Why Target Stock Just Jumped 12%
Target (NYSE: TGT) stock exploded 12% higher through 11:15 a.m. after the company beat Wall Street analyst forecasts for second-quarter sales and earnings Wednesday morning.
Heading into the quarter, analysts forecast Target would earn $2.18 per share on sales of $25.2 billion -- but Target beat those forecasts with a stick. Sales were $25.4 billion, while earnings came in at a strong $2.57 per share.
Target reported a 3% gain in Q2 sales year over year, including a 2% gain in same-store sales. What really made the difference was e-commerce sales. Those grew nearly 9% year over year, helping to provide that final 1% of total sales growth.
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Target Corp. Stock
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Currently there is a rather positive sentiment for Target Corp. with 25 Buy predictions and 5 Sell predictions.
With a target price of 98 € there is a slightly positive potential of 15.95% for Target Corp. compared to the current price of 84.52 €.
