MMM 3M Co.

$MMM $AMZN 3M Expands Amazon Partnership With Warrant Tied To Up To $6B In Purchases Right before earnings too.

$MMM $AMZN MMM Stock Jumps Overnight: Amazon Could Own A Piece Of 3M If It Spends $6B On Its Data Center Products https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/mmm-stock-jumps-overnight-amazon-could-own-a-piece-of-3-m-if-it-spends-6-b-on-its-data-center-products/cZxqgneRBu4

$MMM shorting this before earnings. Australia just filed for a 2Billion with a B dollar lawsuit. Taking a chance maybe it will tank massively. $130 strike for 1 cent a piece 🤑

$MMM: Maybrook seeks treble damages under New York consumer law, plus punitive damages, over alleged PFAS in turnout gear. The June case is now in federal court in the Southern District. Nothing to claim. Open Class Actions.

$MMM: BrownGreer runs the earplug payouts, not the VA. Year 2 DPP checks began Oct 1 at about $5,378 a point, the largest of 5 cycles, with 2027 to 2029 projected smaller. Enrolled only. Open Class Actions.

$MMM Time for Puts. This is not staying up on news of a 7 yr plan that didn’t even start and has many conditions attached puts !

$MMM filled the daily gap from end of July and has formed horizontal support around ~$160. Looks like it could try to breakout of this very clean triangle. Earnings coming up on the morning of Oct. 20th with an implied move of ±5.81%

$MMM 3m is gonna be down to 2 mm’s soon. MMM shot its load, pumped on week old news of a deal that didnt even start yet. Today it returns to $165.. puts abound! MMM dropping today

Too late for Puts here. $MMM is gonna be down to 2 mm’s soon. MMM shot its load, pumped on week old news of a deal that didnt even start yet. Today it returns to $165.. puts abound! MMM dropping today

$MMM This is about to dump like Hot Dog Shit!! Bull are about to head to the pool party!!

Market Winds, Wed Oct 21: 46 stocks strengthened, 14 faded. 31 strengthened, Recovery Gap → Winners, incl. $MMM $ILMN 8 faded, Winners → Recovery Gap, incl. $GM $DXCM Education only, not investment advice.

$MMM: scale check on the earplug settlement. About $3.09B paid across all agreements as of Oct 2, from a fund of about $5B cash plus up to $1B in stock. MDL dismissed, registration closed, payouts continue. Open Class Actions.

$MMM Reports Q3 Tuesday before the open. Zacks consensus is 2.41 dollars in EPS on 6.60 billion dollars in revenue, up 10.1% and 4.5% from a year ago, and the EPS estimate is up 0.8% in the past 30 days. 3M has beaten consensus in each of the last four quarters, 4.1% on average, and Q2 came in at 2.40 vs 2.27 expected. The full-year bar is tighter than the quarterly one though. Management guided to 8.80 to 8.95 for the year after Q2, and the Street is already at 8.97, above the top of that range. Segments split too, Safety and Industrial sales are expected at 3.12 billion, up 7.1%, while Consumer is expected at 1.31 billion, down 0.4%.

$MMM Bernstein upgraded 3M from Underperform to Market Perform on Friday, lifting the target to 171 from 145. Analyst Varun Govindaraj cites four factors: a better economy, margin expansion, improved R&D spending, and reduced risk around PFAS. What makes the call notable is the skepticism around it. Only 43% of analysts covering 3M rate it a Buy. The average S&P 500 stock sits at 55 to 60%. The transformation case has numbers, though. Comparable sales growth is expected at 3.5% in 2026, up from 1.5% in 2025 and 1.2% in 2024. Margins are up a couple of points over the past two years, with a couple more expected over the next two. On the overhang: the roughly $12.5B PFAS settlement in 2023 at least put a number on the liability. Since CEO Bill Brown took over in May 2024 the stock is up about 70%, roughly 17 points better than the S&P 500. An upgrade to Hold that reads like this is its own tell: Bernstein seems to believe the turnaround, just not the price.

$MMM Q3 adjusted EPS came in at 2.50 dollars, up 12% from a year ago, on 6.6 billion dollars in adjusted sales, up 4.2%. Adjusted operating margin was 26.2%, up 110 basis points. Full year adjusted EPS guidance went up to 9.10 to 9.15 dollars. Adjusted free cash flow was 1.2 billion dollars in the quarter.

$MMM finished up 6% after its report before the open today. It opened up 0.6%. Right now it's an 11 on the Quality Score, Above Average, #16 of 84 in its industry.

$MMM seeing an uptick in options volume today At last look, 28,000 options have changed hands, volume that's triple the average intraday amount The November 175 call leads the way by a wide margin Ytd, the shares are now 6.3% higher, with recent at $160

$MMM Price: $171.4529 Volume: Average or below Catalyst: Ongoing post-litigation cleanup and steady industrial demand keep sentiment stable ahead of the next earnings print. Resistance: $176.50 Support: $167.00 Bull case: A move above $176.50 on rising volume could open the door toward new highs as industrial names catch a bid. Bear case: A breakdown below $167 support on heavier volume would signal sellers regaining control and a retest of the low $160s. What I'm watching: Need to see volume expand in either direction to confirm the next leg before committing. Note: I’m not a financial advisor or a market predictor, and I don’t offer any premium subscriptions or paid services. Feel free to check out the link in my bio:

$MMM | 3M COMPANY Q3 2026 EARNINGS HIGHLIGHTS ◆ EPS: $2.50 vs. $2.38 est. ✅ ◆ Revenue: $6.58B vs. $6.61B est. ❌ ◆ Net Income: $1.37B (+64.6% YoY) ◆ Operating Income: $1.56B (+7.7% YoY) ◆ Operating Expenses: $5.03B (-0.9% YoY) ◆ Operating Cash Flow: $0.49B (-72.3% YoY) Segment Performance: ◆ Safety and Industrial: $3.18B (9.1 YoY) ◆ Transportation and Electronics: $2.00B (0.4 YoY) ◆ Consumer: $1.31B (-0.4 YoY) Key Metrics: ◆ Adjusted free cash flow was $1.20B in Q3 2026, down from $1.31B in Q3 2025. ◆ 3M returned $0.6B to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases in Q3 2026. ◆ China sales fell 7.3% YoY on a reported basis; adjusted China sales declined 3.8% YoY in Q3 2026. Forward Guidance: ◆ FY 2026 adjusted total sales growth: >4.5%, with adjusted organic sales growth >3.5% ◆ FY 2026 adjusted EPS: $9.10 to $9.15 (raised from prior guidance) ◆ FY 2026 adjusted operating income margin expansion: ~24.6% ◆ FY 2026 adjusted effective tax rate: ~20%

$MMM Follow-up: 3M, the materials maker, raised 2026 adj EPS outlook to $9.10-9.15 from $8.80-8.95; new amortization rule adds ~$0.04/qtr (Q2 $2.44 vs $2.40), ~$0.16/yr if Q4 matches; ~$0.09 (~1%) left includes buying Madison Fire & Rescue. Oct 19 8-K: Amazon warrant for up to 3.16M shares (~0.6%) at $164.89, mostly vesting on $6B of buys in 7 years. At $162.01 (16:00 ET Oct 19) 3M is worth ~$83.6B, ~17.8x the new midpoint. For: Q3 adj EPS $2.50, up 12% on the same basis. Against: adj organic growth slowed to 3.3% from Q2's 5.4%. Call 9 a.m. ET today.