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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
HD Home Depot	$362.01 +0.3%	$391.94	$323.77 ▼ $439.37	$359.61B	1.09	3.21 million shs	3.14 million shs
LOW Lowe's Companies	$231.91 +0.5%	$246.76	$211.80 ▼ $287.01	$130.95B	1.12	2.27 million shs	1.79 million shs
NDSN Nordson	$206.55 +0.3%	$213.49	$196.83 ▼ $279.38	$11.76B	0.92	268,987 shs	196,502 shs
TGT Target	$106.05 +0.6%	$124.09	$101.76 ▼ $181.86	$48.32B	1.18	4.95 million shs	5.49 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
HD Home Depot	+0.31%	+2.45%	-5.01%	-8.38%	-4.77%
LOW Lowe's Companies	+0.56%	+2.85%	-2.01%	-7.02%	-7.76%
NDSN Nordson	+0.30%	-0.97%	-2.94%	-3.16%	-23.05%
TGT Target	+0.65%	+1.19%	-15.91%	-22.24%	-38.60%

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Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
HD Home Depot	4.7229 of 5 stars	3.4	5.0	4.2	2.1	3.5	1.7	0.6
LOW Lowe's Companies	4.7324 of 5 stars	3.3	3.0	4.2	1.6	4.0	1.7	1.9
NDSN Nordson	4.2821 of 5 stars	2.4	3.0	4.2	2.5	3.5	2.5	0.6
TGT Target	4.9108 of 5 stars	4.2	3.0	5.0	1.9	1.6	1.7	2.5

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
HD Home Depot	2.77	Moderate Buy	$435.85	20.39% Upside
LOW Lowe's Companies	2.52	Moderate Buy	$279.71	20.61% Upside
NDSN Nordson	2.71	Moderate Buy	$256.20	24.04% Upside
TGT Target	2.39	Hold	$143.40	35.21% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest TGT, NDSN, HD, and LOW Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
3/24/2025	HD Home Depot	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$435.00 ➝ $418.00
3/24/2025	LOW Lowe's Companies	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$296.00 ➝ $269.00
3/20/2025	TGT Target	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$130.00 ➝ $120.00
3/6/2025	TGT Target	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$165.00 ➝ $150.00
3/5/2025	TGT Target	Roth Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$122.00
3/5/2025	TGT Target	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform ➝ Market Perform
3/5/2025	TGT Target	KGI Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$132.00
3/5/2025	TGT Target	KGI Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold
3/5/2025	TGT Target	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$150.00 ➝ $135.00
3/5/2025	TGT Target	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$170.00 ➝ $155.00
3/5/2025	TGT Target	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$160.00 ➝ $145.00

(Data available from 3/27/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
HD Home Depot	$159.51B	2.25	$17.02 per share	21.27	$1.05 per share	344.78
LOW Lowe's Companies	$83.67B	1.56	$15.79 per share	14.69	($26.17) per share	-8.86
NDSN Nordson	$2.67B	4.40	$11.52 per share	17.93	$50.39 per share	4.10
TGT Target	$106.57B	0.45	$12.45 per share	8.52	$29.09 per share	3.65

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
HD Home Depot	$15.14B	$14.92	24.59	23.21	4.03	9.45%	452.60%	16.91%	5/13/2025 (Estimated)
LOW Lowe's Companies	$7.73B	$12.21	19.34	18.49	1.96	8.19%	-47.55%	15.28%	5/20/2025 (Estimated)
NDSN Nordson	$467.28M	$7.86	26.28	18.97	1.65	16.93%	19.28%	9.92%	5/19/2025 (Estimated)
TGT Target	$4.14B	$8.86	11.25	11.38	1.94	4.06%	31.11%	7.77%	5/20/2025 (Estimated)

Latest TGT, NDSN, HD, and LOW Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
3/4/2025	Q4 2025	TGT Target	$2.24	$2.41	+$0.17	$2.41	$30.83 billion	$30.92 billion
2/26/2025	Q4 2025	LOW Lowe's Companies	$1.83	$1.93	+$0.10	$1.99	$18.29 billion	$18.55 billion
2/25/2025	Q4 2025	HD Home Depot	$3.04	$3.13	+$0.09	$3.02	$39.15 billion	$39.70 billion
2/19/2025	Q1 2025	NDSN Nordson	$2.08	$2.06	-$0.02	$1.65	$639.40 million	$615.42 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
HD Home Depot	$9.20	2.54%	+10.89%	61.66%	16 Years
LOW Lowe's Companies	$4.60	1.98%	+14.89%	37.67%	53 Years
NDSN Nordson	$3.12	1.51%	+17.50%	39.69%	62 Years
TGT Target	$4.48	4.22%	+12.00%	50.56%	54 Years

