Target Corporation (TGT)
Consumer Staples · General merchandise retail
A general merchandise retailer offering design-led, discounted apparel, home goods, and essentials across over 1,900 stores and digital channels, with stores fulfilling 97% of sales.
What Target Corporation does
Target operates a network of general merchandise stores and digital channels offering fashionable, differentiated merchandise and everyday essentials at discounted prices. The company generates revenue primarily through merchandise sales across six core categories (apparel, household essentials, food and beverage, home furnishings, hardlines, and other merchandise), complemented by advertising revenue and credit card profit-sharing income. Approximately 30% of merchandise sales come from owned and exclusive brands such as Cat & Jack, Good & Gather, and Threshold. Stores serve as fulfillment hubs, with stores fulfilling more than 97% of total merchandise sales.
Themes: ["Omnichannel retail","Store-as-fulfillment-hub","Owned brands strategy","Design-led merchandising","Value-oriented retail","Advertising revenue growth"]
Fundamentals
- Price$132.27 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$61.1B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+29.1% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E17.72 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+3.2% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+28.1% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+21.7% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.94 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+0.5% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-1.3% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.98 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +3.5%; 5-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Revenue decline pressure: net sales decreased from $107.4B (2023) to $104.8B (2025), reflecting 2.4% decline over two years despite 0.47% YoY growth","Operating margin compression: operating income declined from $1,472M to $1,135M quarter-over-quarter (Q1 2026 vs Q1 2025), with operating margin pressure from SG&A expense growth","Ulta Beauty shop-in-shop termination: loss of exclusive partnership revenue stream when operating agreement expires August 2026"]
Competitors & peers
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.