Target (TGT) insider buying and selling
Every Table I transaction reported by directors and officers of S&P 500 companies on SEC Form 4 filings (2 business days to file): each row labeled with its official transaction code, nothing filtered out beforehand.
Open-market purchases (code P) are the rare signal, in green; sales (code S) are common and often pre-scheduled (10b5-1). Table II (derivatives) is not included: its prices are exercise prices, not market values. Guide: insider buying.
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Target Corporation (TGT) insider buying and selling: no purchases, 8 sales
61 Form 4 Table I transactions filed with the SEC by Target Corporation insiders between 2025-10-02 and 2026-10-02 (15-month history): 0 open-market purchases and 8 sales, plus 53 transactions under other Form 4 codes, broken down one by one below. The largest open-market trade is a sale of $8.2M by Cornell Brian C on 2026-08-25.
Target insider buying and selling over the last 12 months
Between Oct 21, 2025 and Oct 20, 2026, Target insiders filed 8 sales worth $26.0M on the open market, and no purchases.
The biggest seller was Cornell Brian C (Executive Officer): $20.8M in 3 sales, out of 5 different sellers.
The largest trade of the period was a sale of $8.2M on Aug 25, 2026, by Cornell Brian C (Executive Officer). Form 4 on sec.gov (0001288709-26-000013).
None of the 8 sales carries the 10b5-1 plan flag on the Form 4 (sales scheduled months ahead).
The last three months show 3 sales, against 3 in the three before. The latest sale from Aug 25, 2026.
Against its sector (Consumer Defensive, 33 companies with an insider page on this site), over the same dates the median is 5 sales and 1 purchase on the open market. Target has more sales than 19 of the other 32, ranks 10 of 33 by net dollars sold, and 17 of the 33 have at least one purchase.
The 20 most important trades
With no open-market purchases, the table starts with TGT's sales, largest first. The full history is in the tool above, already searched.
See all 61 TGT trades in the full history →
| Trade date | Filed | Insider | Role | Amount | Code | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-27 | Cornell Brian C | Executive Officer | $8.2M | S — Open-market sale Indirect holding, through: By Trust Form 4 footnoteF1 Price is the volume weighted average selling price of all sales by the reporting person on the transaction date within a one dollar range. Actual prices ranged from $163.0250 to $164.0250. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request of the Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price. | SEC |
| 2026-05-27 | 2026-05-28 | Cornell Brian C | Executive Officer | $6.5M | S — Open-market sale Indirect holding, through: By Trust 3 Form 4 footnotesF1 Price is the volume weighted average selling price of all sales by the reporting person on the transaction date within a one dollar range. Actual prices ranged from $129.4500 to $130.4200. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request of the Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price. F2 Includes 46,817 shares previously reported as directly owned but transferred by the reporting person to a revocable living trust, of which the reporting person and his spouse are trustees and in which the reporting person has a beneficial interest. F3 Price is the volume weighted average selling price of all sales by the reporting person on the transaction date within a one dollar range. Actual prices ranged from $130.4800 to $130.6100. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request of the Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price. | SEC |
| 2026-03-10 | 2026-03-11 | Cornell Brian C | Executive Officer | $6.1M | S — Open-market sale Indirect holding, through: By Trust Form 4 footnoteF1 Price is the volume weighted average selling price of all sales by the reporting person on the transaction date within a one dollar range. Actual prices ranged from $121.3200 to $122.2500. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request of the Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price. | SEC |
| 2026-08-24 | 2026-08-26 | Kremer Melissa K | Executive Officer | $2.6M | S — Open-market sale2 Form 4 footnotesF1 Price is the volume weighted average selling price of all sales by the reporting person on the transaction date within a one dollar range. Actual prices ranged from $169.9300 to $170.0000. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request of the Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price. F2 Includes dividend equivalents paid on restricted stock units and performance-based restricted stock units since the date of the reporting person's last filing through the date of the reported transaction that have been reinvested in additional restricted stock units and performance-based restricted stock units. | SEC |
| 2026-05-29 | 2026-06-01 | Sylvester Cara A | Executive Officer | $1.3M | S — Open-market saleForm 4 footnoteF1 Price is the volume weighted average selling price of all sales by the reporting person on the transaction date within a one dollar range. Actual prices ranged from $125.8900 to $125.9350. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request of the Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price. | SEC |
| 2026-06-29 | 2026-06-30 | Roath Lisa R | Executive Officer | $966k | S — Open-market saleForm 4 footnoteF1 Includes dividend equivalents paid on restricted stock units and performance-based restricted stock units since the date of the reporting person's last filing through the date of the reported transaction that have been reinvested in additional restricted stock units and performance-based restricted stock units. | SEC |
