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The StockScouter® System is a proprietary stock scoring model which covers U.S. companies listed on the major exchanges. The 10 (best) to 1 (worst) score is derived from Fundamental, Technical, Ownership, and Valuation sub-models in combination with a Risk model which assesses the expected risk and return.

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MMM 3M COMPANY StockScouter® Report

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StockScouter® Score

3M COMPANY, a large cap growth company in the capital goods sector, is expected to outperform the market over the next six months with slightly less than average risk

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Summary

Positives

  • Earnings growth in the past year has accelerated moderately compared to earnings growth in the past three years. Positive
  • An executive, director or major shareholder purchased a small number shares recently. Postive/Neutral
  • The enterprise value-to-sales ratio is approximately in line with that of comparably-sized companies in the StockScouter universe. Neutral

 

Concerns

  • The ratio of MMM’s forward price-to-earnings multiple to its estimated growth rate is well above the average of comparably-sized companies in the StockScouter universe. Negative

 

Short-term Outlook

Over the next 1-2 months, StockScouter forecasts that large cap stocks will be out of favor, growth stocks will be neutral, and capital goods stocks will be out of favor.

Expected Risk/Return

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Core Model Grades

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Previous Ratings

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