NYSE$TGT

Target Corp · Q3 2026 earnings

Q3 2026 earnings · · Before market open · Investor relations

Briefing

TGT Q3 2026 — $25.30B revenue, 1.52 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 Q3 2026 results. Diluted EPS came in at $1.52. Net income of $3K. Headline numbers extracted from the Form 10-Q press release; narrative is light because this row was processed without an LLM call.

  • Revenue: $25.30B.
  • Diluted EPS: $1.52.
  • Adjusted EPS: $1.78.
  • Net income: $3K.
  • Operating income: $948.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$25.3B

No prior period
EPS (adj)

$1.78

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-$2.84B

No prior period
Free Cash Flow

-$2.15B

No prior period
Net Income

$689M

No prior period
Operating Income

$948M

No prior period
Gross Profit

$7.13B

No prior period
Total Assets

$60B

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Target · Revenue · Quarterly

$25.3B

Q3 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 expects a low-single digit decline in Q4 sales and has updated full-year EPS guidance.

Tailwinds

  • Maintains expectation of low-single digit sales decline for Q4 2025.
  • Adjusted EPS guidance range reaffirmed at $7.00 to $8.00.
  • Over 20,000 new items for holiday season, more than double last year.
  • Expanded next-day shipping to more than half of U.S. population.
  • Holiday pricing strategy includes Thanksgiving meals under $20 and thousands of gifts under $20.

Headwinds

  • Overall comparable sales declined 2.7% in Q3.
  • Store traffic dropped 2.2% from last year.
  • Merchandise sales fell 1.9% year-over-year.
  • Operating income dropped 18.9% to $948 million.
  • Operating margin rate decreased to 3.8% from 4.6% last year.

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 Q3 2026

Historical avgQ3 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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