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Target (LIM:TGT) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 0.45 (As of Apr. 29, 2025)


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What is Target Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2025-04-29), Target's current share price is $93.57. Target's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was $209.13. Target's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 0.45.

The historical rank and industry rank for Target's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LIM:TGT' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.45   Med: 0.76   Max: 1.82
Current: 0.47

During the past years, Target's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 1.82. The lowest was 0.45. And the median was 0.76.

LIM:TGT's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked better than
53.7% of 216 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 0.495 vs LIM:TGT: 0.47

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Target's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was $67.426. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is $209.13 for the trailing ten years ended in Jan. 2025.

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Target Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Target's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Target Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

Target Annual Data
Trend Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24 Jan25
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.31 1.40 0.97 0.73 0.67

Target Quarterly Data
Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.73 0.82 0.75 0.74 0.67

Competitive Comparison of Target's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Target's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Target's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Target's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Target's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.


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Target Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio.

Target's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=93.57/209.13
=0.45

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Target's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Target's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Jan. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Jan. 2025)
=67.426/134.0288*134.0288
=67.426

Current CPI (Jan. 2025) = 134.0288.

Target Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201504 26.484 99.824 35.559
201507 27.187 100.691 36.188
201510 28.010 100.346 37.412
201601 35.136 99.957 47.112
201604 26.823 100.947 35.613
201607 27.555 101.524 36.377
201610 28.603 101.988 37.589
201701 38.027 102.456 49.745
201704 29.220 103.167 37.961
201707 30.140 103.278 39.114
201710 30.798 104.070 39.664
201801 42.109 104.578 53.968
201804 31.018 105.708 39.328
201807 33.146 106.324 41.783
201810 33.549 106.695 42.144
201901 43.833 106.200 55.319
201904 33.931 107.818 42.180
201907 35.695 108.250 44.195
201910 36.257 108.577 44.756
202001 45.701 108.841 56.277
202004 38.780 108.173 48.049
202007 45.549 109.318 55.845
202010 44.780 109.861 54.631
202101 56.006 110.364 68.015
202104 48.067 112.673 57.178
202107 50.573 115.183 58.848
202110 52.415 116.696 60.200
202201 64.521 118.619 72.903
202204 53.805 121.978 59.121
202207 56.163 125.002 60.219
202210 57.336 125.734 61.118
202301 67.822 126.223 72.016
202304 54.703 127.992 57.283
202307 53.563 128.974 55.662
202310 54.903 129.810 56.687
202401 68.925 130.124 70.993
202404 52.880 132.289 53.575
202407 54.913 132.708 55.460
202410 55.619 133.182 55.973
202501 67.426 134.029 67.426

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Target  (LIM:TGT) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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Target Business Description

Address
1000 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 55403
Target serves as the nation's seventh-largest retailer, with its strategy predicated on delivering a gratifying in-store shopping experience and a wide product assortment of trendy apparel, home goods, and household essentials at competitive prices. Target's upscale and stylish image began to carry national merit in the 1990s—a decade in which the brand saw its top line grow threefold to almost $30 billion—and has since cemented itself as a leading US retailer.Today, Target operates over 1,900 stores in the United States, generates over $100 billion in sales, and fulfills over 2 billion customer orders annually. The firm's vast footprint is typically concentrated in urban and suburban markets as the firm seeks to attract a more affluent consumer base.