This afternoon we watched Target drop -4.7% to a price of $93.47 per share. The Large-Cap Department Store company is now trading -19.66% below its average target price of $116.34. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $82.0 to $160.0 per share for Target, and have given the stock an average rating of buy.
The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 3.7%, and a short ratio of 1.87. The company's insiders own 0.25% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that a significant number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 85.7% of Target's shares being owned by this investor type.
Institutions Invested in Target
| Date Reported | Holder | Percentage | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-31 | Vanguard Group Inc | 10% | 44,836,356 | $4,191,078,308 |
| 2025-03-31 | State Street Corporation | 8% | 35,207,075 | $3,290,981,281 |
| 2025-03-31 | Blackrock Inc. | 8% | 35,043,629 | $3,275,703,167 |
| 2025-03-31 | Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. | 4% | 15,970,414 | $1,492,834,424 |
| 2025-03-31 | FMR, LLC | 3% | 12,643,713 | $1,181,871,053 |
| 2025-03-31 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2% | 10,183,735 | $951,924,613 |
| 2025-03-31 | Wells Fargo & Company | 2% | 8,586,875 | $802,658,127 |
| 2025-03-31 | Franklin Resources, Inc. | 2% | 8,333,418 | $778,966,234 |
| 2025-03-31 | Bank of America Corporation | 2% | 7,541,143 | $704,908,330 |
| 2025-03-31 | Morgan Stanley | 2% | 7,315,430 | $683,809,808 |
Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Target.
