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Exhibit 99

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

TARGET CORPORATION ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER EARNINGS

 

MINNEAPOLIS, August 18, 2010 — Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) today reported net earnings of $679 million for the quarter ended July 31, 2010, compared with $594 million in the quarter ended August 1, 2009. Earnings per share in the second quarter increased 17.0 percent to 92 cents from 79 cents in the same period a year ago. All earnings per share figures refer to diluted earnings per share.

 

“Our retail segment generated strong profitability, overcoming softer-than-expected sales,” said Gregg Steinhafel, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Target Corporation. “Growth in guest traffic and apparel sales remained robust, and teams across the company continued to exercise thoughtful control of expenses. Our credit card segment also enjoyed very strong results, as disciplined underwriting, superb execution and improving risk trends caused a sharp reduction in bad debt expense compared with last year. Regardless of the pace of recovery, we are well-positioned to continue to gain profitable market share.”

 

Retail Segment Results

 

Sales increased 3.8 percent in the second quarter to $15.1 billion in 2010 from $14.6 billion in 2009, due to the contribution from new stores combined with a 1.7 percent increase in comparable-store sales. Retail segment earnings before interest expense and income taxes (EBIT) were $1,096 million in the second quarter of 2010, an increase of 3.1 percent from $1,064 million in 2009.

 

Second quarter EBITDA and EBIT margin rates were 10.5 percent and 7.2 percent, respectively, compared with 10.6 percent and 7.3 percent in 2009. These changes were the result of slight changes in the gross margin rate, selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expense rate, and the depreciation and amortization (D&A) expense rate.

 

Second quarter gross margin rate was 32.0 percent, up from 31.9 percent in 2009. The impact of sales mix on gross margin rate was essentially neutral, as sales increased at a similar pace in both higher-margin and lower-margin categories.

 

Second quarter SG&A expense rate was 21.5 percent, up from 21.4 percent in 2009.

 

Credit Card Segment Results

 

Second quarter segment profit increased to $149 million from $63 million a year ago, as bad debt expense declined 54.5 percent from $303 million in second quarter 2009 to $138 million this year.

 

Second quarter average receivables decreased 15.1 percent to $7.1 billion in 2010 from $8.4 billion in 2009. Average receivables directly funded by Target increased in the second quarter to $3.0 billion from $2.9 billion in 2009.

 

Annualized segment pre-tax return on invested capital was 20.2 percent in the second quarter 2010, compared with 8.8 percent a year ago.

 

—more —

 



 

Interest Expense and Taxes

 

Net interest expense for the quarter decreased $9 million from second quarter 2009, driven by lower average debt balances partially offset by a higher average portfolio interest rate.

 

The company’s effective income tax rate for the second quarter was 37.2 percent in 2010, down from 37.9 percent in 2009.

 

Share Repurchase

 

In the second quarter, under the share repurchase program originally announced in November 2007 and resumed in January 2010, the company repurchased 17.5 million shares of its common stock at an average price of $51.72, for a total investment of $907 million.

 

Program-to-date through the end of the second quarter, the company has acquired 128.6 million shares of its common stock at an average price per share of $51.46, reflecting a total investment of $6.6 billion.

 

Miscellaneous

 

Target Corporation will webcast its second quarter earnings conference call at 9:30am CDT today.  Investors and the media are invited to listen to the call through the company’s website at www.target.com/investors (click on “events + presentations” and then “archives + webcasts”). A telephone replay of the call will be available beginning at approximately 11:30am CDT today through the end of business on August 20, 2010. The replay number is (800) 642-1687 (passcode: 49644107).

 

Target Corporation’s retail segment includes large general merchandise and food discount stores and Target.com, a fully integrated on-line business. In addition, the company operates a credit card segment that offers branded proprietary credit card products. The company currently operates 1,743 Target stores in 49 states.

 

Target Corporation news releases are available at www.target.com.