Latest TGT, NDSN, HD, and LOW Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
3/12/2025	TGT Target	quarterly	$1.12	3.97%	5/14/2025	5/14/2025	6/1/2025
3/21/2025	LOW Lowe's Companies	quarterly	$1.15	2.03%	4/23/2025	4/23/2025	5/7/2025
3/6/2025	NDSN Nordson	quarterly	$0.78	1.48%	3/20/2025	3/20/2025	4/3/2025
2/25/2025	HD Home Depot	quarterly	$2.30	2.41%	3/13/2025	3/13/2025	3/27/2025
1/15/2025	TGT Target	quarterly	$1.12	3.29%	2/12/2025	2/12/2025	3/1/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
HD Home Depot	8.65	1.13	0.31
LOW Lowe's Companies	N/A	1.13	0.23
NDSN Nordson	0.72	2.53	1.51
TGT Target	0.99	0.94	0.25

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
HD Home Depot	70.86%
LOW Lowe's Companies	74.06%
NDSN Nordson	72.11%
TGT Target	79.73%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
HD Home Depot	0.10%
LOW Lowe's Companies	0.26%
NDSN Nordson	0.80%
TGT Target	0.15%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
HD Home Depot	490,600	993.36 million	992.37 million	Optionable
LOW Lowe's Companies	340,000	564.65 million	563.18 million	Optionable
NDSN Nordson	7,330	56.91 million	56.63 million	Optionable
TGT Target	450,000	455.58 million	457.53 million	Optionable

TGT, NDSN, HD, and LOW Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

TGT INVESTOR ALERT: Bronstein, Gewirtz and Grossman, LLC Reminds Stockholders of Target Corporation to Contact the Firm Today!

March 27 at 7:00 AM | accessnewswire.com

TGT DEADLINE: ROSEN, LEADING INVESTOR COUNSEL, Encourages Target Corporation Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important April 1 Deadline in Securities Class Action - TGT

March 26 at 6:00 PM | accessnewswire.com

TGT INVESTOR ALERT: Bronstein, Gewirtz and Grossman, LLC Reminds Shareholders of Target Corporation to Contact the Firm Today!

March 26 at 7:00 AM | accessnewswire.com

ROSEN, A LEADING LAW FIRM, Encourages Target Corporation Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important April 1 Deadline in Securities Class Action – TGT

March 25 at 6:11 PM | globenewswire.com

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March 25 at 11:15 AM | accessnewswire.com

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March 25 at 9:20 AM | prnewswire.com

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March 25 at 9:02 AM | seekingalpha.com

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March 25 at 7:01 AM | newsfilecorp.com

TGT INVESTOR ALERT: Bronstein, Gewirtz and Grossman, LLC Reminds Investors of Target Corporation to Contact the Firm Today!

March 25 at 7:00 AM | accessnewswire.com

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March 24 at 9:01 PM | seekingalpha.com

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March 24 at 4:00 PM | accessnewswire.com

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March 24 at 12:30 PM | pymnts.com

TGT Stockholders Have Opportunity to Lead Target Corporation Class Action Lawsuit – Contact Bronstein, Gewirtz and Grossman, LLC Today!

March 24 at 7:00 AM | accessnewswire.com

ROSEN, A TOP-RANKED FIRM, Encourages Target Corporation Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action - TGT

March 23, 2025 | accessnewswire.com

SHAREHOLDER ACTION REMINDER: Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Investigates Claims on Behalf of Investors of Target

March 23, 2025 | globenewswire.com

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March 23, 2025 | accessnewswire.com

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TGT, NDSN, HD, and LOW Company Descriptions

Home Depot NYSE:HD

$362.01 +1.02 (+0.28%)

Closing price 03/26/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$362.60 +0.59 (+0.16%)

