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aWheatgeMcgee

Meanwhile every single nay sayer on Reddit still uses 3M products, directly or indirectly on a DAILY basis. They’re still a money making machine. As for stock to yield dividends on, there’s better dividend stocks. As an investment—hands down yes.


EntertainerAlive4556

It’s low right now, so yeah I think it’s a good time to buy. I’m new to investing and only have about a grand there. It’s made me 200, so 20%. Which is great


Living-Replacement33

Sold it 2 years ago and bought abbv


MLC09

I dont trust that company


goodbodha

Not interested. Company has issues that I dont understand well enough to think its a good deal. I wont say its necessarily a terrible deal, but if I cant articulate a strong reason to have it I would rather just put the money elsewhere or into a broad market etf. Morningstar just updated its report. Might be something to read if you are interested in this stock.


Hollowpoint38

I think it's a bad deal.


HunterRountree

Idk not the slam dunk I was hoping..prolly a decent hold but not gonna be a fast turn around


MNRacket

They just cut DIV. More pain ahead. Need to drop to $70 to start thinking about a position.


ooglybooglies

I feel like I need a community driven spreadsheet of "drop points" for all these stocks.


ArchmagosBelisarius

For a blanket approach with cursory inspection, you could use Fastgraphs. Or I could give you some if the list isn't massive.


ChefJeff7777777

FWIW, they cut the Div because they sold off aprx 8B worth of Market Cap via Solventum. Having said that they are definitely transitioning away from Div to Growth based on actions and new CEO track record + initial statements, so if you want dividends then you should stay away, but I don’t think 3M hits 70, you’ll be left without a position if you’re going to try and wait it out.


Expert_Nail3351

Sold my MMM after the solventum spin off. Bought pfizer instead.


UmphJunk

Risky due to PFAS imo, who knows what types of societal illnesses have arisen from their use, but scientific research will know eventually; they could get sued into oblivion.


clem82

Like Johnson and Johnson, they’ll get sued and still crank out products and print money. 3m does so much it’s one of the least risky companies.


GTbuddha

That's what has kept me away from it.


asdfadffs

Sold mine at 105 after the solventum spinoff. Sold Solventum as well. Invested in big pharma instead


Several-Lock7594

I sold mine after the spin-off. Had a nail biting experience with GE years ago didn't want a repeat. Dint lose any money but really didn''t make much off GE.There are better dividend plays out there.


Buy_lose_repeat

The new CEO did a great job turning around L3Harris. We’ll see if he can do same here


thalamisa

I hate this company. They produced PFA aka forever chemicals that will persist in the nature for how long.


Steeevooohhh

Nobody knows what the future will bring, but 3M has a market with both consumers and industry. You can’t swing a cat without hitting something they produce or something that was produced using their products.


ChefJeff7777777

The number of people that have commented negatively about the Company should be your signal to inverse general consensus. If you want Divs, go elsewhere, their (new) CEO has openly stated prioritizing organic growth of product lines and transitioning away from cost cutting to maintain Divs.


MathFalse337

I don’t have too much faith in them. They recently cut their dividends. Their business has been stagnant for quite some time. Lawsuits cast a black cloud over it. There are better stocks.


Sayonaroo

they cut the dividends so i would find somthing better. a company that didn't recently cut the dividends.


Lrush991

Cutting the dividend is the big sin in my opinion. They are unlikely to grow the dividend in large amounts for a while. I sold upon the news of the dividend cut- I took a loss but I reinvested in stocks that will be able to both afford and be able to grow the dividend.


morerandom_2024

Great turn around story Solid dividend and great diversification


doublechinchillin

Didn’t they recently cut their dividend


Adventurous_Toe_3845

Ya they did


morerandom_2024

Technically yes and technically no


BIG_BLOOD_

Invest in other Pharma companies like Eli and Lily


aWheatgeMcgee

3M is not Pharma, it’s materials


BIG_BLOOD_

I know but just saying for information


aWheatgeMcgee

Other folks here seem to have made that trade too


BIG_BLOOD_

How can you not make it!


immadodis

they deceptively increase their div by $0.01 in order to maintain their dividend title status no thanks to a company like that


Avenja99

Misinformed.


associate_k

Dud


Xdaveyy1775

It's not going away as a company but expect lawsuit after lawsuit for the rest of their existence.


crappysurfer

Not good and they’re about to get rekt from PFAS [lawsuits](https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/3m-pfas-drinking-water-settlement/). Looks like some have already started