Financial Health Check: Examining Target Corp (TGT)’s Key Ratios

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Target Corp (NYSE: TGT) closed the day trading at $107.28 down -4.86% from the previous closing price of $112.76. In other words, the price has decreased by -$4.86 from its previous closing price. On the day, 9.98 million shares were traded. TGT stock price reached its highest trading level at $113.48 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $107.0301.

Ratios:

For a better understanding of TGT, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 10.32 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 10.98. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.32 and its Current Ratio is at 0.94. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.33 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.22.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Telsey Advisory Group on March 05, 2025, Reiterated its Outperform rating but revised its target price to $145 from $150 previously.

Daiwa Securities Downgraded its Outperform to Neutral on November 26, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $170 to $130.

Insider Transactions:

The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 11 ’25 when Cornell Brian C sold 45,000 shares for $113.37 per share. The transaction valued at 5,101,488 led to the insider holds 258,843 shares of the business.

Cornell Brian C bought 45,000 shares of TGT for $7,700,000 on Mar 11 ’25. On Mar 07 ’25, another insider, LIEGEL MATTHEW A, who serves as the Chief Accounting Officer of the company, sold 287 shares for $113.52 each. As a result, the insider received 32,580 and left with 7,173 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, TGT now has a Market Capitalization of 48873226240 and an Enterprise Value of 66482733056. As of this moment, Target’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 12.10, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.85. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.57. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.46 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.33. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.624 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.778.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for TGT is 1.24, which has changed by -0.3470878 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.087141395 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, TGT has reached a high of $181.86, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $111.84. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -17.95%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -24.75%.

Shares Statistics:

Over the past 3-months, TGT traded about 5.75M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, TGT traded about 9302180 shares per day. A total of 458.21M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 457.09M. Insiders hold about 0.25% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 82.48% stake in the company. Shares short for TGT as of 1740700800 were 11520090 with a Short Ratio of 2.00, compared to 1738281600 on 10872982. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 11520090 and a Short% of Float of 2.53.

Dividends & Splits

TGT’s forward annual dividend rate is 4.46, up from 4.44 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.039375667The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.33. The current Payout Ratio is 50.34% for TGT, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-12 with an ex-dividend date of 1739318400. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2000-07-20 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.

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