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What This Surprising Quarter Means for 3M's Future

By Travis Hoium – Nov 1, 2013 at 5:12PM EST

3M showed strong organic growth in the third quarter, and it may be back to its old growing ways.

3M (MMM 0.23%) surprised investors when it announced 5.8% organic growth in the third quarter, up from just 2.6% last year. That outstripped General Electric's (GE +3.25%) industrial growth of 3% and DuPont's (DD +0.00%) non-agriculture growth of 2.3%, showing just how far 3M is ahead of other diversified manufacturers. The question for investors: Will the growth continue?

Erin Miller sat down with Travis Hoium to see why 3M's growth is up, and whether this trend will continue.

Travis Hoium is a contributing Motley Fool stock market analyst covering solar energy, technology, and growth stocks. Before The Motley Fool, Travis was a mechanical engineer at 3M and founded a virtual reality company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Minnesota.

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