 

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(Tables Follow)

 

Contacts:

John Hulbert (Investors)

Eric Hausman (Financial Media)

 

(612) 761-6627

(612) 761-2054

 

2



 

TARGET CORPORATION

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

July 31,

 

August 1,

 

 

 

July 31,

 

August 1,

 

 

 

(millions, except per share data)

 

2010

 

2009

 

Change

 

2010

 

2009

 

Change

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Sales

 

$

15,126

 

$

14,567

 

3.8

%

$

30,283

 

$

28,928

 

4.7

%

Credit card revenues

 

406

 

500

 

(18.8

)

841

 

972

 

(13.6

)

Total revenues

 

15,532

 

15,067

 

3.1

 

31,124

 

29,900

 

4.1

 

Cost of sales

 

10,293

 

9,914

 

3.8

 

20,705

 

19,851

 

4.3

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

3,263

 

3,136

 

4.0

 

6,405

 

6,150

 

4.1

 

Credit card expenses

 

214

 

388

 

(44.8

)

494

 

772

 

(36.0

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

496

 

478

 

3.7

 

1,012

 

950

 

6.5

 

Earnings before interest expense and income taxes

 

1,266

 

1,151

 

10.0

 

2,508

 

2,177

 

15.2

 

Net interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonrecourse debt collateralized by credit card receivables

 

21

 

24

 

(14.0

)

44

 

51

 

(13.3

)

Other interest expense

 

165

 

171

 

(3.5

)

330

 

348

 

(5.3

)

Interest income

 

(1

)

(1

)

(50.4

)

(1

)

(2

)

(53.6

)

Net interest expense

 

185

 

194

 

(4.6

)

373

 

397

 

(6.0

)

Earnings before income taxes

 

1,081

 

957

 

13.0

 

2,135

 

1,780

 

19.9

 

Provision for income taxes

 

402

 

363

 

10.9

 

785

 

664

 

18.2

 

Net earnings

 

$

679

 

$

594

 

14.3

%

$

1,350

 

$

1,116

 

21.0

%

Basic earnings per share

 

$

0.93

 

$

0.79

 

17.6

%

$

1.84

 

$

1.48

 

23.7

%

Diluted earnings per share

 

$

0.92

 

$

0.79

 

17.0

%

$

1.82

 

$

1.48

 

23.1

%

Weighted average common shares outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

731.1

 

752.0

 

 

 

735.5

 

752.1

 

 

 

Diluted

 

736.6

 

754.4

 

 

 

741.1

 

754.2

 

 

 

 

Subject to reclassification

 



 

TARGET CORPORATION

 

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

 

 

 

July 31,

 

January 30,

 

August 1,

 

(millions)

 

2010

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, including marketable securities of $972, $1,617 and $385

 

$

1,540

 

$

2,200

 

$

957

 

Credit card receivables, net of allowance of $851, $1,016 and $1,004

 

6,137

 

6,966

 

7,288

 

Inventory

 

7,728

 

7,179

 

7,528

 

Other current assets

 

1,840

 

2,079

 

1,910

 

Total current assets

 

17,245

 

18,424

 

17,683

 

Property and equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land

 

5,845

 

5,793

 

5,726

 

Buildings and improvements

 

22,568

 

22,152

 

21,530

 

Fixtures and equipment

 

4,602

 

4,743

 

4,481

 

Computer hardware and software

 

2,432

 

2,575

 

2,540

 

Construction-in-progress

 

772

 

502

 

978

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

(10,818

)

(10,485

)

(9,543

)

Property and equipment, net

 

25,401

 

25,280

 

25,712

 

Other noncurrent assets

 

1,009

 

829

 

838

 

Total assets

 

$

43,655

 

$

44,533

 

$

44,233

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ investment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

6,228

 

$

6,511

 

$

6,233

 

Accrued and other current liabilities

 

3,057

 

3,120

 

3,004

 

Unsecured debt and other borrowings

 

782

 

796

 

517

 

Nonrecourse debt collateralized by credit card receivables

 

33

 

900

 

56

 

Total current liabilities

 

10,100

 

11,327

 

9,810

 

Unsecured debt and other borrowings

 

11,693

 

10,643

 

11,983

 

Nonrecourse debt collateralized by credit card receivables

 

4,044

 

4,475

 

5,458

 

Deferred income taxes

 

740

 

835

 

494

 

Other noncurrent liabilities

 

1,810

 

1,906

 

1,886

 

Total noncurrent liabilities

 

18,287

 

17,859

 

19,821

 

Shareholders’ investment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock

 

60

 

62

 

63

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

3,085

 

2,919

 

2,822

 

Retained earnings

 

12,690

 

12,947

 

12,266

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

(567

)

(581

)

(549

)

Total shareholders’ investment

 

15,268

 

15,347

 

14,602

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ investment

 

$

43,655

 

$

44,533

 

$

44,233

 

Common shares outstanding

 

