Wall Street analysts who cover these Minnesota manufacturing companies have generally modest expectations for where their stock prices will be a year from now. 3M Co., Friday close: $52.90, 12-month consensus target price: $60.54
Modest expectations
January 25, 2009 at 1:00AM
Graco Inc.: Friday close: $21.79, 12-month consensus target price: $25.20
PolarisIndustries: Friday close: $21.50, 12-month consensus target price: $29.38
Hutchinson Technology: Friday close: $2.85, 12-month consensus target price: $4.05
Source: Bloomberg News
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