TRGP
Targa Resources Corp.Evidence as of 2026-09-03Overview · Targa Resources Corp.
Targa Resources Corp., together with its subsidiary, Targa Resources Partners LP, owns, operates, acquires, and develops a portfolio of complementary domestic midstream infrastructure assets in North America. The company operates in two segments, Gathering and Processing, and Logistics and Transportation. It engages in gathering, compressing, treating, processing, transporting, and selling natural gas; storing, fract…
Management team
- Mr. William A Byers · Executive Vice President & CFOFind on LinkedIn
- Ms. Jennifer R. Kneale · President - Finance and AdministrationFind on LinkedIn
- Ms. Julie H. Boushka · Senior VP & Chief Accounting OfficerFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Robert M. Muraro · Chief Commercial OfficerFind on LinkedIn
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Moneyta sentiment
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+0.2 on a −2 to +2 scale.
What builds the score
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Editor's note
Written after the debate settled — the rest of the page is the evidence behind it.
The evidence balance is Mixed (+0.2 of a possible +2; was +0.2 before debate) · confidence high. Revenues rose from $4,094,700,000 in Q1 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-05-01) to $4,440,100,000 in Q2 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-07-31), while operating income increased from $846,900,000 to $1,234,500,000 over the same pair of quarters. That change expanded a calculated operating margin from about 20.7% to about 27.8%, and net income moved from $479,600,000 to $764,600,000 with diluted EPS up from $2.21 to $3.54; diluted shares outstanding were essentially flat (215,500,000 to 215,200,000) and point-in-time common shares fell by 520,777 between the reported dates.
Market and ownership signals coexist with those fundamentals: short- and medium-term price momentum readings are positive and momentum ranks are high, volatility measures are elevated, a golden cross is present, three‑year drawdown metrics show a past large loss but only a modest current drawdown, and institutional and 13F-style filings show several new positions in the quarter. Valuation metrics flag tension: trailing FCF was $902.9 million with P/FCF about 69.94, EV/EBITDA 14.74, P/E 27.12, and model-implied FCF growth consistent with today’s price is 42.79% per year; reported cash was $132.3 million against long-term debt of $19,578,000,000.
How this note was made
every stage ran before the note was writtenAnalyst desk
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Reads the XBRL figures companies file with the SEC — revenue, margins, income, debt and share count, quarter by quarter — and reports which way the trend is running.
Revenues increased from $4,094,700,000 in fiscal Q1 2026 (2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31, 3mo) to $4,440,100,000 in fiscal Q2 2026 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30, 3mo).
XBRL companyfacts · 0001193125-26-211698Operating income rose from $846,900,000 in fiscal Q1 2026 (2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31, 3mo) to $1,234,500,000 in fiscal Q2 2026 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30, 3mo).
XBRL companyfacts · 0001193125-26-211698Reads the filings themselves, above all the year-over-year diff of Item 1A risk factors: which risks a company added, dropped or quietly reworded since its last annual report.
Which filings the desk reads
The desk reads the annual 10-K in full — its risk factors, and how they changed since last year. Quarterly 10-Qs and event filings (8-Ks, insider Form 4s) are listed for context but not read line by line: the 10-K is where the material risk disclosures live. A brand-new company, or one we have only just begun tracking, may have no annual report on file yet — its risk analysis fills in once that lands.
The Board appointed Brent B. Secrest to serve as President – Logistics and Transportation effective September 1, 2026.
8-K filed 2026-08-25The Board approved the appointment of Benjamin J. Branstetter to serve as Chief Financial Officer, succeeding William A. Byers, effective September 1, 2026; in connection with that role the Compensation Committee approved an increased annual base salary of $600,000 and an annual long-term incentive award equal to 400% of his base salary, first applicable to his 2027 annual award.
8-K filed 2026-08-25Reads the signal panel above — momentum, volatility, drawdown, relative strength and beta — and ranks each against the whole research universe rather than judging it in isolation.
As of 2026-09-02, short- and medium-term price momentum for TRGP is positive: momentum_3m = +12.2% and momentum_6m = +21.9%.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-02weakened in debateMomentum ranks are high in the research universe as of 2026-09-02: rank_momentum_6m = 81th percentile of 547 and rank_momentum_12_1 = 87th percentile of 547 (momentum_12_1 = +64.8%).
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-02weakened in debateReads which funds hold the name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings, to show the exposure you may already carry through index funds.
As of 2026-09-02, TRGP is held in the IVV ETF with a weight of 0.09% of that fund.
ETF constituents · market dataFour Form 4 insider filings for TRGP were filed in a short cluster on 2026-08-20, 2026-08-24, 2026-08-25, and 2026-08-26.
Form 4 × 4 (90d window not enforced here)Reads recent headlines that are genuinely about this company, ignoring rating chatter and market-wide stories. Findings argue in the debate but never move the sentiment score.
A broker increased Targa Resources' price target and assigned an 'outperform' rating, with the update dated 27 August 2026 in a roundup of recent research analyst activity.
News · thelincolnianonline.com · 2026-09-02Multiple filings and reports show new institutional stakes in Targa Resources were established during the second quarter, including purchases by the Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio and Empowered Funds LLC.
