January 23, 2024 | Daily JAM, MMM, Morning Briefing, Short Term |
3M (MMM) fell 11.03% today, Tuesday, January 23, the most in nearly five years, after announcing projections for 2024 sales and earnings below Wall Street expectations. Now granted that 3M is a special case–the company is engaged in a huge restructuring effort that has met with a high degree of investor skepticism. In short, investors doubt that the company can pull it off without cutting its dividend. So the stock is especially sensitive to any news that suggest that the restructuring is failing. But the stock’s big drop today is also an indication of how worried this market, trading at record highs, is about the possibility that earnings growth for the fourth quarter, the subject of the current earnings season, won’t support prices at these levels.
December 8, 2022 | ABBV, Daily JAM, Dividend Income, MMM |
Once a company has put in the time and money to make the Dividend Aristocrats list, the company isn’t likely to squander that investment just because a recession looms. To make the list–and garner a big chunk of cash from conservative dividend investors–a company has had to pay a dividend for a least 25 consecutive years and has had to raise that dividend every year. A company like 3M (MMM), which owns a 64-year record of paying and raising its dividend payout, is as close to a dividend sure thing as exists. Which is why it’s not surprising that AbbVie (ABBV), which owns a 50-year record of paying and raising its dividend, announced that it would raise its dividend in 2023 to $1.48 a quarter with the February 2023 payout. That would bring the annual dividend yield to 3.5% But…
May 22, 2020 | Daily JAM, HBI, Special Reports |
It'a gotten so that I shudder whenever a stock in my Dividend Portfolio gets near the day for the company to announce the dividend payout for the upcoming quarter. Too often, lately, the news has been grim: General Motors (GM) suspended its dividend for the second...
October 23, 2018 | Daily JAM, Short Term |
Red, red, red everywhere today. Caterpillar (CAT) and 3M (((MMM) disappointed on guidance. China and Europe sold off. As did the financial sector with the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) falling 0.77% to $25.90 to break or at least test support. And, then, as...
December 11, 2017 | Daily JAM, GLW, Stock Alerts |
Corning (GLW) will buy the Communication Markets Division of 3M (MMM) for $900 million. The 3M division has approximately $400 million in annual sales of high bandwidth and optical fiber products. Corning expects the acquisition to add 7 cents to 9 cents to its fiscal...
November 19, 2016 | CMI, Daily JAM, Friday Trick or Trend, GE |
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October 22, 2016 | Uncategorized |
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