NYSE$TGT

Target Corp · Q2 2026 earnings

Q2 2026 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

TGT Q2 2026 — $25.20B revenue, 2.06 EPS

While these statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for fair presentation of the results of the interim period, they do not include all of. Target Corp reported Q2 2026 results. Diluted EPS came in at $2.06. Net income of $2K. Headline numbers extracted from the Form 10-Q press release; narrative is light because this row was processed without an LLM call.

  • Revenue: $25.20B.
  • Diluted EPS: $2.06.
  • Adjusted EPS: $2.05.
  • Net income: $2K.
  • Operating income: $1K.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$25.2B

No prior period
EPS (adj)

$2.05

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-$1.86B

No prior period
Free Cash Flow

-$929M

No prior period
Net Income

$935M

No prior period
Operating Income

$1.32B

No prior period
Gross Profit

$7.31B

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Target · Revenue · Quarterly

$25.2B

Q2 2026
Beat estimate in 7 of 13 quarters(54%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Target · $25.4B total across 9 segments · Q1 2027

  • Food & beverage
    $6.26B
  • Household essentials
    $4.57B
  • Apparel & accessories
    $3.85B
  • Hardlines (Fun 101)
    $3.52B
  • Beauty
    $3.4B
  • Home furnishings & décor
    $3.24B
  • Advertising revenue
    $246M
  • Other
    $173M
  • Credit card profit sharing
    $130M

Forward guidance

Target maintained its full-year 2025 guidance with EPS expected between $8.00 and $10.00, and adjusted EPS projected between $7.00 and $9.00.

Tailwinds

  • Guidance for GAAP EPS reaffirmed at $8.00–$10.00.
  • Adjusted EPS forecast maintained at ~$7.00–$9.00.
  • Digital channel continues to grow with 4.3% increase.
  • Non-merchandise revenue growth at 14.2%.
  • Improved trends in store traffic vs. Q1.

Headwinds

  • Comparable store sales fell 3.2%.
  • Operating income dropped nearly 20%.
  • Gross margin declined to 29.0%.
  • SG&A expense rate slightly increased to 21.3%.
  • After-tax ROIC fell to 14.3% from 16.6% YoY.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 19 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q2 2026

Historical avgQ2 2026

-0.3%

Avg return

Earnings day

-0.7%

Avg return

5 days after

-1.2%

Avg return

30 days after

41%

28 / 69 earnings

Positive

+24.3%

Q2 2019

Best reaction

-28.7%

Q1 2022

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2027-4.6%
Q4 2026+4.3%+6.7%+6.4%
Q3 2026-2.3%-4.5%+10.7%
Q2 2026-7.9%-7.8%-16.4%
Q1 2025-5.3%-3.9%-2.6%
Q4 2024-3.0%-4.7%-21.9%
Q3 2024-22.1%-16.3%-15.7%
Q2 2024+8.7%+10.1%+7.2%
Q1 2024-7.3%-6.8%-6.2%
Q4 2023+15.3%+12.8%+14.4%
Q3 2023+17.3%+0.4%+7.2%
Q2 2023+4.0%+2.2%-1.6%
Q1 2023-1.7%-3.2%-14.7%
Q4 2022-2.6%-0.5%-3.9%
Q3 2022-9.5%-11.7%-18.2%
Q2 2022-4.0%-10.1%-8.9%
Q1 2022-28.7%-28.5%-35.3%
Q4 2021+12.6%+12.2%+6.2%
Q3 2021-5.4%-8.2%-16.2%
Q2 2021-3.6%-0.8%-3.1%
Q1 2021+7.4%+9.2%+11.7%
Q4 2020-6.7%-7.2%+7.9%
Q3 2020+5.1%+8.9%+4.5%
Q2 2020+11.2%+11.9%+8.7%
Q1 2020-3.6%-4.6%-2.1%
Q4 2019-1.1%-2.9%-13.5%
Q3 2019+15.2%+12.9%+16.5%
Q2 2019+24.3%+22.5%+24.7%
Q1 2019+10.3%+13.4%+21.7%
Q4 2018+5.8%+4.3%+12.0%
Q3 2018-11.0%-13.4%-20.7%
Q2 2018+4.1%+4.0%+4.9%
Q1 2018-6.0%-5.6%+0.8%
Q4 2017-4.9%-6.2%-3.6%
Q3 2017-8.3%-3.7%+4.2%
Q2 2017+3.3%+4.1%+10.3%
Q1 2017+2.4%+1.7%-3.5%
Q4 2016-13.6%-14.3%-17.4%
Q3 2016+6.6%+7.1%+7.4%
Q2 2016-6.9%-6.7%-8.3%
Q1 2016-8.9%
Q4 2015+6.3%
Q3 2015-3.2%
Q2 2015+0.4%
Q1 2015+1.9%
Q4 2014-0.1%
Q3 2014+5.5%
Q2 2014+3.1%
Q1 2014-1.9%
Q4 2013+7.3%
Q3 2013-4.2%
Q2 2013-5.5%
Q1 2013-3.6%
Q4 2012-1.7%
Q3 2012+1.8%
Q2 2012+0.8%
Q1 2012-0.5%
Q4 2011-0.2%
Q3 2011-0.7%
Q2 2011-1.7%
Q1 2010-2.5%
Q1 2011+0.2%
Q4 2010+1.2%
Q4 2008+1.2%
Q3 2010-0.0%
Q3 2009-0.0%
Q2 2010-0.6%
Q2 2009-0.6%
Q4 2009-0.6%

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