Target (TGT)

Consumer Defensive · Discount Stores · S&P 500
$154.33 +0.88% on the day Market cap $72.8B 52-week range $83.44 to $170.75 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
8% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $72.8B, Target's free cash flow of $2.8B (fiscal 2026) would need to grow about 8% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is faster than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Target's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price8.3% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years-3.5% a year
Revenue, same period4.5% a year
Price to free cash flow25.7x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from TGT's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation6
Profitability5
Growth6
Financial health1
Cash efficiency4

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)21.2x
P/E (forward)20.0x
Price / free cash flow25.7x
EV / EBITDA9.51x
Price / sales0.68x
Price / book4.44x
Revenue growth+5.3%
Operating margin5.6%
Net margin4.1%
Return on equity24.6%
Dividend yield2.9%
Debt / equity2.43x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Target's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20222023202420252026
Revenue$106.0B$109.1B$107.4B$106.6B$104.8B
Net income$6.9B$2.8B$4.1B$4.1B$3.7B
Free cash flow$5.1B-$1.5B$3.8B$4.5B$2.8B
EPS (diluted)$14.10$5.98$8.94$8.86$8.13
Operating margin8.4%3.5%5.3%5.2%4.9%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by products, fiscal 2026.

Food & beverage$24.1B23%
Household essentials$18.0B17%
Hardlines$15.8B15%
Apparel And Accessories$15.7B15%
Home Furnishings and Decor$15.6B15%
Beauty$13.2B13%

Superinvestors who own TGT

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 8 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $427M0.15%Q2 2026
Bill Smead
Smead Capital Management
Trimmed $184M4.0%Q2 2026
Charles Brandes
Brandes Investment Partners, LP
Trimmed $75M0.52%Q2 2026
Richard Pzena
Pzena Investment Management
Added $49M0.14%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $24M0.06%Q2 2026
Dodge & Cox
Dodge & Cox
Trimmed $12M0.01%Q2 2026
Mark Boyar
Boyar Asset Management
Trimmed $949,8420.54%Q2 2026
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Trimmed $370,9220.0%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Target's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Nov 3, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$91.47—
Nov 3, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$91.47—
Nov 3, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$91.47—
Oct 7, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$89.36—
Oct 7, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$89.36—
Oct 7, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$89.36—

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In the full deep dive

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Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Target's stock price imply?

At a market value of $72.8B, Target would need its free cash flow to grow about 8% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew -3% a year.

Are Target insiders buying the stock?

6 open-market insider purchases of TGT in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Target?

8 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold TGT in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Bill Smead, Charles Brandes.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.