · SE
- Rate decisionBank of Canada rate decision (press conf.)2026-09-09 · CA
- Rate decisionEuropean Central Bank rate decision (press conf.)2026-09-10 · EU
- Rate decisionFederal Reserve rate decision (press conf.)2026-09-16 · US
- Macro & political
- ElectionSE Swedish Election2026-09-14 · SE
- ElectionUS U.S. Midterms2026-11-03 · US
- ElectionFR French Legislative2027-06-01 · FR
- Congressional trades
- CongressValerie Hoyle — Target Corporation Common Stock2025-09-23 · Democrat · OR · Sale · $1,001 - $15,000
- CongressDan Newhouse — Target Corporation Common Stock2025-08-18 · Republican · WA · Purchase · $1,001 - $15,000
- CongressJulie Johnson — Target Corporation Common Stock2025-04-01 · Democrat · TX · Sale · $1,001 - $15,000
- CongressValerie Hoyle — Target Corporation Common Stock2025-02-04 · Democrat · OR · Purchase · $1,001 - $15,000
- CongressJared Moskowitz — Target Corporation2023-09-27 · Democrat · FL · Sale · $1,001 - $15,000
- CongressJosh Gottheimer — Target Corporation2023-09-26 · Democrat · NJ · Sale · $1,001 - $15,000
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Target Corp (TGT) is a broadline and specialty retailer operating within the Cyclical Consumer Goods & Services sector. The company generates revenue through product sales and is headquartered in the United States. It is primarily listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol TGT. Specific operating segments and geographic breakdowns are not provided in the available data.
Target Corp maintains a capital structure defined by $14.3 billion in long-term debt against $16.4 billion in total equity, resulting in a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.87. The current ratio stands at 0.93, indicating that current liabilities of $19.4 billion exceed current assets of $18.1 billion. Liquidity is flagged as high risk due to this balance sheet composition and negative net cash after debt subtraction. Operating cash flow for Q1 2026 was $716 million, but free cash flow turned negative at -$319 million due to $1.035 billion in capital expenditures.
Profitability metrics show a return on equity of 22.6% and a return on assets of 6.4% for the latest period. The company trades at a P/E of 17.21 and an EV/EBITDA of 8.90, with an EV/Revenue multiple of 0.70. Net income for Q1 2026 was $781 million, down from $1.036 billion in the prior year period, reflecting margin pressure despite top-line growth.
- Q1 2026 revenue grew 6.7% YoY to $25.4B, driven by 5.6% comparable sales growth and new store contributions.
- Free cash flow turned negative at -$319M due to $1.035B in capex, despite $716M in operating cash flow.
- Current ratio of 0.93 signals liquidity pressure, with current liabilities exceeding current assets by $1.3B.
- Non-merchandise sales surged 24.6%, highlighting the growing contribution of the Roundel digital advertising business.
- Net income declined 25% YoY to $781M, indicating margin compression despite top-line growth.
- Analyst median price target of $131.00 suggests limited upside from the current $139.89 market price.
Bull / Bear case
Generated · model-assistedFree cash flow surged 57.9% year-over-year in FY2025, highlighting robust cash generation capabilities.
Cash conversion ratio of 1.77 exceeds the 1.47 cohort median, signaling high quality of earnings.
Analysts assign a hold rating with a mean price target of $125.65, implying 10.2% downside from current levels.
Revenue declined 0.4% annually over two years, signaling stagnation in top-line growth momentum.
High liquidity risk is flagged, compounded by a current ratio of 0.94 below the safe threshold.
Debt-to-equity ratio of 0.87 exceeds the 0.52 retailer median, indicating higher financial leverage than peers.
Net income contracted 0.6% annually over two years, reflecting persistent pressure on bottom-line profitability.
In focus — financials by report
Revenue $25.44B; Operating income $1.14B.
- ▍Revenue $25.44B
- ▍Operating income $1.14B
- ▍Net margin 3.1%
Revenue $74.33B; Operating income $3.74B.
- ▍Revenue $74.33B
- ▍Operating income $3.74B
- ▍Net margin 3.6%
Revenue $104.78B; Operating income $5.12B.
- ▍Revenue $104.78B
- ▍Operating income $5.12B
- ▍Net margin 3.5%
Revenue $106.57B; Operating income $5.57B.
- ▍Revenue $106.57B
- ▍Operating income $5.57B
- ▍Net margin 3.8%
Revenue $106.57B; Operating income $5.57B.
- ▍Revenue $106.57B
- ▍Operating income $5.57B
- ▍Net margin 3.8%
Revenue $107.41B; Operating income $5.71B.
