3M CO (MMM)
3M Company provides diversified technology services in the America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Safety and Industrial, Transportation and Electronics, and Consumer. The Safety and Industrial segment provides industrial abrasives and finishing for metalworking applications; autobody repair solutions; industrial specialty products, such as personal hygiene products, masking, and packaging materials; electrical products and materials for construction and maintenance, power distribution, and electrical original equipment manufacturers; structural adhesives and tapes; respiratory, hearing, eye, and fall protection solutions; and natural and color-coated mineral granules for shingles. The Transportation and Electronics segment provides ceramic solutions; attachment and bonding, films, sound, and temperature management for transportation vehicles; format graphic films for advertising and fleet signage; reflective signage for highway and vehicle safety; light management films and electronics assembly solutions; chip packaging and interconnection solutions; semiconductor production materials; and data center solutions. The Consumer segment offers cleaning products for the home; consumer air quality products; picture hanging accessories; retail abrasives, paint accessories, and safety products; stationery and office products; automotive appearance products; and consumer bandages, tapes, braces, and supports. It serves automotive; commercial solutions; consumer markets; design and construction; electronics; energy; government; manufacturing; safety; transportation industries. The company offers its products through e-commerce and traditional wholesalers, retailers, jobbers, distributors, channel partner, and dealers, as well as directly to users. 3M Company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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- MMM
- SEC CIK
- 0000066740
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Industrial Conglomerates
- Periods
- FY2025 Q1, FY2026, FY2026 Q1, FY2026 Q3, FY2027
- Headquarters
- Saint Paul, MN
- Employees
- 60,500
Key figures
- Revenue 6.03B USD
- NetIncome 1.14B USD
- DilutedEPS 2.14 USD/share
Reported figures
- BasicEPS 1.23 USD/share
- BasicEPS 2.05 USD/share
- BasicSharesOutstanding 529,100,000.00 shares
- BasicSharesOutstanding 543,800,000.00 shares
- CapitalExpenditure 225.00M USD
- CapitalExpenditure 228.00M USD
- CapitalExpenditure 236.00M USD
- CashAndEquivalents 3.73B USD
- CostOfRevenue 3.48B USD
- CostOfRevenue 3.57B USD
- DilutedEPS 1.23 USD/share
- DilutedEPS 1.88 USD/share
- DilutedEPS 2.04 USD/share
- DilutedEPS 2.14 USD/share
- FreeCashFlow 349.00M USD
- FreeCashFlow 489.00M USD
- FreeCashFlow 541.00M USD
- FreeCashFlowConversion 47 percent
- FreeCashFlowConversion 48 percent
- GrossProfit 2.46B USD
- InterestExpense 214.00M USD
- NetIncome 1.03B USD
- NetIncome 1.12B USD
- NetIncome 1.14B USD
- NetIncome 653.00M USD
- OperatingCashFlow -79.00M USD
- OperatingCashFlow 574.00M USD
- OperatingIncome 1.25B USD
- OperatingIncome 1.40B USD
- OperatingIncome 1.43B USD
- OperatingIncome 217.00M USD
- OperatingIncome 219.00M USD
- OperatingIncome 390.00M USD
- OperatingIncome 399.00M USD
- OperatingIncome 699.00M USD
- OperatingIncome 776.00M USD
- OperatingMargin 20.9 percent
- OperatingMargin 23.2 percent
- OperatingMargin 23.5 percent
- OperatingMargin 23.8 percent
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Guidance
- CapitalExpenditure guidance 1.10B USD
- DilutedEPS guidance 8.50–8.70 USD/share
- FreeCashFlowConversion guidance 100 percent
- NetIncome guidance 4.60B–4.70B USD
- OtherMetric guidance 3 percent
- OtherMetric guidance 5.60B–5.80B USD
- OtherMetric guidance 70–80 basis points
- Revenue guidance 4 percent
Drivers
- Americas organic sales decline of 2.6%
- China organic sales growth of 4.4%
- Europe, Middle East and Africa organic sales decline of 3.2%
- Organic sales decline of 0.3% in Transportation and Electronics segment
- Organic sales decline of 1.3% in Consumer segment
- Organic sales growth of 3.2% in Safety and Industrial segment
- Transformation program intended as a structural redesign of longer-term manufacturing, dis
- Translation impact of 2.8% on total company sales
- Translation impact of 3.6% in Safety and Industrial segment
Risks
- Competitive conditions and customer preferences
- Financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined ben
- Foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates
- Legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and re
- Liabilities and contingencies related to PFAS, including liabilities related to claims, la
- Matters relating to the Company's Aearo Entities, Combat Arms Earplugs Settlement, and rel
- Matters relating to the spin-off of Solventum, the Company's former Health Care business,
- Operating in a volatile environment
- Risks related to the PWS Settlement to resolve claims by public water suppliers in the Uni
- Tax-related external conditions, including changes in tax rates, laws, or regulations
- The Company's credit ratings and its cost of funding
- The availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy due
- Unanticipated problems or delays when implementing new business systems and solutions, inc
- Use of artificial intelligence technologies
- Worldwide economic, political, regulatory, international trade, geopolitical, tariffs, and
Corporate events
- 3M returned $2.4 billion to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases
- In the third quarter of 2025, 3M classified a business as held for sale. In the first quar
Quotes
- “We had a good start to the year, and despite operating in a volatile environment…”