Target Stock Stages 4-Week Slide Before Earnings

Retail giant Target Corp (NYSE:TGT) will report fourth-quarter results before the open Tuesday, March 4. Wall Street anticipates earnings of $2.24 per share on revenue of$30.83 billion, lower than expectations and results from the same quarter last year, though comparable store sales are expected to rise. In recent notes ahead of the event, several analysts said the company will likely follow peers Walmart (WMT) and Home Depot (HD) in conservative current-quarter and full-year projections. At last glance, ...