Target Corporation Dividends
The next dividend date for Target Corporation is August 12, 2026.
A dividend of $1.16 per share is scheduled.
What is a Dividend Date
When we talk about a dividend date, we’re referring specifically to the ex-dividend date.
This is the date on which all stockholders will earn a dividend. Technically, a person needs to be the owner of a share of stock as of the night before the ex-dividend date in order to earn the dividend.
The ex-dividend date is different than the date when the dividend is issued. Although you earn a dividend on the ex-dividend date, that dividend is typically not disbursed to your account until several weeks later.
Most brokerages will automatically credit the dividend to your account once it’s issued.
Historical Dividends for Target Corporation (TGT)
| 05/13/2026 | 03/11/2026 | 05/13/2026 | 06/01/2026 | $1.14 |
| 02/11/2026 | 01/22/2026 | 02/11/2026 | 03/01/2026 | $1.14 |
| 11/12/2025 | 09/17/2025 | 11/12/2025 | 12/01/2025 | $1.14 |
| 08/13/2025 | 06/12/2025 | 08/13/2025 | 09/01/2025 | $1.14 |
| 05/14/2025 | 03/12/2025 | 05/14/2025 | 06/01/2025 | $1.12 |
| 02/12/2025 | 01/15/2025 | 02/12/2025 | 03/01/2025 | $1.12 |
| 11/20/2024 | 09/18/2024 | 11/20/2024 | 12/10/2024 | $1.12 |
| 08/21/2024 | 06/12/2024 | 08/21/2024 | 09/10/2024 | $1.12 |
| 05/14/2024 | 03/13/2024 | 05/15/2024 | 06/10/2024 | $1.10 |
| 02/20/2024 | 01/17/2024 | 02/21/2024 | 03/10/2024 | $1.10 |
More About Target Corporation
Target Corporation operates as a general merchandise retailer in the United States. It offers apparel for women, men, young adults, kids, toddlers, and babies, as well as jewelry, accessories, and shoes; and beauty products, such as skin and bath care, cosmetics, hair care, oral care, deodorant, and shaving products. The company also provides food and beverage products comprising dry and perishable grocery, including snacks, candy, beverages, deli, bakery, meat, produce, and food service; electronics which includes video games and consoles, toys, sporting goods, entertainment, and luggage; bed and bath, home décor, school/office supplies, storage, small appliances, kitchenware, greeting cards, party supplies, furniture, lighting, home improvement, and seasonal merchandise; and household essentials, such as household cleaning, paper products, over-the-counter healthcare, vitamins and supplements, baby gear, and pet supplies. In addition, it sells merchandise through periodic design and creative partnerships, and shop-in-shop experience; and in-store amenities. The company sells its products through its stores; and digital channels, including Target.com. Target Corporation was incorporated in 1902 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Owning Target Corporation Stock on the Dividend Date
If you own Target Corporation stock on the ex-dividend date, then you earn the associated dividend.
Theoretically, the price of Target Corporation stock should go down by the amount of the dividend (in addition to any other pressures that market forces have on the price of Target Corporation stock).
Therefore, it is typically not expected that there is any incremental profit to be gained from buying Target Corporation stock right before the ex-dividend date and then selling it immediately after. It’s not like you get the Target Corporation dividend payout for free just by doing that since there is typically an equivalent commensurate drop in the stock price.
Owning Target Corporation Options on the Dividend Date
Unlike the stock price, which will normally have an abrupt decrease by the amount of the dividend on the ex-dividend date, option prices typically do not reflect the same phenomenon.
The reason is that in the time leading up to the ex-dividend date, that projected drop in Target Corporation stock price from the dividend is already baked into Target Corporation option prices.
That means the prices of call options that overlap the Target Corporation ex-dividend date typically go down in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
The prices of put options that overlap the Target Corporation ex-dividend date typically go up in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
Owners of Target Corporation call options do not receive the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date. Owners of Target Corporation put options are not responsible to pay the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date.
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