TGT Shares — On the Rise Despite Wells Fargo Pessimism

By Chris Stiles • Wednesday, January 04 15:01 • Permanent Link

Target rose 1.1% during the afternoon session to $153.34 per share. As reported by Barrons: "Target Stock Isn't an 'Attractive Investment' for 2023, Wells Fargo Says ..." You can read more about it here. For those of you thinking about investing in the stock, here is a brief look at the company's fundamentals.

Target Corporation operates as a general merchandise retailer in the United States. The company belongs to the Consumer Defensive sector, which has an average price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 24.21 and an average price to book (P/B) ratio of 4.09. In contrast, Target has a trailing 12 month P/E ratio of 20.9 and a P/B ratio of 6.4.

Target has moved -33.7% over the last year compared to -18.6% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of -15.1%. Target has a 52 week high of $254.87 and a 52 week low of $137.16. At today's price of $153.34 per share, Target is -12.49% away from its target price of $175.23, and on average, analysts give the stock a rating of buy. 2.5% of the company's shares are linked to short positions, and 81.9% of the shares are owned by institutional investors.

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