722.6

 

744.6

 

751.9

 

 

Subject to reclassification

 



 

TARGET CORPORATION

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

July 31,

 

August 1,

 

(millions)

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

Operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

Net earnings

 

$

1,350

 

$

1,116

 

Reconciliation to cash flow

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

1,012

 

950

 

Share-based compensation expense

 

52

 

48

 

Deferred income taxes

 

148

 

64

 

Bad debt expense

 

335

 

600

 

Loss/impairment of property and equipment, net

 

10

 

74

 

Other non-cash items affecting earnings

 

75

 

28

 

Changes in operating accounts providing/(requiring) cash

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable originated at Target

 

241

 

154

 

Inventory

 

(549

)

(823

)

Other current assets

 

(76

)

(59

)

Other noncurrent assets

 

(106

)

19

 

Accounts payable

 

(283

)

(103

)

Accrued and other current liabilities

 

(247

)

30

 

Other noncurrent liabilities

 

(134

)

(47

)

Cash flow provided by operations

 

1,828

 

2,051

 

Investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

Expenditures for property and equipment

 

(991

)

(1,042

)

Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment

 

32

 

24

 

Change in accounts receivable originated at third parties

 

254

 

42

 

Other investments

 

(20

)

4

 

Cash flow required for investing activities

 

(725

)

(972

)

Financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

Reductions of short-term notes payable

 

 

 

 

Additions to long-term debt

 

997

 

 

Reductions of long-term debt

 

(1,339

)

(754

)

Dividends paid

 

(252

)

(241

)

Repurchase of stock

 

(1,285

)

 

Stock option exercises and related tax benefit

 

116

 

9

 

Cash flow provided by/(required for) financing activities

 

(1,763

)

(986

)

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

(660

)

93

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

2,200

 

864

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

1,540

 

$

957

 

 

Subject to reclassification

 



 

TARGET CORPORATION

 

Retail Segment

 

Retail Segment Results

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

July 31,

 

August 1,

 

 

 

July 31,

 

August 1,

 

 

 

(millions) (unaudited)

 

2010

 

2009

 

Change

 

2010

 

2009

 

Change

 

Sales

 

$

15,126

 

$

14,567

 

3.8

%

$

30,283

 

$

28,928

 

4.7

%

Cost of sales

 

10,293

 

9,914

 

3.8

 

20,705

 

19,851

 

4.3

 

Gross margin

 

4,833

 

4,653

 

3.9

 

9,578

 

9,077

 

5.5

 

SG&A expenses(a)

 

3,246

 

3,115

 

4.2

 

6,370

 

6,109

 

4.3

 

EBITDA

 

1,587

 

1,538

 

3.2

 

3,208

 

2,968

 

8.1

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

491

 

474

 

3.5

 

1,003

 

942

 

6.4

 

EBIT

 

$

1,096

 

$

1,064

 

3.1

%

$

2,205

 

$

2,026

 

8.9

%

 


EBITDA is earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization.

EBIT is earnings before interest expense and income taxes.

(a) New account and loyalty rewards redeemed by our guests reduce reported sales. Our Retail Segment charges the cost of these discounts to our Credit Card Segment, and the reimbursements of $17 million and $34 million for the three and six months ended July 31, 2010, respectively, and $21 million and $41 million for the three and six months ended August 1, 2009, respectively, are recorded as a reduction to SG&A expenses within the Retail Segment.

 

Retail Segment Rate Analysis

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

July 31,

 

August 1,

 

July 31,

 

August 1,

 

(unaudited)

 

2010

 

2009

 

2010

 

2009

 

Gross margin rate

 

32.0

%

31.9

%

31.6

%

31.4

%

SG&A expense rate

 

21.5

%

21.4

%

21.0

%

21.1

%

EBITDA margin rate

 

10.5

%

10.6

%

10.6

%

10.3

%

Depreciation and amortization expense rate

 

3.2

%

3.3

%

3.3

%

3.3

%

EBIT margin rate

 

7.2

%

7.3

%

7.3

%

7.0

%

 

Retail Segment rate analysis metrics are computed by dividing the applicable amount by sales.

