profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Target
$160.90-1.11% today
+75.1% in 1 year
1-year low $83.681-year high $169.89
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay $19.73 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Target sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $109 billion in 2023 to $105 billion in 2026, with $3.71 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Target handed back 87% of the cash it generated last year.
$2.1B
Free cash flow 2026$2.8B
Bought back its own shares$408M
Paid as dividends$2.1B
Cash vs. debt$5.5B vs. $20.3B
Target vs. similar companies
Target grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Target | 19.7× · Fair price | ||
 Walmart | 45.7× · Expensive | ||
 Costco | 52.5× · Expensive | ||
 Wal-Mart de México, S.A.B. de C.V. | 18.7× · Fair price | ||
 Dollarama | 45.2× · Expensive |
Compare Target with Colgate-Palmolive · Costco · Coca-Cola · Mondelez International · Monster Beverage · Altria Group · PepsiCo · Procter & Gamble
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Target's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93,561 | 106,005 | 109,120 | 107,412 | 106,566 | 104,780 | |
| 27,384 | 31,042 | 26,814 | 29,584 | 30,064 | 29,269 | |
| 6,539 | 8,946 | 3,848 | 5,707 | 5,566 | 5,117 | |
| 9,008 | 11,970 | 6,596 | 8,600 | 8,653 | 8,346 | |
| 4,368 | 6,946 | 2,780 | 4,138 | 4,091 | 3,705 | |
| 8.64 | 14.10 | 5.98 | 8.94 | 8.86 | 8.13 | |
| 29.3% | 29.3% | 24.6% | 27.5% | 28.2% | 27.9% | |
| 7.0% | 8.4% | 3.5% | 5.3% | 5.2% | 4.9% | |
| 4.7% | 6.6% | 2.5% | 3.9% | 3.8% | 3.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 51,248 | 53,811 | 53,335 | 55,356 | 57,769 | 59,490 |
| Cash | 8,511 | 5,911 | 2,229 | 3,805 | 4,762 | 5,488 |
| Total debt | 14,926 | 16,390 | 19,073 | 19,646 | 19,875 | 20,290 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 42,103 | 41,924 | 43,103 | 43,325 |
| 14,440 | 12,827 | 11,232 | 13,432 | 14,666 | 16,165 | |
| 505 | 493 | 465 | 463 | 462 | 456 | |
| 17.5% | 25.2% | 10.2% | 13.8% | 13.0% | 11.3% | |
| 30.2% | 54.2% | 24.8% | 30.8% | 27.9% | 22.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10,525 | 8,625 | 4,018 | 8,621 | 7,367 | 6,562 | |
| 2,649 | 3,544 | 5,528 | 4,806 | 2,891 | 3,727 | |
| 7,876 | 5,081 | -1,510 | 3,815 | 4,476 | 2,835 | |
| Dividends paid | 1,343 | 1,548 | 1,836 | 2,011 | 2,046 | 2,053 |
| 745 | 7,188 | 2,646 | 0 | 1,007 | 408 | |
| 200 | 228 | 220 | 251 | 304 | 281 |
Valuation
- 19.7×
- 20.1×
- –
- 4.3×
- 0.7×
- 25.8×
- 10.5×
- 3.9%
- 5.1%
- 3.7%
Profitability
- 27.9%
- 4.9%
- 3.5%
- 8.0%
- 11.6%
- 12.4%
- 23.9%
- 6.2%
- 13.4%
- –
Growth
- +2.3%
- −1.2%
- −36.7%
- +11.0%
- −0.7%
Financial health
- 1.8×
- 1.26
- 34.1%
- 11.7×
- 0.94
- 0.36
- 1.76
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 38%of 670
Bottom 23%of 674
Bottom 45%of 624
Bottom 30%of 673
Bottom 41%of 668
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $115.31
- Range
- $81.00 – $145.00
- 13 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2026 | 2.44 | 2.16 | +13.0% |
| Nov 19, 2025 | 1.78 | 1.71 | +4.1% |
| Aug 20, 2025 | 2.05 | 2.04 | +0.5% |
| May 21, 2025 | 1.30 | 1.56 | −16.7% |
| Mar 4, 2025 | 2.41 | 2.27 | +6.2% |
| Nov 20, 2024 | 1.85 | 2.30 | −19.6% |
| Aug 21, 2024 | 2.57 | 2.18 | +17.9% |
| May 22, 2024 | 2.03 | 2.06 | −1.5% |
3.7%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$37a year at today's yield, before tax
+11.0%2020 to 2025
Raised1 yearin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$2.16 in 2015 → $4.52 in 2025
How safe it looks
55.4% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 72.4%
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
46No pass
Benjamin Graham
44No pass
Philip Fisher
36No pass
Peter Lynch
16No pass
Joel Greenblatt
34No pass
Charlie Munger
35No pass
Terry Smith
30No pass
Questions about Target
Is Target a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Target AI analysis
What does Target do?
Target Corporation operates as a general merchandise retailer in the United States. It is in Discount Stores, based in Minneapolis, MN, United States, with 415,000 employees.
Does Target pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.7% a year, about 55% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out $2.05 billion in dividends.
Is Target stock halal?
Yes. Target passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 28% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Target stock done over the past year?
Up 75.1% over the past twelve months, to $160.90. It traded between $83.68 and $169.89 and is 5.3% below its high.
Who are Target's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Walmart, Costco, Wal-Mart de México, S.A.B. de C.V. and Dollarama. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Target's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.