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Shares of 3M Company Are Plummeting - Will This Trend Continue?

3M Company stock is trading -9.31% below its average target price of $105.96 after dropping -11.0% during today's morning session. Analysts are giving the large-cap Medical Instruments & Supplies company an average rating of hold and target prices ranging from $83.0 to $120.0 per share.

The stock has a very low short interest at 1.3%, and a short ratio of 1.94. The company's insiders own 0.12% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that an average number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 66.6% of 3M Company's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in 3M Company

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-09-30 Vanguard Group Inc 9% 49,033,679 $4,712,136,477
2023-09-30 Blackrock Inc. 7% 39,680,781 $3,813,322,993
2023-09-30 State Street Corporation 6% 35,211,119 $3,383,788,482
2023-09-30 Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. 2% 12,036,846 $1,156,740,882
2023-09-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 10,588,422 $1,017,547,338
2023-09-30 Morgan Stanley 2% 10,226,821 $982,797,482
2023-09-30 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co 2% 8,949,621 $860,058,564
2023-09-30 Newport Trust Company, LLC 2% 8,289,000 $796,572,887
2023-09-30 Northern Trust Corporation 1% 6,777,155 $651,284,585
2023-09-30 Bank of America Corporation 1% 6,566,404 $631,031,414

Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on 3M Company.

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