 

Comparable-Store Sales

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

July 31,

 

August 1,

 

July 31,

 

August 1,

 

(unaudited)

 

2010

 

2009

 

2010

 

2009

 

Comparable-store sales

 

1.7

%

(6.2

)%

2.2

%

(5.0

)%

Drivers of changes in comparable-store sales:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of transactions

 

2.4

%

(2.6

)%

2.3

%

(1.9

)%

Average transaction amount

 

(0.8

)%

(3.7

)%

(0.1

)%

(3.1

)%

Units per transaction

 

2.0

%

(2.6

)%

1.6

%

(2.9

)%

Selling price per unit

 

(2.7

)%

(1.2

)%

(1.7

)%

(0.2

)%

 

The comparable-store sales increases or decreases above are calculated by comparing sales in fiscal year periods with comparable prior year periods of equivalent length.

 

Number of Stores and Retail Square Feet

 

 

 

Number of Stores

 

Retail Square Feet(a)

 

 

 

July 31,

 

January 30,

 

August 1,

 

July 31,

 

January 30,

 

August 1,

 

(unaudited)

 

2010

 

2010

 

2009

 

2010

 

2010

 

2009

 

Target general merchandise stores

 

1,492

 

1,489

 

1,472

 

187,971

 

187,449

 

184,663

 

SuperTarget stores

 

251

 

251

 

247

 

44,504

 

44,492

 

43,739

 

Total

 

1,743

 

1,740

 

1,719

 

232,475

 

231,941

 

228,402

 

 


(a) In thousands; reflects total square feet, less office, distribution center and vacant space.

 

Subject to reclassification

 



 

TARGET CORPORATION

 

Credit Card Segment

 

Credit Card Segment Results

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Three Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

July 31, 2010

 

August 1, 2009

 

July 31, 2010

 

August 1, 2009

 

 

 

Amount

 

Annualized

 

Amount

 

Annualized

 

Amount

 

Annualized

 

Amount

 

Annualized

 

(millions) (unaudited)

 

(in millions)

 

Rate(d)

 

(in millions)

 

Rate(d)

 

(in millions)

 

Rate(d)

 

(in millions)

 

Rate(d)

 

Finance charge revenue

 

$

324

 

18.3

%

$

377

 

18.1

%

$

674

 

18.4

%

$

732

 

17.2

%

Late fees and other revenue

 

54

 

3.0

 

91

 

4.3

 

113

 

3.1

 

178

 

4.2

 

Third party merchant fees

 

28

 

1.6

 

32

 

1.5

 

54

 

1.5

 

62

 

1.5

 

Total revenues

 

406

 

22.9

 

500

 

23.9

 

841

 

23.0

 

972

 

22.8

 

Bad debt expense

 

138

 

7.8

 

303

 

14.5

 

335

 

9.2

 

600

 

14.1

 

Operations and marketing expenses(a)

 

93

 

5.2

 

106

 

5.0

 

193

 

5.3

 

213

 

5.0

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

5

 

0.3

 

4

 

0.2

 

9

 

0.2

 

7

 

0.2

 

Total expenses

 

236

 

13.3

 

413

 

19.7

 

537

 

14.7

 

820

 

19.2

 

EBIT

 

170

 

9.6

 

87

 

4.2

 

304

 

8.3

 

152

 

3.6

 

Interest expense on nonrecourse debt collateralized by credit card receivables

 

21

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

44

 

 

 

51

 

 

 

Segment profit

 

$

149

 

 

 

$

63

 

 

 

$

260

 

 

 

$

101

 

 

 

Average gross credit card receivables funded by Target(b)

 

$

2,950

 

 

 

$

2,853

 

 

 

$

2,656

 

 

 

$

3,027

 

 

 

Segment pretax ROIC(c)

 

20.2

%

 

 

8.8

%

 

 

19.6

%

 

 

6.7

%

 

 

 


(a) New account and loyalty rewards redeemed by our guests reduce reported sales. Our Retail Segment charges the cost of these discounts to our Credit Card Segment, and the reimbursements of $17 million and $34 million for the three and six months ended July 31, 2010, respectively, and $21 million and $41 million for the three and six months ended August 1, 2009, respectively, are recorded as an increase to Operations and Marketing expenses within the Credit Card Segment.

(b) Amounts represent the portion of average credit card receivables funded by Target. These amounts exclude $4,148 million and $4,667 million for the three and six months ended July 31, 2010, respectively, and $5,508 million and $5,502 million for the three and six months ended August 1, 2009, respectively, of receivables funded by nonrecourse debt collateralized by credit card receivables.

(c) ROIC is return on invested capital, and this rate represents segment profit divided by average receivables funded by Target, expressed as an annualized rate.

