3M Co. (NYSE:MMM) traded at $96.51 at close of the session on Tuesday, April 30, made an upward move of 4.72% on its previous day’s price.
Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $92.16 . In terms of its 52-week price range, MMM has a high of $95.67 and a low of $71.35. The company’s stock has gained about 2.65% over that past 30 days.
3M Co. has a market cap of $53.40 billion. With its Forward Dividend at 6.01 and a yield of 6.23%, the company’s investors could be anxious for the MMM stock to gain ahead of the earnings release. Estimates by analysts give the company expected earnings per share (EPS) of $2.1, with the EPS growth for the year raised at $7.49 for 2024 and $7.59 for next year. These figures represent -18.90% and 1.30% growth in EPS for the two years respectively.
Analysts tracking the company’s growth have also given it a consensus growth in revenue estimated at $7.63 billion, with a low of $7.55 billion and a high of $7.65 billion. The median projection represents growth squeezing down to 1.90% compared to sales growth for the corresponding quarter a year ago. According to analyst consensus estimates figures, the company’s yearly revenue forecast for 2024 is expected to hit $25.53 billion, or -18.70% down from figures reported last year.
There have been 1 upward and — downward revisions for the stock’s EPS in last 7 days, something that reflects the nature of company’s price movement in short term. On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the MMM stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of 100% Buy, while medium term indicators assign it an average of 100% Buy. Long term indicators on average place the stock in the category of 100% Buy.
Looking further, we note the current price level is 4.94% off its SMA20 and 12.05% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 70.94 while the volatility over the past week is 2.04% and jumps to 2.05% over the past one month. The beta value is 1.02, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 2.01.
Coming back to 3M Co. (NYSE:MMM), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 5.74 million. Current shares outstanding are 552.58 million.
The insiders hold 6.29% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 67.18%. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with current price pushing the stock 5.59% up in year-to-date price movement.
