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Target

Target is mostly active in the general retailer sector. Between 2006 and 2016 the global general retailers gained around 120 percent. Since 2011 the sector is 28 percent higher and over the past year minus 120 percent.

The past year was a profitable year for the Target investors

Over the last 12 months, that were profitable period for the investors in Target, the stock gained around 9 percent. Target' stock rose the past 5 years at around 50 percent. Target's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were relatively steady and moved between 73,3 billion dollars and 73,79 billion dollars. The net results between 2011 and 2015 were very constant and fluctuated between 2,93 billion dollars and 3,32 billion dollars.

Target paid out dividends in the past 5 years. Target's dividend return over the period 2011 - 2015 was around 8,37 percent per year. Over the period 2011-2015 Target raised it's dividends per share each year. So we could call Target a kind of dividend aristocrat.

Target' balance mostly financed with equity

At the end of 2015 the general retailer's balance sheet was worth 40,26 billion dollars. The total debt of the general retailer was at the end of 2015 27,31 billion dollars, which equals around 67,82 percent of the total balance sheet. As per the end of 2015 Target's price/earnings-ratio equaled 16. So investors paid for 1 stock 16 times the earnings per share of 2015. Based on it's price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the general retailer's market capitalization (the number of shares times the market price) equaled around 43,89 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 602,23 million stocks listed.

All Target's financial reports are available here. More information about Target can be found it's website. .