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Shares of Target Corp. tacked on 0.2% in premarket trading Thursday, after the discount retailer raised its quarterly dividend by 1.9%, to $1.10 a share from...

Shares of Target Corp. TGT tacked on 0.2% in premarket trading Thursday, after the discount retailer raised its quarterly dividend by 1.9%, to $1.10 a share from $1.08. Shareholders of record on Aug. 16 will be paid the dividend on Sept. 10. Based on Wednesday’s stock closing price of $133.23, the new annual dividend rate implies a dividend yield of 3.30%, which compares with the yield of rival Walmart Inc. WMT of 1.45% and the implied yield for the S&P 500 SPX of 1.57%.

TGT tacked on 0.2% in premarket trading Thursday, after the discount retailer raised its quarterly dividend by 1.9%, to $1.10 a share from $1.08. Shareholders of record on Aug. 16 will be paid the dividend on Sept. 10. Based on Wednesday’s stock closing price of $133.23, the new annual dividend rate implies a dividend yield of 3.30%, which compares with the yield of rival Walmart Inc. WMT of 1.45% and the implied yield for the S&P 500 SPX of 1.57%.

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