3M Company
Statements
Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16.2 | 11.3 | 17.3 | 15.8 | 18.9 | 23.1 | 17.3 | 19.7 | 15.3 | 13.4 | 10.8 | 10.5 | 8.2 | 12.8 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 10.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 13.9 | 15.3 | 20.8 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 8.2 | – | 17.1 | 26.6 | |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 7.5 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 8.8 | 18.6 | 18.4 | |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | |
| 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 10.5 | 9.2 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 12.2 | 10.5 | 11.7 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 6.9 | – | 10.9 | 16.1 | |
| 22.4 | 80.1 | 21.5 | 13.9 | 27.8 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 13.7 | 12.7 | 15.5 | 15.1 | 9.3 | 10.1 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 16.4 | 14.8 | 13.5 | 14.7 | 20.7 | 16.5 | 13.4 | 10.8 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 8.4 | 111.8 | 61.8 | |
| 4.5% | 1.2% | 4.7% | 7.2% | 3.6% | 6.4% | 6.5% | 6.5% | 7.3% | 7.9% | 6.4% | 6.6% | 10.8% | 9.9% | 9.3% | 9.5% | 8.4% | 6.1% | 6.7% | 7.4% | 6.8% | 4.8% | 6.1% | 7.4% | 9.3% | 8.1% | 8.1% | 12.0% | 0.9% | 1.6% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 43.1% | 43.1% | 42.0% | 43.5% | 47.5% | 45.6% | 48.0% | 49.1% | 50.2% | 50.8% | 49.5% | 48.2% | 47.6% | 47.9% | 48.4% | 47.3% | 47.5% | 47.8% | 48.3% | 48.7% | 49.7% | 49.5% | 49.4% | 47.6% | 48.5% | 47.0% | 43.7% | 43.5% | 41.0% | 39.6% | |
| 17.5% | 17.8% | 13.6% | 18.9% | 18.3% | 14.1% | 18.7% | 20.4% | 22.9% | 23.1% | 22.5% | 22.0% | 21.8% | 21.6% | 22.5% | 21.1% | 21.7% | 21.6% | 22.4% | 22.7% | 23.3% | 22.8% | 23.7% | 21.7% | 21.6% | 21.3% | 11.9% | -27.9% | 20.1% | 18.3% | |
| 10.7% | 14.1% | 7.8% | 11.3% | 10.7% | 8.9% | 12.1% | 13.2% | 14.9% | 14.9% | 16.8% | 16.7% | 13.7% | 13.8% | 15.3% | 14.5% | 14.9% | 15.1% | 15.6% | 16.0% | 16.8% | 15.3% | 16.3% | 14.2% | 16.9% | 16.7% | 16.9% | -21.4% | 17.0% | 13.0% | |
| 7.7% | 2.0% | 6.3% | 12.8% | 7.2% | 13.0% | 13.6% | 17.0% | 16.7% | 15.7% | 11.7% | 11.7% | 12.1% | 17.5% | 15.3% | 13.2% | 12.8% | 13.4% | 16.1% | 16.4% | 17.4% | 15.4% | 14.8% | 16.7% | 20.5% | 16.5% | 11.2% | 15.5% | 2.6% | 5.6% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24.3% | 35.8% | 19.8% | 28.0% | 27.3% | 23.5% | 32.9% | 30.5% | 28.8% | 30.3% | 38.7% | 34.9% | 35.0% | 25.0% | 26.1% | 27.8% | 25.3% | 26.6% | 37.8% | 42.3% | 49.0% | 42.0% | 54.6% | 45.4% | 42.3% | 39.4% | 39.2% | -145.5% | 108.6% | 69.1% | |
| 11.4% | 16.0% | 8.3% | 12.7% | 12.3% | 9.8% | 12.9% | 13.7% | 14.4% | 15.3% | 18.1% | 16.6% | 13.5% | 11.7% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 13.1% | 13.9% | 15.8% | 14.8% | 15.3% | 12.8% | 14.7% | 10.2% | 11.5% | 12.6% | 12.4% | -13.8% | 10.5% | 8.6% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 534 | 1,269 | 1,281 | 743 | 2,535 | 2,277 | 2,759 | 1,171 | 135 | 1,368 | 2,171 | 3,093 | 4,927 | 2,777 | 2,169 | 2,360 | 2,560 | 3,428 | 4,940 | 8,344 | 9,252 | 10,896 | 11,769 | 18,207 | 14,417 | 13,062 | 12,545 | 10,492 | 7,607 | 7,701 | |
| 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 | – | 1.1 | 1.3 | |
| 47.0% | 44.8% | 41.9% | 45.3% | 45.0% | 41.7% | 39.1% | 44.8% | 50.1% | 50.7% | 46.8% | 47.6% | 38.7% | 46.8% | 51.9% | 48.8% | 51.9% | 52.2% | 41.9% | 34.9% | 31.3% | 30.4% | 26.8% | 22.5% | 27.2% | 32.0% | 31.7% | 9.5% | 9.6% | 12.5% | |
| 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.8 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.79 | 2.53 | 1.44 | 2.17 | 2.23 | 1.79 | 2.50 | 3.02 | 3.75 | 4.05 | 5.06 | 5.60 | 4.89 | 4.52 | 5.63 | 5.96 | 6.32 | 6.72 | 7.49 | 7.58 | 8.16 | 7.93 | 8.89 | 7.81 | 9.36 | 10.12 | 10.18 | -12.63 | 7.55 | 6.03 | |
| 16.70 | 17.98 | 18.41 | 19.26 | 20.91 | 20.10 | 20.65 | 22.92 | 25.12 | 27.25 | 30.12 | 33.42 | 35.73 | 32.72 | 36.75 | 41.18 | 42.52 | 44.51 | 48.07 | 47.51 | 48.66 | 51.67 | 54.43 | 54.92 | 55.28 | 60.40 | 60.30 | 59.00 | 44.49 | 46.29 | |
| 7.37 | 7.07 | 7.27 | 7.74 | 8.17 | 7.61 | 7.58 | 9.91 | 13.03 | 13.38 | 13.09 | 16.05 | 13.97 | 18.06 | 21.59 | 21.45 | 24.99 | 25.23 | 19.80 | 17.94 | 16.64 | 18.87 | 16.27 | 17.20 | 22.10 | 25.71 | 25.94 | 8.68 | 6.96 | 8.72 | |
| 1.29 | 0.36 | 1.16 | 2.46 | 1.51 | 2.62 | 2.82 | 3.89 | 4.20 | 4.27 | 3.51 | 3.90 | 4.33 | 5.71 | 5.63 | 5.43 | 5.43 | 5.99 | 7.75 | 7.78 | 8.47 | 7.94 | 8.08 | 9.18 | 11.36 | 10.00 | 6.77 | 9.14 | 1.15 | 2.59 | |
Data as of: September 21, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.