{
    "source": "Total Growth Investing",
    "url": "https://totalgrowthinvesting.com/stock.php?symbol=MMM",
    "version": "2.5.0",
    "symbol": "MMM",
    "name": "3M Co",
    "legal_type": "Stock",
    "sector": "Industrials",
    "industry": "Industrial Conglomerates",
    "notes": "DOW",
    "date_updated": "8/29/2026",
    "scores": {
        "tgi": 844,
        "hii": 544,
        "pgi": 656,
        "dgi": 906,
        "balanced_income": 694,
        "balanced_growth": 750,
        "average_all": 737.5
    },
    "price": {
        "current": "167.52",
        "price_growth_1y": "0.1065",
        "price_growth_3y": "0.6744",
        "price_growth_5y": "-0.1062",
        "price_growth_10y": "-0.0283",
        "total_return_10y": "0.6066",
        "avg_price_growth": "0.2506"
    },
    "dividend": {
        "per_share": "0.78",
        "frequency": 4,
        "yield_4yr_avg": "0.0339",
        "yield_calc": "0.0186",
        "div_growth_1y": "-0.1316",
        "div_growth_3y": "-0.1515",
        "div_growth_5y": "-0.0882",
        "div_growth_10y": "-0.0062",
        "avg_div_growth": "-0.0944",
        "payout_ratio": "0.3334"
    },
    "methodology": {
        "score_range": "1 to approximately 900",
        "lower_is_better": true,
        "watchlist_size": "900+",
        "scores_explained": {
            "tgi": "Dividend growth + price growth + low payout ratio. Primary TGI rank.",
            "hii": "Dividend growth + price growth + proximity to 4% yield target. Income focus.",
            "pgi": "Price growth only, averaged across 1/3/5/10 year timeframes.",
            "dgi": "Dividend growth across timeframes, weighted with payout ratio.",
            "balanced_income": "(TGI + HII) / 2. Balances growth and income objectives.",
            "balanced_growth": "(TGI + PGI) / 2. Balances dividend discipline and price appreciation.",
            "average_all": "(TGI + HII + PGI + DGI) / 4. Composite across all four scores."
        }
    },
    "percent_note": "All growth and yield values are decimals. Multiply by 100 for percentage. Example: 0.3510 = 35.10%. A null value means the field was absent from the source data \u2014 it is NOT a zero.",
    "disclaimer": "Not financial advice. Do your own research."
}