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Sellside Meeting Takeaways: Target's Eye Is on the Bullseye
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Sellside Meeting Takeaways: Target's Eye Is on the Bullseye
June 11, 2026 | 14:40 ET~
Target
TGT-NYSE Rating Price: Jun-10 Target Total Rtn Food Retail
Market Perform $127.98 $130.00 5%
Kelly Bania Analyst
kelly.bania@bmo.com (917) 574-4796
Benjamin Wood VP Associate
Sellside Meeting Takeaways: Target's Eye Is on the benjamin.wood@bmo.com (646) 874-3725
Legal Entity: BMO Capital Markets Corp.Bullseye
2YR Price Volume Chart
Bottom Line: 180
Target management, including CEO Michael Fiddelke and CFO Jim Lee, hosted a Q&A 160
session with sell-side analysts this morning. We provide several takeaways on key 140
points made at the meeting along with our viewpoint. We continue to rate TGT shares 120 7060
Market Perform with a $130 target price. 100 5040
80 20
Key Points 60 Dec Jun Dec Jun 0
LHS: Price ($) / RHS: Volume (mm) Source: FactSet
While it remains unclear the extent to which macro tailwinds (i.e., tax refunds and
Company Data in $
easier comparisons) contributed to the recent stronger comp trends/traffic gains,
Dividend $4.56 Shares O/S (mm) 454.2Target’s message remains clear: in categories where it is making changes, the company
is pleased with the response after analyzing pre- and post- sales trends. Management Yield 3.6% Market Cap (mm) $58,127
is also bullish on the future tailwinds from having a clear and focused strategy: leading Net Debt (mm) $10,814 Wkly $Vol (000s) 4,981,058
with merchandising and design authority, differentiation, and delivering on a good BMO Estimates in $
guest experience with a clear focus on the needs of busy families. (FY-Jan.) 2026A 2027E 2028E
Management reiterated that the company is making more changes this year than any Adj. EPS $7.57 $8.36 $8.75
year during the last decade. We do acknowledge that there could be some low-hanging
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