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What should you know before buying stock in Target Corp (TGT)

Target Corp (NYSE: TGT) is -26.70% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $87.35 and a high of $167.40 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The TGT stock was last observed hovering at around $101.08 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.99%.

Currently trading at $99.09, the stock is 3.89% and -1.55% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 7.69 million and changing -1.97% at the moment leaves the stock -24.89% off its SMA200. TGT registered -39.70% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -34.34%.

The stock witnessed a 6.80% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -25.19%, and is 5.81% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.57% over the week and 2.97% over the month.

Target Corp (TGT) has around 440000 employees, a market worth around $45.02B and $106.57B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 11.19 and Fwd P/E is 10.81. Profit margin for the company is 3.84%. Distance from 52-week low is 13.44% and -40.81% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (12.57%).

The EPS is expected to shrink by -3.19% this year.

Target Corp (TGT) Top Institutional Holders

The shares outstanding are 455.57M, and float is at 453.08M with Short Float at 3.72%.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 44.52 million shares valued at $6.59 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.6255% of the TGT Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is STATE STREET CORP with 32.75 million shares valued at $4.85 billion to account for 7.0814 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 32.41 million shares representing 7.0073% and valued at over $4.8 billion, while CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS holds 4.4499 of the shares totaling 20.58 million with a market value of $3.05 billion.

Target Corp (TGT) Insider Activity

The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Cornell Brian C, the company’s Executive Officer. SEC filings show that Cornell Brian C sold 45,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 11 ’25 at a price of $113.37 per share for a total of $5.1 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.26 million shares.

Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 07 ’25, LIEGEL MATTHEW A (Chief Accounting Officer) disposed off 287 shares at an average price of $113.52 for $32580.0. The insider now directly holds 7,173 shares of Target Corp (TGT).

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