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Target Corporation dividend history

Target Corporation's dividend was $4.54 a share in fiscal 2026, up 1.8% on the year before. That was 55.4% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2010, as far back as our figures go.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2027 Q2 TTM
Buybacks (TTM)
$153M
Dividends (TTM)
$2.1B
Returned to shareholders
50%
of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years
$1.4B
Diluted share count
−0.5%
year over year
Total shareholder yield
3.1%
dividends 2.9% + buybacks 0.2% of market value
Dividend payout ratio
47%
of net income paid out
Sales & admin spending
21.2%
of revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Target Corporation: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year2010Jan 20102011Jan 20112012Jan 20122013Feb 20132014Feb 20142015Jan 20152016Jan 20162017Jan 20172018Feb 20182019Feb 20192020Feb 20202021Jan 20212022Jan 20222023Jan 20232024Feb 20242025Feb 20252026Jan 2026LTMAug 2026
Dividend per share$0.670$0.920$1.15$1.38$1.65$1.99$2.20$2.36$2.46$2.54$2.62$2.70$3.38$4.14$4.38$4.46$4.54—
Dividend per share growth—+37.3%+25.0%+20.0%+19.6%+20.6%+10.6%+7.3%+4.2%+3.3%+3.1%+3.1%+25.2%+22.5%+5.8%+1.8%+1.8%—
Dividends paid4966097508691,0061,2051,3621,3481,3381,3351,3301,3431,5481,8362,0112,0462,0532,068
Share buybacks4232,4521,8421,8751,461263,4833,7061,0462,1241,5657457,1882,64601,007408153
Dividends ÷ net income19.9%20.9%25.6%29.0%51.0%—40.5%49.3%45.9%45.5%40.5%30.7%22.3%66.0%48.6%50.0%55.4%47.1%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow11.9%19.4%70.4%29.2%21.7%45.0%30.1%34.6%30.4%54.3%32.5%17.1%30.5%—52.7%45.7%72.4%46.4%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from Target Corporation's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Target Corporation.