Barclays Sticks to Its Buy Rating for 3M (MMM)

In a report released today, Julian Mitchell from Barclays maintained a Buy rating on 3M, with a price target of $185.00.

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Mitchell covers the Industrials sector, focusing on stocks such as Eaton, nVent Electric, and Regal Rexnord. According to TipRanks, Mitchell has an average return of 13.8% and a 60.60% success rate on recommended stocks.

In addition to Barclays, 3M also received a Buy from Bank of America Securities’s Andrew Obin in a report issued on March 30. However, today, TipRanks – Google reiterated a Hold rating on 3M (NYSE: MMM).

Based on 3M’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending December 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $6.13 billion and a net profit of $577 million. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $6.01 billion and had a net profit of $728 million

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 61 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of MMM in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in February 2026, Theresa E Reinseth, the Sr VP & CAO of MMM sold 5,145.00 shares for a total of $888,795.58.