The Maplewood-based maker of Post-it and Scotch Tape products posted an unexpected decline in second-quarter sales, but still topped Wall Street projections by a penny. Net sales were down 1.9 percent.
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St. Paul-based 3M exceeded Wall Street expectations in the first quarter. The company's transportation and industrial products section made up for a softened consumer electronics market. Profits rose more than 4 percent with sales hitting $7.5 billion.
3M Co. still wants to complete a $550 million deal to buy Avery Dennison Corp.'s office-products division, according to a Wednesday morning statement. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice said the Maplewood-based company decided to terminate the proposed acquisition after the agency threatened to block the deal.
Medina-based Polaris Industries Inc. reported a record second quarter net income of $69.8 million or $0.98 per share, Wall Street Journal reports. The better-than-expected results were driven by double-digit sales growth in all types of vehicles, led by its on-road motorcycles.
The Austin-based food maker says strong demand for its Jennie-O products and Spam helped boost sales in the quarter that ended in April.
The Winona-based operator of industrial hardware supply stores reported its net income rose to $112.3 million with help from new store openings and the installation of new industrial vending machines. However, second quarter sales failed to meet Wall Street expectations.
Rising enrollments for Medicare and Medicaid plans helped boost Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group in the second-quarter. The biggest U.S. health insurer says net income rose 5.5 percent to trump Wall Street expectations.
Select Comfort Corp.'s shares soared 19 percent in after-hours trading Wednesday after the company reported it beat Wall Street expectations with strong gains in both sales and profits. The Plymouth-based maker of the Sleep Number bed also announced plans to open more stores than originally expected.
3M Co. posted a record third-quarter earnings of $1.65 per share, an increase of 8.6 percent increase from a year earlier, but cut its profit expectations for all of 2012 because of "current economic realities." The Maplewood-based company, which makes everything from office supplies to specialized coatings, expects to earn $6.27 to $6.35 per share for the year, down from $6.35 to $6.50, CNBC reports.
