MMM vs DOV vs TTC Stock Comparison

3M, Dover and Toro Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
MMM 3M Co
$173.47 +1.9% 1M +1.1% 1Y
Market cap
$89.47B
P/E
25.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.25B
Div. yield
0.02%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
4 wins
DOV DOVER Corp
$199.20 +5.4% 1M +9.9% 1Y
Market cap
$27.27B
P/E
24.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.42B
Div. yield
0.01%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
6 wins
TTC Toro Co
$105.41 +9.2% 1M +41.0% 1Y
Market cap
$10.03B
P/E
27.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.75B
Div. yield
0.01%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Dover leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Dover 6, 3M 4, Toro 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMMMDOVTTCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $89.47B $27.27B $10.03B MMM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 25.3x 24.0x 27.6x DOV
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.8x 19.5x 22.3x DOV
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.7% +7.6% +5.2% DOV
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 14.0% 13.5% 7.6% MMM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 22.0% 10.4% 16.4% MMM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.6x 0.8x 1.2x DOV
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.01% 0.01% MMM
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +1.1% +9.9% +41.0% TTC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.8%/yr +3.3%/yr +1.2%/yr DOV
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 25.6% 24.9% 25.7% DOV
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 49/100 56/100 57/100 TTC

Percentile Scorecard

MMMDOVTTC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisMMMDOVTTC
Valuation 37 #129 of 203 46 #110 of 203 52 #98 of 203
Growth 60 #76 of 188 45 #104 of 188 55 #86 of 188
Profitability 87 #25 of 187 80 #39 of 187 91 #18 of 187
Financial Health 18 #183 of 222 68 #71 of 222 37 #140 of 222
Shareholder Returns 44 #86 of 153 42 #89 of 153 53 #73 of 153
Overall 49 56 57
  • MMM ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • DOV ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • TTC ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodMMMDOVTTCSPY
1 month +1.9%+5.4%+9.2% -1.0%
3 months +0.5%-1.5%+12.4% +2.9%
6 months +18.8%-11.4%+10.7% +6.4%
Year to date +8.4%+2.0%+33.9% +11.4%
1 year +1.1%+9.9%+41.0% +13.1%
3 years +130.2%+50.5%+29.6% +79.4%
3 years, per year +32.1%+14.6%+9.0% +21.5%
5 years +14.8%+17.7%+6.2% +67.7%
5 years, per year +2.8%+3.3%+1.2% +10.9%
10 years +22.4%+259.3%+125.9% +255.2%
10 years, per year +2.0%+13.6%+8.5% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureMMMDOVTTCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 25.6%24.9%25.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 24.7%25.3%23.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.680.900.39 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.040.401.60 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -53.4%-36.3%-45.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.6%-14.6%0.0% -2.5%
52-week high $183.81$233.31$105.41 $779.14
52-week low $141.20$177.43$67.99 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleMMMDOVTTC
P/E now vs peer median 25.5xmedian 25.9x 23.7xmedian 25.9x 27.6xmedian 25.9x
P/S now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 1.9x 3.2xmedian 1.9x 2.1xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 16.1xmedian 13.7x 15.6xmedian 13.7x 16.9xmedian 13.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 33.5xmedian 21.1x 22.8xmedian 21.1x 14.0xmedian 21.1x
P/B now vs peer median 21.5xmedian 2.3x 3.5xmedian 2.3x 7.5xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.71median 1.19 4.86median 1.19 16.38median 1.19

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsMMMDOVTTC
Revenue $25.25B $8.42B $4.75B
Gross profit $9.98B $3.33B $1.59B
Operating income $4.74B $1.42B $489.80M
Net income $3.58B $1.13B $363.30M
Free cash flow $2.68B $1.18B $711.50M
R&D $1.21B – –
EPS (diluted) $6.77 $8.37 $3.80
Cash & equivalents $4.84B $1.76B $175.30M
Total debt $15.00B $3.26B $962.00M
Shares (diluted) 522.60M 135.55M 95.60M
Enterprise value $70.91B $20.64B $9.15B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricMMMDOVTTC
P/E 25.5x 23.7x 27.6x
P/FCF 33.5x 22.8x 14.0x
P/Operating cash flow 24.7x 19.2x 12.6x
P/S 3.6x 3.2x 2.1x
P/B 21.5x 3.5x 7.5x
P/Tangible book 42.3x 4.4x 11.1x
EV/EBITDA 16.1x 15.6x 16.9x
EV/EBIT 21.0x 20.0x 22.0x
EV/Revenue 3.9x 3.4x 2.3x
EV/FCF 37.2x 24.1x 15.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 27.4x 20.3x 13.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.71 4.86 16.38

