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Walmart beat estimates, raised guidance, and watched its stock crater 9% anyway. The reason buried in the CFO's comments explains why the quarter's biggest win may actually set up a painful Q3.

Target lifts its fiscal 2026 outlook as sales, digital growth and category strength signal momentum beyond tariff refund benefits, with higher earnings guidance.

The market rally flashed some bearish signals. Moderna skyrocketed on a cancer vaccine while gold and bitcoin jumped. Walmart dived.

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Long lead times in the category mean a rebound will take time. Meanwhile, the department store is setting its sights on its centennial Thanksgiving Day Parade.

In reporting their latest earnings, the retailers made clear that they depend heavily on their food and beverage businesses as they look to stand out to consumers.

Spending on K-12 and back-to-college combined is expected to hit a record of nearly $147 billion, according to the National Retail Federation. “Customers are responding to just absolutely fantastic investments in price,” Walmart’s U.S. CEO David Guggina said yesterday during the company’s earnings call that highlighted the cost pressures facing consumers. “We have a list of 14 key items that are priced less than what we saw in 2019,” he also said of the store’s school supplies, citing examples from the store’s Pen+Gear brand, which has crayons for 25 cents and No. 2 pencils for 92 cents.

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Walmart and Target showed different trends, with Walmart facing weaker U.S. sales and valuation concerns, while Target’s stronger customer traffic and improving business boosted investor confidence.

Target (NYSE:TGT) has appointed Chandhu Nair as its first Chief AI Officer as part of a broader push into artificial intelligence and technology investment. The new role is intended to coordinate AI efforts across Target's operations and customer touchpoints. The appointment underscores Target's plan to use advanced technologies to support growth and differentiate its retail offering. AI driven infrastructure is becoming a core theme across retail and enterprise technology, so it is worth...

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Walmart's U.S. sales and traffic missed Wall Street expectations, pressuring shares despite a raised full-year outlook, today, Aug. 20, 2026.

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Walmart set a somber tone for the first week of retailer earnings, but that wasn’t the whole story. The big news was Walmart’s sales woes as the Bentonville, Ark.-based giant reported a same-store sales decline—the first since 2020. Target meanwhile, showed some signs of life, reflecting its turnaround efforts.

Melissa Butler considered closing Thread Beauty.

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Today's reaction is not a verdict on the franchise - it is a verdict on the price.

Tariff refunds couldn’t cover for comparable sales missing at 2.6%, and Target’s report the day before proved the excuse wasn’t going to fly

Investing.com -- Citi downgraded TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX) to Neutral from Buy on Thursday, saying a soft comparable sales figure at its largest division has shifted the risk/reward on a stock priced for perfection.

Walmart's (WMT) fiscal second-quarter US comparable sales growth decelerated more than Wall Street e

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TGT raises its fiscal 2026 sales and EPS outlook after Q2 traffic rises 3.6%, as merchandising resets and better execution support broader momentum.

TGT raised 2026 guidance as sales and margins improved, but a $994M tariff refund clouds the quality of Q2's profit gains.

TGT's 15.3% monthly rally gains support from stronger traffic, digital sales and margins, but valuation and tariff refunds raise the bar.

Walmart's stock cratered Thursday morning while Target and Costco barely flinched, and the gap between those reactions reveals something important about where retail's real pressure points actually sit.

Walmart beat revenue estimates and raised its full-year outlook, yet its stock still fell as investors zeroed in on one ugly number. The real reason behind that miss has nothing to do with shoppers tightening their belts.

Just how encouraged are Target executives about the state of their turnaround project? Target executives said “encouraged” or “encouraging” 20 times on their analyst call Wednesday to discuss second-quarter results—nearly matching 21 such occasions in Q1 and pacing far ahead of the nine times executives used those words on the calls for the first half of last year. Chief Merchandising Officer Cara Sylvester cited progress with the center-store grocery overhaul, including more fresh produce, new focal points for seasonal offerings and added space for growth categories like functional coffee: “The response has been really encouraging.”

Walmart earnings beat, but U.S. same-store sales were the weakest in six years while the Dow retail giant guided lower. WMT stock tumbled.

The refunds contributed $752m to net earnings and $1.65 to earnings per share (EPS).

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Moderna, Merck and Target stocks soared to annual highs amid positive company catalysts and strong earnings results.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose slightly Wednesday as Treasury yields fell. Moderna and Merck fueled big gains for biotechs, drugmakers.

DA Davidson raised Target’s price target, citing stronger margins, sales trends and execution.

At first glance, Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) and Walmart Inc. (NASDAQ:WMT) may look similar from a dividend investor’s perspective. Both are long-time retailers with decades of annual dividend increases. However, the two stocks offer very different income profiles. Target currently pays $1.16 per share each quarter, or $4.64 annually, after raising its dividend by 1.8% in […]

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US equity indexes rose on Wednesday after most Federal Open Market Committee participants agreed to

Shares of general merchandise retailer Target (NYSE:TGT) jumped 4.5% in the morning session after second-quarter results beat on sales and the company raised full-year guidance, helped by a large tariff refund. Target said net sales rose 5.3% to $26.5 billion, with comparable sales up 3.8% (stores +2.7%, digital +8.7%). GAAP and adjusted EPS doubled to $4.11 from $2.05. A pretax IEEPA tariff refund of $994 million added $1.65 to EPS; excluding that, EPS was still up about 20%. CNBC had modeled a

Target just posted numbers that silenced its skeptics, but the headline figures hide a more complicated story about what the retailer actually earned on its own merit versus a billion-dollar windfall it may never see again.

Prediction markets, a $30 billion buyback, and a pre-market earnings release converging on the same date raises one question: is Walmart setting up one of the cleaner retirement stock plays of the year?

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is only processing refunds for registered importers of record, and they are not obligated to refund shoppers.

Walmart (WMT) reports second quarter earnings on Thursday before the opening bell. CFRA Research senior vice president of equity research Arun Sundaram shares his expectations for the earnings print.

Target (TGT) lifted its full-year outlook on Wednesday as tariff refunds helped double the retailer'

All three major US stock indexes were up in late-morning trading Wednesday, after the Treasury Depar

TGT tops Q2 estimates as traffic, digital and category sales strengthen, while tariff refunds lift profitability, and management raises its fiscal 2026 outlook.