Target posts earnings of 70 cents a share, ex-items vs. 71 cent estimate
May 21, 2014 at 08:02 AM EDT
Analysts had expected Target to report earnings of 71 cents per share on $17.01 billion in revenue, according to a consensus estimate from Thomson Reuters.. What is Target's stock doing now? Although retail companies overall have reported weak earnings in the wake of a bitterly cold winter, Target has endured a particularly bleak stretch of bad news.