3M Jumps, Kimberly-Clark Slides, Verizon Loses Subscribers

Stock Movers

On this episode of Stock Movers:
- 3M (MMM) shares jumped after it stood by its full-year financial guidance while acknowledging new risks from the unfolding trade war, with executives outlining its strategies to manage a turbulent business environment. Tariffs will have a negative impact of as much as 40 cents a share on full-year earnings, the company said Tuesday in a statement as it reported first-quarter results. Still, 3M reaffirmed guidance for 2025 adjusted profit of $7.60 to $7.90 a share.

- Diaper-maker Kimberly-Clark (KMB) lowered profit expectations for the year, citing uncertainty arising from the impact on the global trade war on its costs.The Texas-based manufacturer of diapers and paper towels now sees flat to positive 2025 adjusted operating profit on a constant currency basis, instead of the high single-digit growth rate it forecast in January. “The current environment will now mean greater costs across our global supply chain versus our expectations at the beginning of the year,” Chief Executive Officer Mike Hsu said in a statement announcing first-quarter results.

- Verizon (VZ) shares were lower after it reported a larger-than-expected decline in mobile-phone subscribers in the first quarter, the result of heavy competition and less spending by government agencies. The largest US wireless provider recorded a loss of 289,000 monthly phone subscribers, according to a statement Tuesday, more than the 185,500 loss estimated by analysts on average. That’s a significant reversal from the 568,000 subscribers added in the fourth quarter and more than double the decline recorded at the same point last year. Verizon attributed some of the loss to reductions at some federal agencies, as the Trump administration moves to slash thousands of jobs.

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