$MMM as a stock lost -16% YTD
3M as a company is growing its dividend at 5.6% (5y CAGR)
I choose to look at the company, not at the stock¹
Yield 3.99%
¹Actually, to be super honest, 3M as a company is not performing amazingly, but I hope you appreciate the logic behind my post, rather than the mere example 😆