NYSE:MMM - 3M Stock Price, News, & Analysis

3M trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MMM."

3M announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 13th. Investors of record on Friday, November 23rd will be paid a dividend of $1.36 per share on Wednesday, December 12th. This represents a $5.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.77%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 21st. View 3M's Dividend History.

3M announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, November 13th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $10,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 8.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

3M Co (NYSE:MMM) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The conglomerate reported $2.58 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.70 by $0.12. The conglomerate earned $8.15 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.41 billion. 3M had a return on equity of 54.60% and a net margin of 13.79%. 3M's quarterly revenue was down .2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $2.33 EPS. View 3M's Earnings History.

3M is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for 3M.

3M will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 29th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8007622596.

3M updated its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 15th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $10.60-11.05 for the period.

13 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for 3M's shares. Their predictions range from $190.00 to $285.00. On average, they anticipate 3M's stock price to reach $218.5833 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for 3M.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for 3M in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for 3M.

Headlines about MMM stock have been trending positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. 3M earned a media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the conglomerate a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is very likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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3M's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.40%), Vanguard Group Inc (8.40%), BlackRock Inc. (6.50%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.89%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.17%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.14%). Company insiders that own 3M stock include Eric D Hammes, Frank R Jr Little, Gregory R Page, Hak Cheol Shin, Inge G Thulin, Ippocratis Vrohidis, Ivan K Fong, James L Bauman, Jon T Lindekugel, Khandpur K Ashish, Kimberly F Price, Marlene Mary Mcgrath, Michael F Roman, Nicholas C Gangestad and Paul A Keel. View Institutional Ownership Trends for 3M.

MMM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, FMR LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Bahl & Gaynor Inc., Prudential Financial Inc. and TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold 3M company stock in the last year include Eric D Hammes, Frank R Jr Little, Hak Cheol Shin, Inge G Thulin, Ippocratis Vrohidis, Jon T Lindekugel, Michael F Roman and Nicholas C Gangestad. View Insider Buying and Selling for 3M.

MMM stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rehmann Capital Advisory Group, Morgan Stanley, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D and Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for 3M.

Shares of MMM can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MMM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $196.10.

3M has a market capitalization of $114.19 billion and generates $31.66 billion in revenue each year. The conglomerate earns $4.86 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.17 on an earnings per share basis. 3M employs 91,536 workers across the globe.

The official website for 3M is http://www.3m.com.

3M's mailing address is 3M CENTER BLDG. 220-11W-02, ST PAUL MN, 55144. The conglomerate can be reached via phone at 651-733-1110.