As of 08:56 AM Eastern

The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States and internationally. It sells various building materials, home improvement products, lawn and garden products, and décor products, as well as facilities maintenance, repair, and operations products. The company also offers installation services for flooring, water heaters, bath, garage doors, cabinets, cabinet makeovers, countertops, sheds, furnaces and central air systems, and windows. In addition, it provides tool and equipment rental services. The company primarily serves homeowners; and professional renovators/remodelers, general contractors, maintenance professionals, handymen, property managers, and building service contractors, as well as specialty tradesmen, such as electricians, plumbers, and painters. It sells its products through websites, including homedepot.com; homedepot.ca and homedepot.com.mx; blinds.com, justblinds.com, and americanblinds.com for custom window coverings; thecompanystore.com, an online site for textiles and décor products; hdsupply.com for maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) products and related services; and The Home Depot stores. The Home Depot, Inc. was incorporated in 1978 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Lowe's Companies NYSE:LOW

$231.91 +1.22 (+0.53%)

Closing price 03/26/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$230.32 -1.59 (-0.69%)

As of 08:53 AM Eastern

Lowe's Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States. The company offers a line of products for construction, maintenance, repair, remodeling, and decorating. It also provides home improvement products, such as appliances, seasonal and outdoor living, lawn and garden, lumber, kitchens and bath, tools, paint, millwork, hardware, flooring, rough plumbing, building materials, décor, and electrical. In addition, the company offers installation services through independent contractors in various product categories; and extended protection plans and repair services. It sells its national brand-name merchandise and private brand products to professional customers, homeowners, renters, businesses, and government. The company also sells its products through Lowes.com website; and through mobile applications. Lowe's Companies, Inc. was founded in 1921 and is based in Mooresville, North Carolina.

Nordson NASDAQ:NDSN

$206.55 +0.62 (+0.30%)

Closing price 03/26/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$207.06 +0.51 (+0.25%)

As of 08:08 AM Eastern

Nordson Corporation engineers, manufactures, and markets products and systems to dispense, apply, and control adhesives, coatings, polymers, sealants, biomaterials, and other fluids worldwide. It operates through three segments: Industrial Precision Solutions; Medical and Fluid Solutions; and Advanced Technology Solutions. The Industrial Precision Solutions segment provides dispensing, coating, and laminating systems for adhesives, lotions, liquids, and fibers to disposable products and roll goods; automated adhesive dispensing systems used in packaged goods industries; components and systems used in the thermoplastic and biopolymer melt stream; precision agriculture spraying solutions; fluid components, such as nozzles, pumps, and filters; and product assembly systems for use in paper and paperboard converting applications, and manufacturing roll goods. It also offers automated and manual dispensing products and systems for cold materials, container coating, liquid finishing, and powder coating, as well as ultraviolet equipment used primarily in curing and drying operations. The Medical and Fluid Solutions segment offers medical devices, including cannulas, catheters, and medical balloons; single-use plastic components; precision manual and semi-automated dispensers; minimally invasive interventional delivery devices; and plastic molded syringes, cartridges, tips, and fluid connection components. The Advanced Technology Solutions segment provides automated dispensing systems for the attachment, protection, and coating of fluids, as well as related gas plasma treatment systems for cleaning and conditioning surfaces; and bond testing and automated optical, acoustic microscopy, and x-ray inspection systems for use in semiconductor and printed circuit board industries. The company markets its products through direct sales force, as well as distributors and sales representatives. Nordson Corporation was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Westlake, Ohio.

Target NYSE:TGT

$106.05 +0.65 (+0.62%)

Closing price 03/26/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$106.10 +0.04 (+0.04%)

As of 08:55 AM Eastern

Target Corporation operates as a general merchandise retailer in the United States. The company offers apparel for women, men, boys, girls, toddlers, and infants and newborns, as well as jewelry, accessories, and shoes; and beauty and personal care, baby gear, cleaning, paper products, and pet supplies. It also provides dry grocery, dairy, frozen food, beverages, candy, snacks, deli, bakery, meat, and food service; electronics, which includes video game hardware and software, toys, entertainment, sporting goods, and luggage; and furniture, lighting, storage, kitchenware, small appliances, home decor, bed and bath, home improvement, school/office supplies, greeting cards and party supplies, and other seasonal merchandise. In addition, the company sells merchandise through periodic design and creative partnerships, and shop-in-shop experience; and in-store amenities. Further, it sells its products through its stores; and digital channels, including Target.com. Target Corporation was incorporated in 1902 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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