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMMMDOVTTC
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.7% 7.6% 5.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 10.7% 2.5% 0.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -1.8% 8.5% 5.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 17.0% 4.9% -1.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) -3.7% 11.0% 14.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 33.4% 4.0% 0.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 4.8% -50.5% 9.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 35.4% 3.6% -1.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 7.1% -49.6% 13.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 35.8% 4.9% 1.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 42.8% 20.1% 34.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -18.1% 12.5% 38.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 68.6% 22.4% 44.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -18.0% 14.6% 79.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMMMDOVTTC
Gross margin 39.5% 39.6% 33.4%
EBITDA margin 24.4% 21.5% 13.4%
Operating margin 18.8% 16.9% 10.3%
Pretax margin 17.5% 16.8% 9.7%
Net margin 14.0% 13.5% 7.6%
FCF margin 10.6% 14.0% 15.0%
Operating cash flow margin 14.4% 16.6% 16.6%
Return on equity 101.3% 14.9% 26.9%
Return on assets 9.8% 8.3% 10.0%
Return on invested capital 22.0% 10.4% 16.4%
Return on capital employed 18.7% 12.8% 19.1%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.6x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.0x 1.2x 2.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% 0.5% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMMMDOVTTC
Debt / assets 37.9% 23.8% 27.2%
Debt / equity 3.6x 0.4x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.6x 0.8x 1.2x
Debt / FCF 5.6x 2.8x 1.4x
Liabilities / assets 89.5% 43.7% 62.2%
Equity / assets 10.5% 56.3% 37.8%
Interest coverage – 12.5x 8.7x
Current ratio 1.4x 2.0x 1.6x
Quick ratio 0.8x 1.3x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.7x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 4.10 5.35 5.27

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMMMDOVTTC
Dividend yield 1.8% 1.0% 1.5%
Net buyback yield 3.0% 2.1% 3.2%
Shareholder yield 4.8% 3.1% 4.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) 44.8% 24.8% 41.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) 59.9% 23.9% 21.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) 3.2% -0.7% -0.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -21.4% -0.4% 2.9%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusMMMDOVTTC
Forward P/E 19.8xFY2026 19.5xFY2026 22.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.75FY2026 $10.21FY2026 $4.73FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +8.6%FY2026 +6.2%FY2026 +12.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +17.9% +10.6% +16.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $23.87BFY2026 $8.14BFY2026 $4.56BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.8%FY2026 +0.6%FY2026 +1.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +17.4% +17.0% +3.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMMMDOVTTC
Held by institutions 74.5% 91.1% 92.3%
Institutions holding 2,208 1,163 590
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.8% -0.3% +1.1%
Institutions buying 914 500 295
Institutions selling 837 405 194
Buyers to sellers 1.09 1.23 1.52

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

MMMDOVTTC
MMM 1.00 0.46 0.35
DOV 0.46 1.00 0.46
TTC 0.35 0.46 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MMM, DOV and TTC?

3M (MMM) is the largest by market capitalisation: 3M (MMM) $89.47B, Dover (DOV) $27.27B, Toro (TTC) $10.03B.

Which stock is cheaper, MMM, DOV and TTC?

Dover (DOV) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (3M (MMM) 25.3x, Dover (DOV) 24.0x, Toro (TTC) 27.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Dover (DOV) is cheapest (3M (MMM) 19.8x, Dover (DOV) 19.5x, Toro (TTC) 22.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Dover (DOV) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: 3M (MMM) +1.7%, Dover (DOV) +7.6%, Toro (TTC) +5.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

3M (MMM) has the highest net margin (3M (MMM) 14.0%, Dover (DOV) 13.5%, Toro (TTC) 7.6%). On return on invested capital, 3M (MMM) leads (3M (MMM) 22.0%, Dover (DOV) 10.4%, Toro (TTC) 16.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Toro (TTC) returned the most: 3M (MMM) +1.1%, Dover (DOV) +9.9%, Toro (TTC) +41.0%. Over five years, Dover (DOV) compounded fastest (3M (MMM) +2.8%/yr, Dover (DOV) +3.3%/yr, Toro (TTC) +1.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

3M (MMM) has the highest dividend yield: 3M (MMM) 0.02%, Dover (DOV) 0.01%, Toro (TTC) 0.01%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Dover (DOV) has been the steadiest (3M (MMM) 25.6%, Dover (DOV) 24.9%, Toro (TTC) 25.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MMM, DOV and TTC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Dover (DOV) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.