| 2026-03-17 | 2026-03-19 | Liegel Matthew A | Chief Accounting Officer | $241k | S — Open-market saleForm 4 footnoteF1 Price is the volume weighted average selling price of all sales by the reporting person on the transaction date within a one dollar range. Actual prices ranged from $117.1900 to $117.2000. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request of the Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price. | SEC |
| 2026-08-21 | 2026-08-24 | Liegel Matthew A | Chief Accounting Officer | $151k | S — Open-market saleForm 4 footnoteF1 Includes dividend equivalents paid on restricted stock units since the date of the reporting person's last filing through the date of the reported transaction that have been reinvested in additional restricted stock units. | SEC |
| 2026-04-07 | 2026-04-09 | Cornell Brian C | Executive Officer | $2.6M | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF2 Withholding of stock to satisfy tax withholding obligation on settlement of performance share unit award referenced in footnote (1). | SEC |
| 2026-03-11 | 2026-03-13 | Cornell Brian C | Executive Officer | $1.3M | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF2 Withholding of stock to satisfy tax withholding obligation on vesting of performance-based restricted stock unit award granted under the Target Corporation 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan previously reported by the reporting person on March 10, 2023. | SEC |
| 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-02 | Lee James | Executive Officer | $1.2M | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)2 Form 4 footnotesF1 Withholding of stock to satisfy tax withholding obligation on vesting of an award of restricted stock units pursuant to the Target Corporation 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan that was previously reported by the reporting person on October 2, 2024. F2 Includes dividend equivalents paid on restricted stock units and performance-based restricted stock units since the date of the reporting person's last filing through the date of the reported transaction that have been reinvested in additional restricted stock units and performance-based restricted stock units. | SEC |
| 2026-04-07 | 2026-04-09 | Fiddelke Michael J | Executive Officer | $620k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF2 Withholding of stock to satisfy tax withholding obligation on settlement of performance share unit award referenced in footnote (1). | SEC |
| 2025-09-30 | 2025-10-02 | Lee James | Executive Officer | $592k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)2 Form 4 footnotesF1 Withholding of stock to satisfy tax withholding obligation on vesting of an award of restricted stock units pursuant to the Target Corporation 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan that was previously reported by the reporting person on October 2, 2024. F2 Includes dividend equivalents paid on restricted stock units and performance-based restricted stock units since the date of the reporting person's last filing through the date of the reported transaction that have been reinvested in additional restricted stock units and performance-based restricted stock units. | SEC |
| 2026-04-07 | 2026-04-09 | Kremer Melissa K | Executive Officer | $373k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF2 Withholding of stock to satisfy tax withholding obligation on settlement of performance share unit award referenced in footnote (1). | SEC |
| 2026-04-07 | 2026-04-09 | Sylvester Cara A | Executive Officer | $239k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF2 Withholding of stock to satisfy tax withholding obligation on settlement of performance share unit award referenced in footnote (1). | SEC |
| 2026-03-11 | 2026-03-13 | Fiddelke Michael J | Executive Officer | $234k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF3 Withholding of stock to satisfy tax withholding obligation on vesting of performance-based restricted stock unit award granted under the Target Corporation 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan previously reported by the reporting person on March 10, 2023. | SEC |
| 2026-03-11 | 2026-03-13 | Kremer Melissa K | Executive Officer | $151k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF4 Withholding of stock to satisfy tax withholding obligation on vesting of performance-based restricted stock unit award granted under the Target Corporation 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan previously reported by the reporting person on March 10, 2023. | SEC |
| 2026-04-07 | 2026-04-09 | Vemana Pratabkumar | Executive Officer | $141k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF2 Withholding of stock to satisfy tax withholding obligation on settlement of performance share unit award referenced in footnote (1). | SEC |
| 2026-03-11 | 2026-03-13 | Sylvester Cara A | Executive Officer | $121k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF4 Withholding of stock to satisfy tax withholding obligation on vesting of performance-based restricted stock unit award granted under the Target Corporation 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan previously reported by the reporting person on March 10, 2023. | SEC |
| 2026-04-07 | 2026-04-09 | Roath Lisa R | Executive Officer | $91k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF2 Withholding of stock to satisfy tax withholding obligation on settlement of performance share unit award referenced in footnote (1). | SEC |
The period balance: money in, money out
In the Form 4 filings submitted between Oct 2, 2025 and Oct 2, 2026 there is not one open-market purchase of Target Corporation: 8 sales worth $26.0M and zero dollars bought.
