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The Motley Fool January 24, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
3M Needs to Get MMMoving New CEO George Buckley seems a bit more interested in engineering and innovation than his predecessor. Should he succeed in leveraging 3M's great base of engineering talent, better future growth is attainable. Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool July 25, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
Investors Whack 3M Old news is bad news for 3M. It doesn't make too much sense to see even more weakness in a stock on the same negative news investors already expected.  |
The Motley Fool April 18, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
3M Rolls On Some analysts may get hung up on a revenue shortfall, but results from the first quarter were good.  |
The Motley Fool August 15, 2006 Seth Jayson |
3M's Biggest Acquisition: Itself If you think 3M is aggressive in buying other companies, take a look at what it's spending at home. This looks like a good thing for investors who are buying at the same levels.  |
The Motley Fool April 25, 2008 David Lee Smith |
3M's Downside-Up Quarter Take away year-ago asset sales, and 3M has grown earnings nicely.  |
The Motley Fool January 30, 2009 David Lee Smith |
3M's Shares Rise Amid Sinking Earnings With its earnings down 37%, 3M tacked on 2% in a forlorn market.  |
The Motley Fool December 7, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
3M Picks Its New Man The former head of Brunswick may not seem like a scintillating choice, but 3M made a solid selection for its CEO. Both the company and the stock look like winners.  |
The Motley Fool April 21, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
MMM'mmm Good Like other conglomerates, 3M is coupling decent upper-single-digit revenue growth with margin improvements and driving nice double-digit earnings growth. Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool October 18, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
3 Cheers for 3M? Sales and margin improvements underlie the value for investors here.  |
The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Does 3M Spell Bingo? With 3M's projected earnings growth of 12% per annum over the next five years, you'd probably want its P/E of 19 and price-to-free cash flow ratio 17 to drop a bit before buying this one.  |
The Motley Fool January 18, 2005 W.D. Crotty |
Really See 3M to Appreciate It A familiar story: Earnings are up, but the stock is down. Is value piling up within the stock?  |
The Motley Fool October 23, 2006 Seth Jayson |
3M Steering Straight Solid earnings and straight talk make this a stock worth owning.  |
The Motley Fool July 24, 2009 David Lee Smith |
3M Keeps Posting Profits With some companies disappointing, the Post-It maker turns in a solid quarter.  |
The Motley Fool October 26, 2011 David Lee Smith |
3M Joins a Wacky, Wild, and Wooly Earnings Season Tangled European economies and an LCD TV slowdown aren't helping 3M.  |
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 |
James McNerney No matter that the manufacturing sector was on the skids before he even showed up at 3M. The conglomerate has been flying since McNerney rolled out his five-part productivity overhaul in 2001.  |
The Motley Fool July 19, 2004 Roger Nusbaum |
3M Strong Despite Stock's Slip Experienced leadership keeps 3M, maker of Post-It Notes and Thinsulate, performing well.  |
The Motley Fool September 14, 2010 Travis Hoium |
3M Goes Shopping for Growth 3M has started buying again, but beware, the cost is high, and past acquisitions haven't made a big impact.  |
The Motley Fool March 16, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
3M Makes More Money 3M boosts its 2004 outlook again. It's an adhesive charm.  |
The Motley Fool January 26, 2011 David Lee Smith |
3M's Tiny Beat Hurts Its Shares While it topped the analysts' forecast, the market found 3M's results less than inspiring.  |
The Motley Fool October 23, 2007 David Lee Smith |
3M: Punished for Performance Despite rolling out record third-quarter sales and earnings, the company watched its shares tumble amid an increasingly cautious look ahead.  |
The Motley Fool April 19, 2004 W.D. Crotty |
3M: Money, Margins, Magnificent Trusty old 3M is no ordinary industrial conglomerate.  |
IndustryWeek January 1, 2004 John S. McClenahen |
New World Leader 3M Co.'s James McNerney, CEO of the Year, is committed to operating excellence and organic growth through innovation, international strength, leadership development and Six Sigma.  |
The Motley Fool June 7, 2006 Philip Durell |
Profit From a CEO Change A company is far more than the person at the top, yet the market routinely reacts wildly to a CEO change. Learn how to profit from this overreaction.  |
The Motley Fool October 22, 2008 David Lee Smith |
3M Sticks to Your Portfolio Despite a sluggish economy, 3M managed across-the-board improvement.  |
The Motley Fool May 11, 2005 Brian Gorman |
3M's Global Focus 3M's emphasis on developing countries poses new opportunities and risks. 3M's investors should understand that future growth may be on shakier ground.  |
The Motley Fool February 23, 2011 Brian Richards |
Here's Where 3M Makes Money A look at where the company is selling its goods.  |
Information Today March 31, 2015 |
