Mostly Markets
Subscribe
Stocks/Consumer Staples/Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail

TargetTGT

Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail · Minneapolis, Minnesota · In the S&P 500
$154.38+1.69%After hours: $154.27 (−0.07%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▲ 64.0% over 1 year
Target over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$100$125Nov2026MarMayJulSep$154.38$100NovMarJul$154.38
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$70.13B
Price to earnings16.0x
Forward P/E16.7x
Dividend yield3.01%
Year to date+57.9%
One year+64.0%
Next earningsNot scheduled
SectorConsumer Staples
52-week range (closes)
$83.68$169.89

Quality and valuation

How Target compares with other consumer staples stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Target and 4 consumer staples merchandise retail peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: weaker than mostValuation: in line with its sector

A weaker business than most consumer staples companies, priced about in line with them.

Target trades at 16.7 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 16.6x for the 35 consumer staples stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew slower than the sector median: +2.0% vs +4.9%
  • Keeps less of each sale (gross margin): 29.3% vs 40.5%
  • Less profitable (operating margin): 5.6% vs 13.6%
  • Turns less of its sales into cash: 4.1% vs 10.3%
TGT trades at 16.7x forward earnings, above the sector medianForward p/e, Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail peers
DG16.5xTGT16.7xDLTR19.5xWMT41.1xCOST44.4xSector median 16.6xDG16.5xTGT16.7xDLTR19.5xWMT41.1xCOST44.4xSector median 16.6x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets
At 16.0x earnings, TGT is pricier than its average since Aug 2024Price over the last 12 months of reported (GAAP) diluted EPS
P/EUsual range (±1 s.d.)
10x20xAverage 13.8x2025202616.0x10x20xAverage 13.8x2025202616.0x
Source: Nasdaq prices; SEC filings

Financials

From Target's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 1 Aug 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 5.3% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q2 ’26
$0bn$10bn$20bn$30bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$26.5bnQ2 ’26$0bn$20bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$26.5bnQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth slowed to +5.3% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
−2%0%2%5%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’255.3%Q2 ’260%5%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’255.3%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 9.6% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
0%2%5%8%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’259.6%Q2 ’260%5%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’259.6%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $4.5 billion over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $bn
$0bn$1bn$2bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$2.4bnQ2 ’26$0bn$1bn$2bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$2.4bnQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsTGTSector median
Revenue growth+2.0%+4.9%
Gross margin29.3%40.5%
Operating margin5.6%13.6%
Free cash flow margin4.1%10.3%
Price to earnings16.0x24.5x

Stories on Target

We haven't written about Target yet. Follow it, and its first story will show under My stocks on the front page.

Similar companies

Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail, by market value.

CompanyPriceTodayYTDValue
WMTWalmart$123.51+1.86%+10.9%$980B
COSTCostco$1,012.28+1.78%+17.4%$449B
DGDollar General$132.30+1.70%−0.4%$29.19B
DLTRDollar Tree$133.87+1.39%+8.8%$25.12B