Item 5. Market for the Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
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Item 5. Market for the Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "TGT." We are authorized to issue up to 6,000,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0833, and up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01. At March 7, 2019, there were 14,331 shareholders of record. Dividends declared per share for each fiscal quarter during 2018 and 2017 are disclosed in Note 26 of the Financial Statements.
On September 20, 2016, our Board of Directors authorized a $5 billion share repurchase program. We began repurchasing shares under this authorization during the fourth quarter of 2016. There is no stated expiration for the share repurchase program. Under this program, we repurchased 48.6 million shares of common stock through February 2, 2019, at an average price of $69.13, for a total investment of $3.4 billion. The table below presents information with respect to Target common stock purchases made during the three months ended February 2, 2019, by Target or any "affiliated purchaser" of Target, as defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(3) under the Exchange Act.
| Period | Total Number of Shares Purchased | Average Price Paid per Share | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Programs | Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under Publicly Announced Programs | |||||||||
| November 4, 2018 through December 1, 2018 | |||||||||||||
| Open market and privately negotiated purchases | — | $ | — | — | $ | 1,808,949,841 | |||||||
| December 2, 2018 through January 5, 2019 | |||||||||||||
| Open market and privately negotiated purchases | 1,242,920 | 64.83 | 1,242,920 | 1,728,366,804 | |||||||||
| October 2018 ASR (a) | 2,224,074 | 77.98 | 2,224,074 | 1,731,980,648 | |||||||||
| January 6, 2019 through February 2, 2019 | |||||||||||||
| Open market and privately negotiated purchases | 1,285,280 | 69.74 | 1,285,280 | 1,642,349,966 | |||||||||
| Total | 4,752,274 | $ | 72.31 | 4,752,274 | $ | 1,642,349,966 |
| (a) | Represents the incremental shares received upon final settlement of the accelerated share repurchase (ASR) agreement initiated in third quarter 2018. |

| Fiscal Years Ended | ||||||||||||||||||
| February 1, 2014 | January 31, 2015 | January 30, 2016 | January 28, 2017 | February 3, 2018 | February 2, 2019 | |||||||||||||
| Target | $ | 100.00 | $ | 134.13 | $ | 135.76 | $ | 123.33 | $ | 147.22 | $ | 148.42 | ||||||
| S&P 500 Index | 100.00 | 114.22 | 113.46 | 137.14 | 168.46 | 168.36 | ||||||||||||
| Peer Group | 100.00 | 124.37 | 135.70 | 150.68 | 217.62 | 226.48 |
The graph above compares the cumulative total shareholder return on our common stock for the last five fiscal years with (i) the cumulative total return on the S&P 500 Index and (ii) the peer group consisting of 17 online, general merchandise, department store, food, and specialty retailers (Amazon.com, Inc., Best Buy Co., Inc., Costco Wholesale Corporation, CVS Health Corporation, Dollar General Corporation, Dollar Tree, Inc., The Gap, Inc., The Home Depot, Inc., Kohl's Corporation, The Kroger Co., Lowe's Companies, Inc., Macy's, Inc., Rite Aid Corporation, Sears Holdings Corporation, The TJX Companies, Inc., Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., and Walmart Inc.) (Peer Group). The Peer Group is consistent with the retail peer group used for our definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 12, 2019, excluding Publix Super Markets, Inc., which is not quoted on a public stock exchange.
The peer group is weighted by the market capitalization of each component company. The graph assumes the investment of $100 in Target common stock, the S&P 500 Index, and the Peer Group on February 1, 2014, and reinvestment of all dividends.
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