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Target forward PE TGT

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1999.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
16.5×
10-year median
16.1×
Against its 10-year history
53rd
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
10.5× to 32.9×
Peer median
18.2×

Target's forward PE is 16.5× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 16.1×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 10.5× in Jun 2017 to 32.9× in Apr 2022.

The median for 5 discount retailers of a similar size is 18.2×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far16.5×12.5×17.8×
202512.4×10.9×18.7×
202417.9×15.4×20.1×
202315.9×12.9×29.1×
202224.5×21.5×32.9×
202126.3×15.2×28.5×
202015.9×14.6×23.4×
201924.3×11.5×24.3×
201811.3×10.6×15.6×
201712.3×10.5×13.9×
201614.1×12.6×17.2×
201515.0×14.7×18.4×
201416.8×14.5×23.0×
201322.5×15.4×23.5×
201215.0×11.3×16.5×
201111.8×11.0×13.5×
201014.5×12.6×15.0×
200913.4×8.8×15.0×
200812.4×10.8×22.3×
2007n/m a value too high to mean anything

Against its peers

Companies in Discount Stores nearest Target's size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
TGTTarget16.5×
DGDollar General16.5×
DLTRDollar Tree18.2×
BJBJ's Wholesale Clubn/m
FIVEFive Belown/m
COSTCostco Wholesale44.0×
Peer median18.2×

Where Target ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.