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2/13/2012 1:55 PM

3M Company (NYSE:MMM)

CAPS Rating: 5 out of 5

More than just Post-it Notes and Scotch tape, 3M operates in areas that include health care, industrial, and transportation.

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Member Avatar toaoyoda (28.43) Submitted: 2/10/2012 3:10:40 PM : Outperform Start Price: $86.89 MMM Score: -0.03

This classical "innovation company" traditionally gets 30% of its sales from products introduced within the past three or four years. Amazingly, when one checks Office Deport, Office Max and Staples, MMM products seem more entrenched than ever even in competition with house/generic brands. Always a superb manufacturing ( and innovation) company, they seem to have revved up their marketing prowess. (It used to be that they let some products fall off the table in an effort to meet a previous goal of 25% of sales from products"new within 5 years".) Their medical products division is growing faster than anything else.

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Member Avatar bobbyabull (74.01) Submitted: 1/27/2012 12:06:11 PM : Outperform Start Price: $87.20 MMM Score: -2.55

Blue chip + dividend. Long term hold.

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Member Avatar TMFZahrim (88.79) Submitted: 1/9/2012 3:55:04 PM : Outperform Start Price: $82.23 MMM Score: -0.74

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2011/12/31/why-did-3m-fall-in-2011.aspx

32% of 3M's sales in 2011 came from products that were introduced in the past five years, and management aims for new inventions to provide 40% of revenues in the long term. CFO Dave Meline says 3M's business model is based on innovation, and I believe in that.

That's why 3M is a stock you could happily hold for the next 10 years or more.

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Member Avatar 4melody (26.80) Submitted: 1/4/2012 8:39:59 AM : Outperform Start Price: $83.13 MMM Score: -0.90

Buyout chatter,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,New products!

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Member Avatar GMoneyCaps (96.79) Submitted: 12/13/2011 12:45:14 AM : Outperform Start Price: $81.00 MMM Score: -0.12

12/13

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Member Avatar campwt00global (87.10) Submitted: 12/12/2011 2:51:26 PM : Outperform Start Price: $80.16 MMM Score: -0.14

good yield, healthy financials,

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Member Avatar 1stMartian (26.94) Submitted: 12/4/2011 11:45:17 AM : Outperform Start Price: $81.33 MMM Score: +1.13

Solid product mix with a nice yield and ROI. Management could make this a great stock by puting less into stock buybacks and more into the yield.

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Member Avatar pfcRobertBarnes (26.62) Submitted: 11/9/2011 12:05:43 AM : Outperform Start Price: $79.57 MMM Score: +1.86

MMM

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Member Avatar jemirex (47.54) Submitted: 10/25/2011 9:33:49 AM : Outperform Start Price: $76.06 MMM Score: +6.05

Consistent Dividend growth and reliable brand.

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Member Avatar KCinAustria (< 20) Submitted: 10/17/2011 3:59:24 PM : Outperform Start Price: $75.64 MMM Score: +3.29

Why I bought MMM today:
1) ROE consistently in the 25-35% range
2) Profit margins consistently in the 12-16% range
3) They have a long history of innovation
4) Everyone has post-it notes & scotch tape
5) Their balance sheet is fairly solid (I counted 12B in 'cash or things that could pretty easily turn into cash' vs 15B total liabilities)
6) Their owner earnings have been growing at 11% annually for the last 10 years. (I calculate owner earnings as: OE=Income+D&A-Capital Expenses).
7) They're a great company, at a good price.
8) I calculate their intrinsic value to be 80B, which assumes a 3% growth rate forever, starting from 4.1B owner earnings (2010), with an 8% discount rate. Their current market cap is ~54B.
9) I'm pretty sure this is a company I will still want to own in 10 years
10) Dividend yield of 2.8%, and they have a history of raising dividends.

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Member Avatar efmagowan (89.15) Submitted: 10/12/2011 9:04:52 PM : Outperform Start Price: $77.72 MMM Score: +0.10

It's 3M. Think of how many ways 3M products touch your life every day. Multiply that by several billion people and growing. Buy it, hold it; rinse and repeat.

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Member Avatar tomfoolme (21.02) Submitted: 10/11/2011 1:09:21 AM : Outperform Start Price: $77.92 MMM Score: -6.70

MFG - WW
div=3%
Total Debt / Equity 0.32
Price Earnings 12.50
Price/Sales 1.83
Price/Book 3.02
Price/Cash Flow 9.60

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Member Avatar ShrikeTheFoolish (35.97) Submitted: 10/3/2011 7:10:21 PM : Outperform Start Price: $69.64 MMM Score: +1.03

Dividend Aristocrat

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Member Avatar rexlove (99.11) Submitted: 9/24/2011 10:28:22 PM : Outperform Start Price: $74.44 MMM Score: +2.19

high yield - low peg - what more could you want

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Member Avatar Tony007x (54.06) Submitted: 9/24/2011 3:24:49 AM : Outperform Start Price: $73.87 MMM Score: +0.64

High dividend yield, great stock at a good price!

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Member Avatar JDM62 (27.74) Submitted: 9/22/2011 2:25:48 PM : Outperform Start Price: $77.71 MMM Score: +2.27

Great time to buy since the end of the world began today!

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Member Avatar dividendsrus (93.55) Submitted: 9/21/2011 5:29:42 PM : Outperform Start Price: $74.29 MMM Score: -1.46

Down 3.6% because Operation Twist wasn't what the market expected. If someone thinks that is a good reason to sell their 3M stock, I'm happy to take advantage of their stupidity.

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Member Avatar war2 (40.08) Submitted: 9/9/2011 2:42:20 AM : Outperform Start Price: $77.51 MMM Score: -1.86

a great company with outlook to the future. leader and inventor.

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Member Avatar Ikarruss (30.34) Submitted: 9/8/2011 2:01:06 PM : Outperform Start Price: $78.60 MMM Score: -1.58

if the economy takes of this stock will also, if it don't, atleast there is a dividend, When others are fearfull...

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Member Avatar JTBoomer (54.94) Submitted: 8/28/2011 6:52:57 PM : Outperform Start Price: $79.06 MMM Score: -3.43

Morningstar 5 star @ 80

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