3M Q3 Adj. EPS $2.50 Beats $2.39 Estimate, Sales $6.600B Miss $6.608B Estimate

3M (NYSE:MMM) reported quarterly earnings of $2.50 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.39 by 4.6 percent. This is a 14.16 percent increase over earnings of $2.19 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $6.600 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $6.608 billion by 0.12 percent. This is a 4.76 percent increase over sales of $6.300 billion the same period last year.