secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     TARGET CORP (TGT)
CIK:        0000027419
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-11-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000027419-22-000032
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Target Q3 EPS $1.54 (-49% YoY); lowers Q4 guidance; announces $2-3B efficiency plan
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- GAAP EPS $1.54 vs $3.04 last year; revenue $26.5B (+3.4%); comparable sales +2.7%.
- Operating margin 3.9% vs 7.8% last year; gross margin fell to 24.7% from 28.0% due to markdowns, shrink, higher costs.
- Q4 guidance: low-single-digit comparable sales decline; operating margin rate centered around 3%.
- Announces enterprise efficiency initiative targeting $2-3B cumulative savings over three years.
- Dividend increased 20% (paid $497M in Q3); no share repurchases in quarter; $9.7B remaining authorization.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27419/000002741922000032/0000027419-22-000032-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27419/000002741922000032/tgt-20221116.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000027419-22-000032

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