TGT: Target Corp
Recent Range: $30/share – $65/share (Current Price: 57.94, as of close of 4/23/10)
Price/Sales (P/S) = 0.68 (0.54, Industry)
Price/Book (P/B) = 2.72 (2.85)
Gross Margin = 30.3% (25.3%)
Pre-Tax Margin = 5.9% (5.3%)
Debt/Equity Ratio = 1.10 (0.61)
Current Ratio = 1.6 (1.1)
Return on Equity = 17.1% (19.4%)
Return on Assets = 5.6% (8.1%)
Return on Capital = 7.4% (12.3%)
Analysis: Obviously, Target is a very well known company.
However, as a stock, Target is in an ultra-competitive big box retail industry, which does not have a lot of upside for its stock holders.
