Hot Managed Healthcare Companies To Buy Right Now

Hot Managed Healthcare Companies To Buy Right Now: 3M Company(MMM)

3M Company, together with subsidiaries, operates as a diversified technology company worldwide. The company?s Industrial and Transportation segment offers tapes, coated and non-woven abrasives, adhesives, specialty materials, filtration products, energy control products, closure systems for personal hygiene products, acoustic systems products, and components and products that are used in the manufacture, repair, and maintenance of automotive, marine, aircraft, and specialty vehicles. Its Health Care segment provides medical and surgical supplies, skin health and infection prevention products, inhalation and transdermal drug delivery systems, dental and orthodontic products, health information systems, and food safety products. The company?s Display and Graphics offers optical film solutions for LCD electronic displays; computer screen filters; reflective sheeting for transportation safety; commercial graphics sheeting and systems; and mobile interactive solutions, includin g mobile display technology, visual systems products, and computer privacy filters. The company?s Consumer and Office segment provides office supply products, stationery products, construction and home improvement products, home care products, protective material products, certain consumer retail personal safety products, and consumer health care products. Its Safety, Security and Protection Services segment offers personal protection products, safety and security products, cleaning and protection products for commercial establishments, track and trace solutions, and roofing granules for asphalt shingles. The company?s Electro and Communications segment provides packaging and interconnection devices; fluids that are used in the manufacture of computer chips, and for cooling electronics and lubricating computer hard disk drives; high-temperature and display tapes; insulating materials, including tapes and resins; and related items. The company was founded i! n 1902 and is base d in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Laura Brodbeck]

  Notable earnings released on Thursday included:

  Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) reported a third quarter loss of $0.09 per share on revenue of $17.09 billion, compared to last years loss of $0.60 on revenue of $13.81 billion. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) reported EPS of $0.62 on revenue of $18.53 billion, compared to last years EPS 0f $0.53 on revenue of $16.01 billion. Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) reported third quarter EPS of $0.45 on revenue of $33.90 billion, compared to last years EPS 0f $0.40 on revenue of $30.25 billion. 3M Company (NYSE: MMM) reported third quarter EPS of $1.78 on revenue of $7.92 billion, compared to last years EPS 0f $1.65 on revenue of $7.50 billion. Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) reported third quarter EPS of $1.51 on revenue of $5.84 billion, compared to last years EPS of $1.51 on revenue of $6.04 billion.

  Pre-Market Movers

• [By Aimee Duffy]

  3M (NYSE: MMM  ) has signed on to reduce energy consumption by 25% in 95 of its plants. The conglomerate has set aside $1 million in each of the past two years to implement energy efficiency projects. It has already managed to drop its energy use 23% from its baseline level in 2005.

• [By Lawrence Meyers]

  As for 3M (MMM), I actually love this company. Its a great conglomerate that operates in many sectors, performs well, has been around forever, and is seeing gains in good places. While it struggles in emerging markets, it came in with a 4.5% organic growth in the EMEA region.

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  Since the Dow is a price weighted index, the inclusion of Visa, which trades at more than $200 a share, and Goldman Sachs, which trades near $175, at the expense of Alcoa and Bank of America, which trade under $20, changing the stocks that would have the most influence on the index. Before the changes, the! three hi! ghest priced stocks were International Business Machines (IBM), Boeing (BA) and 3M (MMM). Now they’re Visa,International Business Machines and Goldman Sachs.

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