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Target Corporation heads into the final trading days of 2025 with fresh momentum after a headline-driven pop late last week, even as U.S. equity markets are closed Sunday and won’t reopen for regular trading until Monday.

Target Corporation heads into the final trading days of 2025 with a fresh catalyst in play: reports that activist hedge fund Toms Capital Investment Management has taken a “significant” stake in the big-box retailer. The news helped Target stock jump in Friday’s holiday-thinned session, even as the broader market churned near record levels with light conviction. StockAnalysis+2Reuters+2

Target Corporation heads into the final week of 2025 with fresh catalyst-driven momentum after reports that activist investor Toms Capital Investment Management has built a “significant” position in the retailer — a development that helped lift Target shares in the latest session even as broader markets traded in thin, post-holiday conditions. Reuters+1

Target Corporation heads into the weekend with fresh momentum after shares climbed roughly 3% in Friday’s thin, post-holiday session, sparked by reports that activist investor Toms Capital Investment Management has built an undisclosed stake in the retailer. The move puts Target’s long-running turnaround narrative back in focus at a pivotal moment: incoming CEO Michael Fiddelke is set to take over in February, and shareholder pressure is rising after a year of soft sales trends and underperformance versus key retail peers. Reuters+1

Target Corporation is heading into the weekend with fresh momentum — and a fresh dose of uncertainty — after shares climbed in the latest holiday-thinned session on news that an activist investor has taken a stake in the retailer. The move lands at a delicate moment for Target: comparable sales have been slipping, management is in the middle of a leadership transition, and the broader U.S. market is hovering near record territory as 2025 winds down. Reuters+2Reuters+2

New York — Late Friday, December 26, 2025: Target Corporation shares were trading around $99.55, up about 3% on the day, after reports that an activist investor has taken a significant stake in the retailer. Reuters

New York — Friday, December 26, 2025: Target Corporation shares were trading around $98.77, up about 2.3% on the day, after swinging between $96.11 and $101.30 in active midday trading.

Target Corporation finished the holiday-shortened Christmas Eve session higher and then traded essentially flat after the closing bell, as investors digested fresh holiday-spending reads and positioned into the final stretch of the year.

Target Corporation ended Tuesday, December 23, 2025, modestly lower even as the broader market pushed higher. Target stock closed at $94.30, down about 0.95%, after trading between $93.77 and $95.38 during the regular session. Trading volume was roughly 8 million shares, in line with a typical pre-holiday tape. Yahoo Finance+1

Target Corporation is trading around $92 per share today, with the latest quote at $92.19, up about 0.6% on the session.

Target Corporation kicks off its week-long Black Friday 2025 sale today as incoming CEO Michael Fiddelke readies a $1 billion store overhaul, institutional investors reshuffle their stakes, and the stock claws back from a fresh 52‑week low.