- ▍Revenue $107.41B
- ▍Operating income $5.71B
- ▍Net margin 3.9%
Revenue $107.41B; Operating income $5.71B.
- ▍Revenue $107.41B
- ▍Operating income $5.71B
- ▍Net margin 3.9%
Valuation FY
Revenue by segment
Business relationships
Supply chain
Peer comparison
Market position
Stress test
Predictor forecast
| Metric | Our forecast | Guidance | Consensus |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPS | —no estimate | —no estimate | 8,38 |
| Revenue | —no estimate | —no estimate | 108,9B USD |
| Operating income | —no estimate | —no estimate | 5,3B USD |
Options
Short squeeze
Earnings-call key lines
Consensus distribution
sell-side coverageEstimate revisions
consensus EPS · 26-week trendSell-side observations
Themes
ESG
Risk factors
- Current liabilities exceed current assets.
- Net cash is negative after subtracting total debt.
- Source documents mention dilution or offering risk.
Benchmarks vs cohort
Corporate actions / M&A
FX exposure
Comparable transactions
Derivatives & instruments
Derivative transactions
- Chief Accounting Officer · Deferred Compensation Units → Common StockAcquired 2 112other · 2026-03-17
Actions
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- Market data
- Regulatory filings
- Issuer disclosures
- Public news
- Earnings transcripts
- Consensus estimates
- ESG data
- Reference data
- Return On Equitynet_income / total_equity
- Enterprise Valuemarket_cap - net_cash
- Ev To Revenueenterprise_value / revenue
- Net Cashcash_and_equivalents + short_term_investments - short_term_debt - long_term_debt
- Market Priceinput from market-data provider (delayed close or quote-shim mid)
- Capex To Revenuecapital_expenditure / revenue
- TARGET CORP company facts · 2026-07-26
- TARGET CORP 10-Q 2026-05-29 · 2026-07-26
- TARGET CORP 10-K 2026-03-11 · 2026-07-26
- TARGET CORP 10-Q 2025-11-26 · 2026-07-26
- TARGET CORP 10-Q 2025-08-29 · 2026-07-26
- 8-K (sec_8k_material) on TGT · 2026-07-26
- Target Corp Market data — analyst estimates · 2026-07-26
- Target Corp Market data — ESG · 2026-07-26
- Target Corp — company reference export (2026-07-05) · 2026-07-26
Ownership & reference
Top holders
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-319,71 %$2 650M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-318,17 %$125M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-317,59 %$3 564M
- Institutional (13F filer) · as of 2026-03-316,85 %$309M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,26 %$1 698M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,26 %$1 668M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,16 %$355M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,16 %$4 544M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,15 %$296M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,15 %$606M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,15 %$281M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-06-300,14 %$831M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,14 %$656M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,13 %$2 412M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,12 %$458M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,12 %$3 692M
- Investment Managers · as of 2024-06-300,11 %$4 798M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,11 %$151M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2025-12-310,10 %$13M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,10 %$489M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2022-09-300,10 %$66M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,10 %$132M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,09 %$375M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,09 %$135M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,09 %$152M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2025-12-310,08 %$1 642M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,08 %$629M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2025-12-310,08 %$5 690M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,08 %$564M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,08 %$4 595M
- Funds · as of 2026-03-310,08 %$521M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,08 %$1 278M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,08 %$591M
- Brokerage Firms · as of 2026-03-310,08 %$382M
- Brokerage Firms · as of 2025-12-310,07 %$377M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,07 %$276M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,07 %$143M
- Funds · as of 2025-12-310,07 %$463M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,07 %$395M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,07 %$364M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,06 %$466M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,06 %$1 002M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,06 %$482M
- Investment Managers · as of 2024-12-310,06 %$215M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,06 %$3 399M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,06 %$286M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,05 %$854M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2025-12-310,05 %$281M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,05 %$788M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,04 %$188M
