Industrial conglomerate 3M (NYSE: MMM) will be reporting results this Tuesday morning. Here’s what to expect.

3M beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $6.02 billion, up 3.7% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ revenue estimates but a slight miss of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates.

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This quarter, the market is expecting 3M’s revenue to grow 3.9% year on year, improving from its flat revenue in the same quarter last year.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. 3M rarely misses Wall Street’s revenue estimates.

Looking at 3M’s peers in the industrial machinery segment, only Worthington has reported results so far. It exceeded analysts’ revenue estimates, delivering year-on-year sales growth of 24.4%. The stock was down 4.6% on the results.

There has been positive sentiment among investors in the industrial machinery segment, with share prices up 10.3% on average over the last month. 3M is up 5.8% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $174.67 (compared to the current share price of $155).

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