{"id":1390,"date":"2025-02-07T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/02\/07\/target-stock-is-wall-street-bullish-or-bearish\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T11:31:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T16:31:00","slug":"target-stock-is-wall-street-bullish-or-bearish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/02\/07\/target-stock-is-wall-street-bullish-or-bearish\/","title":{"rendered":"Target Stock: Is Wall Street Bullish or Bearish?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"layout__region nsdq-l-grid__item syndicated-article-body\">\n<section class=\"jupiter22-c-article-body\">\n<div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"body__content\">\n<p>Minneapolis-based Target Corporation (TGT) operates as a general merchandise retailer, offering apparels, accessories, pet supplies, food and beverage products, appliances, home decor, and more. Valued at nearly $62 billion by market cap, Target operates as one of the largest discount retailers in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The retail chain has significantly underperformed the broader market over the past year. TGT stock has plunged 6.8% over the past 52-week period and dropped 37 basis points on a YTD basis, compared to the S&#038;P 500 Index\u2019s ($SPX) 22.8% surge over the past year and 3.4% gains in 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ads__inline\">\n<div id=\"js-dfp-tag-0mA\"  class=\"btf-bodymidpagetwothirdswidth-1\">          <script type=\"text\/javascript\">         googletag.cmd.push(function() {             \/\/ Check if ID matches ID in the window.adsList array before calling googletag.display             function isAdInAdsList(id) {             for (var i = 0; i < window.adsList.length; i++) {                 if (window.adsList[i].id === id) {                     return true;                 }             }             return false;         }         if (isAdInAdsList('js-dfp-tag-0mA')) {             googletag.display('js-dfp-tag-0mA');         }         });     <\/script> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Zooming in further, Target has also underperformed the industry-focused VanEck Retail ETF\u2019s (RTH) 23% surge over the past year and 7.9% returns in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">  <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:940\/619;\" src=\"https:\/\/barchart-news-media-prod.aws.barchart.com\/SANDP\/299e87e4a632e721f32e4ae09568bc86\/mbubvxomv6ahsgch.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"619\"><figcaption>   www.barchart.com  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Target\u2019s stock price plummeted nearly 22% after the release of its disappointing Q3 results on Nov. 20. Due to a notable drop in consumer spending on discretionary products, Target\u2019s total revenues for the quarter increased by a modest 1.1% compared to the year-ago quarter to $25.7 billion which missed the Street\u2019s expectations by 94 basis points. Meanwhile, the company has observed a notable surge in SG&A and other expenses which has led to an 11.3% year-over-year drop in operating income to approximately $1.2 billion. Furthermore, its EPS of $1.85 missed the analysts\u2019 estimates by a staggering 19.2%.<\/p>\n<p>Observing the lackluster year-to-date performance and macro environment, Target reduced its full-year EPS guidance from the previously announced range of $9.00 - $9.70 to $8.30 - $8.90, which shattered investor confidence.<\/p>\n<p>Target is set to announce its fiscal 2025 (ended in January) results in the upcoming month, analysts expect its earnings to drop 2.8% year-over-year to $8.69 per share. The company has a mixed earnings surprise history. While it has surpassed the Street\u2019s bottom-line estimates twice over the past four quarters, it missed the expectations on two other occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Among the 33 analysts covering the stock, the consensus rating is a \u201cModerate Buy.\u201d That\u2019s based on 14 \u201cStrong Buy,\u201d three \u201cModerate Buy,\u201d 15 \u201cHold,\u201d and one \u201cStrong Sell\u201d rating.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ads__inline\">\n<div id=\"js-dfp-tag-Pts\"  class=\"btf-bodymidpagetwothirdswidth-2\">          <script type=\"text\/javascript\">         googletag.cmd.push(function() {             \/\/ Check if ID matches ID in the window.adsList array before calling googletag.display             function isAdInAdsList(id) {             for (var i = 0; i < window.adsList.length; i++) {                 if (window.adsList[i].id === id) {                     return true;                 }             }             return false;         }         if (isAdInAdsList('js-dfp-tag-Pts')) {             googletag.display('js-dfp-tag-Pts');         }         });     <\/script> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">  <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:940\/844;\" src=\"https:\/\/barchart-news-media-prod.aws.barchart.com\/SANDP\/299e87e4a632e721f32e4ae09568bc86\/yocv35knkms5tcpn.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"844\"><figcaption>   www.barchart.com  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This configuration is slightly less bullish than three months ago when 17 analysts gave \u201cStrong Buy\u201d recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>On Jan. 28, Bernstein analyst Zhihan Ma maintained a \u201cMarket Perform\u201d rating on TGT, while setting a price target of $142.<\/p>\n<div class=\"taboola-placeholder\">\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                 <script type=\"text\/javascript\">                     !function (e, f, u) {                     e.async = 1;                     e.src = u; f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);                     }(document.createElement('script'), document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0], '\/\/cdn.taboola.com\/libtrc\/nasdaq-nasdaq\/loader.js');                     window._taboola = window._taboola || [];                     _taboola.push({                       mode: 'thumbnails-a-mid',                       container: 'taboola-mid-article-thumbnails',                       placement: 'Mid Article Thumbnails',                       target_type: 'mix'                     });                     _taboola.push({article:'auto', url:''});                 <\/script><\/p>\n<p>TGT\u2019s mean price target of $148.33 represents a 10.1% premium to current price levels, while its Street-high target of $210 indicates a staggering 55.9% upside potential.<\/p>\n<p><i> On the date of publication, Aditya Sarawgi did not have (either directly or indirectly) positions in any of the securities mentioned in this article. 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