News · thelincolnianonline.com · 2026-08-30Reads parsed Forms 3/4/5 — who bought or sold, at what size, and whether a 10b5-1 plan was involved. Flags clustered open-market officer buying; treats plan sales as routine and never counts a fund or 10%-holder as an officer.
Charles R. Crisp (Director) sold 3,000 shares for "$871k" on 2026-08-25.
Form 4 · CRISP CHARLES R (Director) · $0 code G · 2026-08-25S. W. Davis Waters IV (Director) executed six open-market sales totaling "$719k" for 2,400 shares on 2026-08-21 (individual lots: 440 shares "$130k", 692 shares "$206k", 254 shares "$76k", 154 shares "$46k", 270 shares "$82k", 590 shares "$179k").
Form 4 · Davis Waters S IV (Director) · $130k sold · 2026-08-21Reads the implied-expectations math built from the company's own filings (the growth rate today's price would justify, and the multiples beside it) and argues whether the market's bar looks high or low for this business. Never turns the math into a target.
The model-implied free cash flow (FCF) growth rate that today's price would justify is 42.79% per year.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closePrice to trailing-twelve-month FCF (P/FCF) is 69.94, implying the market price equals almost 70 times FCF generated over the last twelve months.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeDebate and risk review
A bull and a bear contest the claims and the chair rules on each; the risk review stress-tests what survived.
A bull and a bear argue the analysts' claims across two rounds, then a chair rules on each one. Only what survives feeds the score — the argument is shown, not hidden, so you can judge the reasoning yourself.
The company-level operating performance in Q2 2026 appears materially stronger than Q1: revenues, operating income, operating margin, net income, and diluted EPS all rose quarter-over-quarter while diluted share counts edged lower, supporting an earnings-quality improvement narrative. Complementary signals — a long-term commercial agreement with ExxonMobil, fresh institutional buys reported in Q2, a recent analyst upgrade/positive target activity, positive short- and medium-term momentum, price sitting above key moving averages with a sustained golden cross, and positive relative strength versus the S&P 500 — jointly strengthen a constructive read based on the provided evidence. The bear case highlights valuation multiples and high implied FCF growth as weaknesses; those points rest on valuation-model outputs and a large net debt balance, which are valid cautionary data points, but the fundamental quarter-to-quarter operating expansion and announced fee‑based midstream contracts are firm company-specific drivers that mitigate the argument that weak operational execution alone explains the valuation. Evidence strength is strongest for the reported accounting results, the ExxonMobil agreement, momentum/moving-average signals, and documented institutional and analyst activity; valuation-model outputs and elevated volatility metrics are moderate-to-strong in evidentiary support but represent model sensitivities and market behavior rather than company cash-flow execution.
Chair's verdict, claim by claim
Fragility · computed, not argued
balanced0.34
37 surviving claims rest on 17 distinct sources; the heaviest analyst carries 19% of them, and 96% of what the desk raised survived the debate.
The evidence set is moderately concentrated: 37 surviving claims cite 17 distinct sources, so multiple independent documents support the read but a few sources carry outsized weight. One analyst or contributor accounts for almost a fifth of the surviving claims, and a 96% survival rate in debate means the desk judged most points robust — however this combination implies the read is informative but still somewhat fragile to one or two key sources or analyst assumptions being wrong.
Peer context · computed, not argued
12-1 momentum ranks 1st of 3 in Oil & Gas Midstream (as of 2026-09-02).
6-month relative strength ranks 1st of 3 in Oil & Gas Midstream (as of 2026-09-02).
90-day volatility ranks 1st of 3 in Oil & Gas Midstream (as of 2026-09-02).
dividend yield ranks 3rd of 3 in Oil & Gas Midstream (as of 2026-09-02).
Disconfirming evidence · base rates · falsifiers
Context
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What this was built from
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13 filings· 1 cited
SEC XBRL filings
Quarterly figures as filed with the SEC, read straight from EDGAR's structured data — not retyped or estimated.
Read by Mercer+1.0 to the score
6 documents· 2 cited
SEC filing documents
The filings themselves, including the year-over-year comparison of Item 1A risk factors.
Read by Oakes+0.2 to the score
1 signal set
Moneyta signal set
Computed from our own end-of-day price history and ranked against the whole research universe. No AI involved.
Read by Nash+0.2 to the score
2 holdings records
Fund holdings
Which funds hold this name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings.
Read by Ellis+0.0 to the score
8 headlines· 2 cited
News coverage
Recent headlines about this company, rating chatter excluded and nothing published after the report date.
Read by Yatesnothing survived
4 filings· 2 cited
Insider filings
Parsed Forms 3/4/5 from EDGAR: named insiders, share counts, prices, and 10b5-1 plan state — stated and inferred flags kept apart.
Read by Talbot−0.4 to the score
1 computation
Valuation inputs
TTM cash-flow figures from the company's own XBRL filings, priced with the stored closing price. Implied growth and multiples only; no fair-value dollar figure reaches the desk, by design.
Read by Archercontext only
1 record· 0 cited
Company profile
Sector, industry and company details.
1 record· 0 cited
Analyst consensus
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Written by AI, checked against sources
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