Top Services Stock Picking: Target Corporation (TGT), DISH Network Corporation (DISH)

Target Corporation (TGT) ended last trading session with a change of -0.31 percent. It trades at an average volume of 6.97M shares versus 7.52M shares recorded at the end of last trading session. The share price of $55.19 is at a distance of 1.43 percent from its 52-week low and down -32.19 percent versus its peak. The company has a market cap of $30.9B and currently has 559.9M shares outstanding. The share price is currently -10.38 percent versus its SMA20, -14.92 percent versus its SMA50, and -19.76 percent versus its SMA200. The stock has a weekly performance of -1.62 percent and is -22.89 percent year-to-date as of the recent close.

March 9, 2017 — The board of directors of Target Corporation (TGT) has declared a quarterly dividend of 60 cents per common share. The dividend is payable June 10, 2017 to shareholders of record at the close of business May 17, 2017. The 2nd quarter dividend will be the company’s 199th consecutive dividend paid since October 1967 when the company became publicly held.

DISH Network Corporation (DISH) recently recorded -0.11 percent change and currently at $61.98 is 43.17 percent away from its 52-week low and down -4.26 percent versus its peak. It has a past 5-day performance of 1.22 percent and trades at an average volume of 3.07M shares. The stock has a 1-month performance of 1.49 percent and is 6.99 percent year-to-date as of the recent close. There were about 476.3M shares outstanding which made its market cap $29.52B. The share price is currently -0.56 percent versus its SMA20, 0.99 percent versus its SMA50, and 11.02 percent versus its SMA200.

March 1, 2017 — DISH Network Corporation (DISH) announced the consummation on February 28, 2017 of the agreement executed in January with EchoStar Corporation that will transfer certain EchoStar assets and operations, including its EchoStar Technologies hardware and software development group, its national and regional uplink business, its managed fiber backhaul network serving all U.S. DMAs and its OTT development group to DISH in exchange for DISH’s 80 percent economic interest in Hughes Retail Group held in the form of a tracking stock.