Only codes P and S count, where an insider puts in or takes out their own money. A selling balance like Target Corporation's is the norm in the S&P 500, where much of the pay comes as stock. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell: it is what was filed.
Every transaction, code by code
| Code | What it means | Trades | Reported amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Grant or award | 31 | $0 |
| F | Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes) | 22 | $8.1M |
| S | Open-market sale | 8 | $26.0M |
| Total | Everything filed in the period | 61 | $34.1M |
31 of the 61 rows carry no usable amount on the Form 4: they count as trades and add $0. The code labels come from the SEC index.
Who has traded
Over the 15 months of history, 24 distinct people or entities have filed Target Corporation transactions: none bought on the open market and 5 sold. Counted by CIK, the fixed number the SEC gives each filer, and not by name, which each filer types their own way.
| Filer | Role | Transactions | Bought (count) | Sold (count) | Last filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell Brian C | Executive Officer | 7 | — | $20.8M (3) | 2026-08-27 |
| Kremer Melissa K | Executive Officer | 5 | — | $2.6M (1) | 2026-08-26 |
| Sylvester Cara A | Executive Officer | 5 | — | $1.3M (1) | 2026-06-01 |
| Roath Lisa R | Executive Officer | 7 | — | $966k (1) | 2026-06-30 |
| Liegel Matthew A | Chief Accounting Officer | 8 | — | $392k (2) | 2026-08-24 |
| Vemana Pratabkumar | Executive Officer | 6 | — | — | 2026-04-09 |
| Fiddelke Michael J | Executive Officer | 4 | — | — | 2026-04-09 |
| Lee James | Executive Officer | 3 | — | — | 2026-10-02 |
Shown here are the 8 who moved the most money, out of 24. The rest are in the full history, one link above. The name links to all their trades, in any company. "Transactions" counts any code; the money, open market only. Role: from their latest filing.
Month by month
By the month the trade was executed, not the month it was filed; months with no trades show zero. The busiest month was Aug 2026: 0 purchases and 3 sales, worth $11.0M. 11 of the 15 months have none.
| Month | Purchases | Amount | Sales | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| Oct 2025 | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| Nov 2025 | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| Dec 2025 | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| Jan 2026 | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| Feb 2026 | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| Mar 2026 | 0 | $0 | 2 | $6.3M |
| Apr 2026 | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| May 2026 | 0 | $0 | 2 | $7.8M |
| Jun 2026 | 0 | $0 | 1 | $966k |
| Jul 2026 | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 2026 | 0 | $0 | 3 | $11.0M |
| Sep 2026 | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| Oct 2026 | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
The last month may be partial: a Form 4 is filed up to two business days later. The table does not say whether the pattern is good or bad; it says when it happened.
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How to read this data
None of the 8 sales in the table is flagged as scheduled (10b5-1 plan), the kind signed months ahead and executed automatically. Target has no open-market purchase (code P) in the history, the most common case in the S&P 500: insiders are already paid in stock. The latest filing is from Oct 2, 2026, and a Form 4 arrives up to two business days after the trade.
20 of the 20 rows in the table carry footnotes from the Form 4 itself, folded into the code column and copied verbatim; a row with no footnote means the filing has none.
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What is behind these trades
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- What the efficiency hypothesis says and what it does NOT sayIf an insider's purchase is public and anyone can read it, is there any information left in it? That is the exact question that brings people here.
- Who really moves the market: the types of investorWho sits on the other side of each order, and where a company's own insiders fit among them.
- Supply, demand and price: why it rises and falls constantlyHow a piece of news ends up inside the price, and why the reaction to a filed sale is rarely the one you would expect.
Source: SEC EDGAR Form 4. This is a list of public facts, not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell.