Target Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation
| TGT Stock | USD 104.70 0.20 0.19% |
Considering the 90-day investment horizon and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Target is 'Strong Hold'. A buy or sell recommendation is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell Target given historical horizon and risk tolerance. When we issue a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for Target, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.
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Time Horizon
Risk Tolerance
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Strong Hold
Market Performance | Very Weak | Details | |
Volatility | Very steady | Details | |
Hype Condition | Under hyped | Details | |
Current Valuation | Undervalued | Details | |
Odds Of Distress | Low | Details | |
Economic Sensitivity | Follows the market closely | Details | |
Investor Sentiment | Alarmed | Details | |
Analyst Consensus | Buy | Details | |
Financial Strenth (F Score) | Healthy | Details | |
Financial Leverage | Not Rated | Details | |
Reporting Quality (M-Score) | Unlikely Manipulator | Details |
Target Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions
| Target generated a negative expected return over the last 90 days | |
| Target has 5.22 B in debt with debt to equity (D/E) ratio of 1.77, which is OK given its current industry classification. Target has a current ratio of 0.84, suggesting that it has not enough short term capital to pay financial commitments when the payables are due. Note however, debt could still be an excellent tool for Target to invest in growth at high rates of return. | |
| Over 84.0% of Target shares are owned by institutional investors | |
| Latest headline from cnbc.com: Disposition of 350 shares by Matthew Liegel of Target at 106.02 subject to Rule 16b-3 |
Target current analysts advice
We track the performance of the top 100 financial experts across various large and mid-size financial boutiques. Target analyst recommendations are determined by taking all analyst recommendations and averaging them as Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, Strong Sell or Sell. There is no one specific way to measure analysis performance other than comparing it to the past results via a very sophisticated attribution analysis. Target analyst consensus and target price projections should be used in combination with other traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, earnings estimate, and various momentum models.
Average Consensus Buy
The consensus estimates and target price estimation comprises individual analyst assessments, and may or may not mutch the Macroaxis buy or sell advice. It is determined by taking an average of all analyst recommendations and classifying them as Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, or Sell.
Target Returns Distribution Density
The distribution of Target's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Target's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Target daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Target price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Target returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Target.
| Mean Return | -0.33 | Value At Risk | -2.92 | Potential Upside | 2.58 | Standard Deviation | 1.64 |
Return Density |
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Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Target historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.
Target Stock Institutional Investors
The Target's institutional investors refer to entities that pool money to purchase Target's securities or originate loans. These institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds.
| Shares | Norges Bank | 2024-12-31 | 5.6 M | Northern Trust Corp | 2024-12-31 | 5.4 M | Ubs Group Ag | 2024-12-31 | 5.1 M | Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc. | 2024-12-31 | 4.8 M | Ameriprise Financial Inc | 2024-12-31 | 4 M | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 2024-12-31 | 3.9 M | Bank Of New York Mellon Corp | 2024-12-31 | 3.8 M | Ubs Asset Mgmt Americas Inc | 2024-12-31 | 3.8 M | Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 2024-12-31 | 3.1 M | Vanguard Group Inc | 2024-12-31 | 45 M | State Street Corp | 2024-12-31 | 35.4 M |
Target Cash Flow Accounts
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 (projected) | ||
| Change To Inventory | (1.7B) | (3.2B) | 403M | 1.6B | (854M) | (811.3M) | |
| Change In Cash | 5.9B | (2.6B) | (3.7B) | 1.6B | 957M | 1.0B | |
| Free Cash Flow | 7.9B | 5.1B | (1.5B) | 3.8B | 7.4B | 7.7B | |
| Depreciation | 2.5B | 2.6B | 2.7B | 2.8B | 3.0B | 1.7B | |
| Other Non Cash Items | 598M | (268M) | 172M | 94M | 26M | 24.7M | |
| Dividends Paid | 1.3B | 1.5B | 1.8B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 2.1B | |
| Capital Expenditures | 2.6B | 3.5B | 5.5B | 4.8B | 2.9B | 2.8B | |
| Net Income | 4.4B | 6.9B | 2.8B | 4.1B | 4.1B | 2.4B | |
| End Period Cash Flow | 8.5B | 5.9B | 2.2B | 3.8B | 4.8B | 5.0B | |
| Net Borrowings | (330M) | 65M | 825M | 2.5B | 2.8B | 3.0B | |
| Change To Netincome | 382M | 614M | 482M | 974M | 1.1B | 1.2B | |
| Investments | 16M | 7M | (5.5B) | (4.8B) | (2.9B) | (2.7B) |
Target Greeks
Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Target or Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Target's price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Target stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α | Alpha over Dow Jones | -0.26 | |
β | Beta against Dow Jones | 0.70 | |
σ | Overall volatility | 1.67 | |
Ir | Information ratio | -0.14 |
Target Volatility Alert
Target exhibits very low volatility with skewness of -0.05 and kurtosis of 0.1. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Target's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Target's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.Target Fundamentals Vs Peers
Comparing Target's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Target's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Target and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Target or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Target's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Target by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
| Better Than Average | Worse Than Average | Compare Target to competition |
| Fundamentals | Target | Peer Average |
| Return On Equity | 0.29 | -0.31 |
| Return On Asset | 0.0634 | -0.14 |
| Profit Margin | 0.04 % | (1.27) % |
| Operating Margin | 0.05 % | (5.51) % |
| Current Valuation | 62.72 B | 16.62 B |
| Shares Outstanding | 455.58 M | 571.82 M |
| Shares Owned By Insiders | 0.23 % | 10.09 % |
| Shares Owned By Institutions | 83.64 % | 39.21 % |
| Number Of Shares Shorted | 11.52 M | 4.71 M |
| Price To Earning | 22.82 X | 28.72 X |
| Price To Book | 3.25 X | 9.51 X |
| Price To Sales | 0.45 X | 11.42 X |
| Revenue | 106.57 B | 9.43 B |
| Gross Profit | 30.06 B | 27.38 B |
| EBITDA | 5.57 B | 3.9 B |
| Net Income | 4.09 B | 570.98 M |
| Cash And Equivalents | 2.23 B | 2.7 B |
| Cash Per Share | 2.19 X | 5.01 X |
| Total Debt | 5.22 B | 5.32 B |
| Debt To Equity | 1.77 % | 48.70 % |
| Current Ratio | 0.86 X | 2.16 X |
| Book Value Per Share | 32.19 X | 1.93 K |
| Cash Flow From Operations | 7.37 B | 971.22 M |
| Short Ratio | 2.09 X | 4.00 X |
| Earnings Per Share | 8.86 X | 3.12 X |
| Price To Earnings To Growth | 1.44 X | 4.89 X |
| Target Price | 136.36 | |
| Number Of Employees | 440 K | 18.84 K |
| Beta | 1.18 | -0.15 |
| Market Capitalization | 47.7 B | 19.03 B |
| Total Asset | 57.77 B | 29.47 B |
| Retained Earnings | 8.09 B | 9.33 B |
| Working Capital | (1.34 B) | 1.48 B |
Note: Discretionary transaction by Richard Gomez of tradable shares of Target subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]
Target Market Momentum
Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as Target . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.
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