3M (MMM) Dividend Stock Analysis

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3M Company is a major component of the S&P 500 and Dow Industrials indexes. The company is also a dividend aristocrat, which has been consistently increasing its dividends for 51 consecutive years. From the end of 1998 up until December 2008 this dividend growth stock has delivered an annual average total return of 7.30% to its shareholders.