Target (Target) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 4.87 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)

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What is Target 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Target's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 4.87.

The historical rank and industry rank for Target's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

TGT' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.87 Med: 4.8 Max: 8.45
Current: 4.87

During the past 13 years, Target's highest Yield on Cost was 8.45. The lowest was 1.87. And the median was 4.80.

TGT's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
74.63% of 205 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.83 vs TGT: 4.87

Competitive Comparison of Target's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Target's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Target's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Target's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Target's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.

Target 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Target is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Target (NYSE:TGT) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.

Target 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Related Terms

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Target (Target) Business Description

Industry

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Address

1000 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 55403

Website

https://corporate.target.com

Target serves as the nation's sixth-largest retailer, with its strategy predicated on delivering a gratifying in-store shopping experience and a wide product assortment of trendy apparel, home goods, and household essentials at competitive prices. Target's upscale and stylish image began to carry national merit in the 1990s—a decade in which the brand saw its top line grow threefold to almost $30 billion—and has since cemented itself as a top U.S. retailer.Today, Target operates over 1,900 stores in the United States, generates over $100 billion in sales, and fulfills over 2 billion customer orders annually. The firm's vast physical footprint is typically concentrated in urban and suburban markets as the firm seeks to attract a more affluent consumer base.

Executives

Matthew L Zabel	officer: Executive Officer	1000 NICOLLET MALL, TPS-3155, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55403
Christina Hennington	officer: Executive Officer	1000 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55403
Don H Liu	officer: Executive Officer	1000 NICOLLET MALL, TPS-3155, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55403
Brian C Cornell	director, officer: Executive Officer	1000 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55403
Matthew A Liegel	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	1000 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55403
John J Mulligan	officer: Executive Officer	1000 NICOLLET MALL, TPS-2672, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55403
Grace Puma Whiteford	director	C/O WILLIAM SONOMA, INC., 3250 VAN NESS AVENUE, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94109
Cara A Sylvester	officer: Executive Officer	1000 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55403
Jill Sando	officer: Executive Officer	1000 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55403
Melissa K Kremer	officer: Executive Officer	1000 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55403
Michael J Fiddelke	officer: Executive Officer	1000 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55403
Katie M Boylan	officer: Executive Officer	1000 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55403
Robert M Harrison	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	1000 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55403
Richard H. Gomez	officer: Executive Officer	1000 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55403
Gail Boudreaux	director	GENZYME CORP., 500 KENDALL STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142