3M Library Systems' Staff Workstation Integrates With SirsiDynix Symphony After starting with a partial integration, the final products have all 21 program features that give library users a more seamless and streamlined user experience.  |
The Motley Fool November 9, 2004 Lawrence Meyers |
3M Looks Mmm-Mmm Good It's easy to overlook this stalwart, but doing so means missing out on a solid investment. Its stock price has doubled over the past five years and quadrupled over the past 15 years.  |
BusinessWeek April 12, 2004 Michael Arndt |
3M's Rising Star Jim McNerney is racking up quite a record at 3M. Now, can he rev up its innovation machine?  |
The Motley Fool January 30, 2008 David Lee Smith |
3M's Getting It Done Worldwide 3M is among a small group of companies doing well domestically and internationally. Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2005 Brian Gorman |
Drinking In 3M's CUNO Purchase The conglomerate gets more than just a niche business with the water filter company. Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool April 13, 2006 John Bluis |
Follow the Leader An enjoyable and enriching way investors can find new companies to research is to play "Follow the Leader." As an example, let's take a look at 3M.  |
BusinessWeek April 12, 2004 Michael Arndt |
Why 3M Feels Right At Home In China Today, 3M is selling goods worth nearly $500 million annually in China, from industrial gear and components for consumer electronics to respiratory masks and the latest in Post-it Notes.  |
The Motley Fool October 26, 2009 David Lee Smith |
3M Means Make Mucho Money Like lots of big U.S. industrial companies, 3M smacked the analysts' estimates.  |
The Motley Fool November 9, 2006 Jim Gillies |
The Best Blue Chip for 2007: 3M Constant innovation and rewards for shareholders -- there's a lot for investors to like here.  |
The Motley Fool July 15, 2011 Todd Wenning |
What Does 3M Do With Its Free Cash? Let's find out if company management is a good steward of your capital.  |
The Motley Fool November 9, 2005 Simpson & Parmelee |
Diving Into the Dow: The First Five The authors banter about the relative merits and investment opportunities of some of the biggest companies in America: 3M... Alcoa... American International Group... American Express... Boeing...  |
The Motley Fool April 27, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann |
3 Cheers for 3M Recent share price gains at diversified industrial and technology giant 3M may be due as much to a happy Mr. Market as to strong first-quarter results, but investors aren't complaining.  |
The Motley Fool August 4, 2005 Jack Uldrich |
3M: Great at the Little Things The maker of Scotch Tape, Post-It Notes, and Thinsulate is also a nanotech powerhouse well-positioned to employ the emerging science of the small across its entire line of diversified products. Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann |
3M Bucks the Trend Given its track record, it's hard to argue against 3M, and judging by a recently cranky Mr. Market, more investors may be heading into 3M's stable arms.  |
The Motley Fool October 27, 2011 Eric Bleeker |
Here's Where 3M's Finding Its Growth Where's your company generating its sales? Here's a look at where 3M's sales and earnings come from and how its sales abroad have changed over time.  |
Information Today February 6, 2014 |
3M Cloud Library Launches in Canada and Debuts Automation Tool 3M announced that the 3M Cloud Library ebook lending system from 3M Library Systems is now available in Canada.  |
IndustryWeek November 1, 2001 William H. Miller |
New Leader, New Era Jim McNerney, passed over for GE's top job, sets 3M on a growth course...  |
The Motley Fool November 11, 2011 |
A Brief History of 3M's Returns The good news is that, at 15 times earnings, shares look reasonably valued today.  |
CIO April 29, 2010 Rick Swanborg |
Social Networks in the Enterprise: 3M's Innovation Process When 3M wanted to expand the reach of its innovation process it deployed an internal social network to access all 75,000 global employees, bringing in hundreds of new ideas.  |
The Motley Fool June 9, 2005 Seth Jayson |
Value at Fair Value? Does holding out for the ultra-cheap hold us back? A 16% drop isn't normally enough to get my value sensors buzzing. But in the case of 3M, maybe a small discount should be enough to pique one's interest.  |
The Motley Fool April 27, 2011 David Lee Smith |
3M = Miraculous Money Maker 3M hits on all sectors and geographic areas while posting yet another solid quarter.  |
The Motley Fool February 2, 2006 Seth Jayson |
Boeing's Getting Better There's no doubt that Boeing shares have had a nice run, but there might still be a bit more altitude to be gained. Boeing itself is betting big that this will happen.  |
The Motley Fool July 20, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Margins of Error Profit margins matter. It's why we can get more excited about a company with rich margins when it grows sales -- we know that much more of the incremental dollar will work its way down to the bottom line unscathed.  |
The Motley Fool April 5, 2006 David Compton |
3M's Pharma Unit for Sale The branded-drugs unit is on the block, and Wall Street likes the move. It allows 3M to focus on its core strengths, and the branded drugs will be much better marketed by a large pharmaceutical company.  |