- Brokerage Firms · as of 2026-03-310,04 %$139M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2025-12-310,04 %$165M
- Brokerage Firms · as of 2025-12-310,03 %$108M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,03 %$61M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-06-300,03 %$66M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,03 %$50M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,03 %$82M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,02 %$49M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,02 %$87M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,02 %$41M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,02 %$289M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,02 %$40M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,02 %$69M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,02 %$54M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2025-12-310,02 %$28M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2025-12-310,01 %$46M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,01 %$46M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,01 %$104M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,01 %$166M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-06-300,01 %$33M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,01 %$85M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,01 %$12M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,01 %$10M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$21M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$7M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,00 %$15M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2025-12-310,00 %$4M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,00 %$5M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-06-300,00 %$2M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,00 %$0M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,00 %$0M
Leadership
- Brian C. CornellExecutive Chairman of the Board
Insider activity
- Director · Common StockOther 1 007 · 2026-08-03
- Executive Officer · Common StockOther 15 282 · 2026-06-30
- Executive Officer · Common StockOther 4 127 · 2026-06-30
- Executive Officer · Common StockSold 7 000 @ $138,07$966K · 2026-06-29
- Executive Officer · Common StockSold 10 000 @ $125,89$1,3M · 2026-05-29
- Director, Executive Officer · Common StockSold 49 000 @ $129,84$6,4M · 2026-05-27
- Director, Executive Officer · Common StockSold 1 000 @ $130,55$131K · 2026-05-27
- Executive Officer · Common StockOther 1 166 @ $120,76$141K · 2026-04-07
- Executive Officer · Common StockOther 3 088 @ $120,76$373K · 2026-04-07
- Executive Officer · Common StockOther 11 250 · 2026-04-07
- Executive Officer · Common StockOther 5 131 @ $120,76$620K · 2026-04-07
- Executive Officer · Common StockOther 7 259 · 2026-04-07
- Chief Accounting Officer · Common StockOther 1 337 · 2026-04-07
- Chief Accounting Officer · Common StockOther 411 @ $120,76$50K · 2026-04-07
- Executive Officer · Common StockOther 2 443 · 2026-04-07
- Executive Officer · Common StockOther 751 @ $120,76$91K · 2026-04-07
- Director, Executive Officer · Common StockOther 50 777 · 2026-04-07
- Director, Executive Officer · Common StockOther 21 697 @ $120,76$2,6M · 2026-04-07
- Executive Officer · Common StockOther 5 809 · 2026-04-07
- Executive Officer · Common StockOther 1 983 @ $120,76$239K · 2026-04-07
- Executive Officer · Common StockOther 3 634 · 2026-04-07
- Director · Common StockOther 1 791 · 2026-04-01
- Chief Accounting Officer · Common StockSold 2 053 @ $117,19$241K · 2026-03-17
- Executive Officer · Common StockOther 199 @ $116,73$23K · 2026-03-13
- Chief Accounting Officer · Common StockOther 371 @ $116,73$43K · 2026-03-13
Short positioning
Geographic breakdown
Intel & risk
Evidence & claims
From filings & derived data- Shareholders' equity (YoY) (2026-01-31 vs 2025-02-01): 10.2%Derived (calculated)
- Long-term debt (YoY) (2026-01-31 vs 2025-02-01): 3.6%Derived (calculated)
- Net income (YoY) (2026-01-31 vs 2025-02-01): -9.4%Derived (calculated)
- Total assets (YoY) (2026-01-31 vs 2025-02-01): 3.0%Derived (calculated)
- Revenue (YoY) (2026-01-31 vs 2025-02-01): -1.7%Derived (calculated)
- Net margin (FY 2026-01-31): 3.5%Derived (calculated)
- Return on equity (FY 2026-01-31): 22.9%Derived (calculated)
- Return on assets (FY 2026-01-31): 6.2%Derived (calculated)
- Current ratio (FY 2026-01-31): 0.94xDerived (calculated)
- Capex (YoY) (2026-01-31 vs 2025-02-01): 28.9%Derived (calculated)
- Operating income (YoY) (2026-01-31 vs 2025-02-01): -8.1%Derived (calculated)
- Cost of revenue (YoY) (2026-01-31 vs 2025-02-01): -1.3%Derived (calculated)
- EPS (basic) (YoY) (2026-01-31 vs 2025-02-01): -8.2%Derived (calculated)
- EPS (diluted) (YoY) (2026-01-31 vs 2025-02-01): -8.2%Derived (calculated)
- Operating cash flow (YoY) (2026-01-31 vs 2025-02-01): -10.9%Derived (calculated)
- Total assets (annual): USD 59.49BSEC XBRL filing
- Current assets (annual): USD 20BSEC XBRL filing
- Current liabilities (annual): USD 21.23BSEC XBRL filing
- Capex (annual): USD 3.73BSEC XBRL filing
- Revenue (annual): USD 104.78BSEC XBRL filing
- EPS (diluted) (annual): USD-PER-SHARES 8SEC XBRL filing
- Cost of revenue (annual): USD 75.51BSEC XBRL filing
- Net income (annual): USD 3.71BSEC XBRL filing
- Shares outstanding (annual): 452.84MSEC XBRL filing