(d) As an annualized percentage of average gross credit card receivables.

 

Spread Analysis - Total Portfolio

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Three Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

July 31, 2010

 

August 1, 2009

 

July 31, 2010

 

August 1, 2009

 

 

 

Yield

 

Yield

 

Yield

 

Yield

 

 

 

Amount

 

Annualized

 

Amount

 

Annualized

 

Amount

 

Annualized

 

Amount

 

Annualized

 

(unaudited)

 

(in millions)

 

Rate

 

(in millions)

 

Rate

 

(in millions)

 

Rate

 

(in millions)

 

Rate

 

EBIT

 

$

170

 

9.6

%(b)

$

87

 

4.2

%(b)

$

304

 

8.3

%(b)

$

152

 

3.6

%(b)

LIBOR(a)

 

 

 

0.3

%

 

 

0.3

%

 

 

0.3

%

 

 

0.4

%

Spread to LIBOR(c)

 

$

164

 

9.3

%(b)

$

81

 

3.9

%(b)

$

293

 

8.0

%(b)

$

135

 

3.2

%(b)

 


(a) Balance-weighted average one-month LIBOR

(b) As a percentage of average gross credit card receivables.

(c) Spread to LIBOR is a metric used to analyze the performance of our total credit card portfolio because the vast majority of our portfolio earns finance charge revenue at rates tied to the Prime Rate, and the interest rate on all nonrecourse debt securitized by credit card receivables is tied to LIBOR.

 

Receivables Rollforward Analysis

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

July 31,

 

August 1,

 

 

 

July 31,

 

August 1,

 

 

 

(millions) (unaudited)

 

2010

 

2009

 

Change

 

2010

 

2009

 

Change

 

Beginning gross credit card receivables

 

$

7,260

 

$

8,457

 

(14.2

)%

$

7,982

 

$

9,094

 

(12.2

)%

Charges at Target

 

765

 

843

 

(9.2

)

1,484

 

1,646

 

(9.9

)

Charges at third parties

 

1,522

 

1,768

 

(13.9

)

2,948

 

3,432

 

(14.1

)

Payments

 

(2,717

)

(2,940

)

(7.6

)

(5,706

)

(6,201

)

(8.0

)

Other

 

158

 

165

 

(4.7

)

280

 

322

 

(13.1

)

Period-end gross credit card receivables

 

$

6,988

 

$

8,293

 

(15.7

)%

$

6,988

 

$

8,293

 

(15.7

)%

Average gross credit card receivables

 

$

7,098

 

$

8,361

 

(15.1

)%

$

7,323

 

$

8,529

 

(14.1

)%

Accounts with three or more payments (60+ days) past due as a percentage of period-end gross credit card receivables

 

5.0

%

5.8

%

 

 

5.0

%

5.8

%

 

 

Accounts with four or more payments (90+ days) past due as a percentage of period-end gross credit card receivables

 

3.5

%

4.1

%

 

 

3.5

%

4.1

%

 

 

Credit card penetration(a)

 

5.1

%

5.8

%

 

 

4.9

%

5.7

%

 

 

 


(a) Represents charges at Target (including sales taxes and gift cards) divided by sales (which excludes sales taxes and gift cards).

 

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

July 31,

 

August 1,

 

 

 

July 31,

 

August 1,

 

 

 

(millions) (unaudited)

 

2010

 

2009

 

Change

 

2010

 

2009

 

Change

 

Allowance at beginning of period

 

$

930

 

$

1,005

 

(7.5

)%

$

1,016

 

$

1,010

 

0.6

%

Bad debt provision

 

138

 

303

 

(54.5

)

335

 

600

 

(44.1

)

Net write-offs(a)

 

(217

)

(304

)

(28.7

)

(500

)

(606

)

(17.4

)

Allowance at end of period

 

$

851

 

$

1,004

 

(15.3

)%

$

851

 

$

1,004

 

(15.3

)%

As a percentage of period-end gross credit card receivables

 

12.2

%

12.1

%

 

 

12.2

%

12.1

%

 

 

Net write-offs as a percentage of average gross credit card receivables (annualized)

 

12.2

%

14.5

%

 

 

13.7

%

14.2

%

 

 

 


(a) Net write-offs include the principal amount of losses (excluding accrued and unpaid finance charges) less current period principal recoveries.

 

Subject to reclassification