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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. As of March 4, 2021, there were 13,760 shareholders of record. Dividends declared per share for the twelve months ended January 30, 2021, February 1, 2020, and February 2, 2019, are disclosed on our Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Investment.

On September 19, 2019, our Board of Directors authorized a $5 billion share repurchase program with no stated expiration. We began repurchasing shares under the authorization during the first quarter of 2020. Under the program, we have repurchased 4.6 million shares of common at an average price of $105.80, for a total investment of $484 million. As of January 30, 2021, the dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the program is $4.5 billion. There were no Target common stock purchases made during the three months ended January 30, 2021, by Target or any "affiliated purchaser" of Target, as defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(3) under the Exchange Act.

TARGET CORPORATIONtgt-20210130_g2.jpg2020 Form 10-K15
OTHER INFORMATIONTable of Contents
Index to Financial Statements

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Fiscal Years Ended
January 30, 2016January 28, 2017February 3, 2018February 2, 2019February 1, 2020January 30, 2021
Target$100.00$90.84$108.44$109.33$175.54$292.98
S&P 500 Index100.00120.87148.47148.38180.37211.48
Current Peer Group100.00111.09159.84166.68201.97280.21
Previous Peer Group100.00111.11160.34167.11202.85283.29

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, (ii) the peer group used in previous filings consisting of 16 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 Home Depot, Inc., Kohl's Corporation, The Kroger Co., Lowe's Companies, Inc., Macy's, Inc., Nordstrom, Inc., Rite Aid Corporation, The TJX Companies, Inc., Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., and Walmart Inc.) (Previous Peer Group), and (iii) a new peer group consisting of the companies in the Previous Peer Group, plus Albertsons Companies, Inc., The Gap, Inc., and Ross Stores, Inc. (Current Peer Group). The Current 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 9, 2021, 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 January 29, 2016, and reinvestment of all dividends.

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