3M
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
Background
It started in a small-scale mining 1902. The Founders of this company is Dr. J. Danley, William A. McGonagle, John Dwan, Henry S. Bryan, Herman W. Cable. The current CEO is Inge G Thulin. There are no subsidiaries. This company operates Industrial, Safety and Graphics, Electronics and Energy, and Health Care and Consumer. The company's biggest competitors is Vale S.A. ADS and Dow Chemical Co.
Factors of Production
This company sells many differents kinds of products. They vary from rolls of tape to energy. 3M has about 89,800 employees. 3M operates in more than 70 different countries. 3M sells products to more than 200 different countries. The net worth of this company is $104.26B
Financial Information
The company is growing and becoming worth more. The reasons for this could be because of energy and the demand people need of their products.
Stock Information
The stock symbol for 3M is MMM. NYSE is 3M's stock exchange. On the chart you can see the 52 low/high. There are 284,863. The dividend for this stock is 1.03 The dividend yield is 2.51% The last dividend was 2/11/15. People think it's a good stock to buy because the company is growing and stock is rising.
New relases
According to Yahoo, 3M is top 10 now for innovated healthcare. 3M is named as the most ethical company. Having stuff like this will make the company more money.
Summary
I will still keep this stock. The price has to go up eventually and it never stops growing. My stock for this company is losing money at the moment but it will eventually go up. I learned that people need to invest wisely, otherwise it can really bite you later in life.