The company, whose products include Post-it
notes and films for electronic devices, said second-quarter net
income rose to $1.27 billion, or $1.91 per share, from $1.2
billion, or $1.71 per share, a year ago.
Profit matched the $1.91 per share average estimate of analysts,
according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Revenue rose 4.9 percent to $8.13 billion, ahead of the $8.09
billion expected by analysts.
The company backed its full-year forecast for earnings in a
range of $7.30 to $7.55 per share on sales growth of 3 percent
to 6 percent. Analysts are looking for $7.46 per share in
earnings for the year.
Through Wednesday, 3M shares had climbed 3 percent this year, in
line with the increase for the Dow Jones industrials average.
(Reporting by Lewis Krauskopf; Editing by Franklin Paul and
Bernadette Baum)
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