MMM vs NDSN vs PSIX Stock Comparison

3M, Nordson and Power Solutions International Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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MMM 3M Co
$177.38 +5.3% 1M +7.7% 1Y
Market cap
$90.04B
P/E
25.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.25B
Div. yield
0.02%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
2 wins
NDSN Nordson Corp
$329.10 -0.1% 1M +41.1% 1Y
Market cap
$17.93B
P/E
32.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.98B
Div. yield
0.01%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Power Solutions International leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Power Solutions International 7, Nordson 3, 3M 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMMMNDSNPSIXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $90.04B $17.93B $1.04B MMM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 25.5x 32.3x 15.4x PSIX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 20.0x 29.5x 15.6x PSIX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.7% +7.0% +13.2% PSIX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 14.0% 18.6% 10.0% NDSN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 22.0% 13.1% 26.5% PSIX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.6x 1.7x 0.0x PSIX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.01% 0.00% MMM
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +7.7% +41.1% -45.1% NDSN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.5%/yr +5.3%/yr +62.3%/yr PSIX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 25.6% 22.2% 109.6% NDSN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 50/100 58/100 75/100 PSIX

Percentile Scorecard

MMMNDSNPSIX

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

AxisMMMNDSNPSIX
Valuation 36 #130 of 203 30 #143 of 203 81 #39 of 203
Growth 60 #75 of 188 58 #80 of 188 61 #74 of 188
Profitability 89 #22 of 183 97 #6 of 183 86 #26 of 183
Financial Health 19 #176 of 216 53 #103 of 216 73 #59 of 216
Shareholder Returns 46 #82 of 152 54 #71 of 152 –
Overall 50 58 75
  • MMM ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • NDSN ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • PSIX ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodMMMNDSNPSIXSPY
1 month +5.3%-0.1%+2.7% +0.7%
3 months +0.7%+11.5%+73.8% +3.7%
6 months +21.1%+14.1%-34.0% +7.1%
Year to date +10.8%+36.9%-15.3% +12.8%
1 year +7.7%+41.1%-45.1% +11.9%
3 years +137.0%+55.1%+1,597.5% +85.2%
3 years, per year +33.3%+15.8%+157.2% +22.8%
5 years +18.7%+29.5%+1,025.1% +67.6%
5 years, per year +3.5%+5.3%+62.3% +10.9%
10 years +28.0%+232.7%+413.0% +262.0%
10 years, per year +2.5%+12.8%+17.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureMMMNDSNPSIXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 25.6%22.2%109.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 24.7%21.3%118.0% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.680.883.54 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.301.86-0.41 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -53.4%-39.9%-78.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.5%-1.7%-51.0% -1.2%
52-week high $183.81$334.70$98.77 $779.14
52-week low $141.20$226.69$25.44 $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.

MultipleMMMNDSNPSIX
P/E now vs peer median 26.0xmedian 25.8x 33.0xmedian 25.8x 16.4xmedian 25.8x
P/S now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 1.9x 6.2xmedian 1.9x 1.6xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 16.5xmedian 14.6x 21.5xmedian 14.6x 11.7xmedian 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 34.2xmedian 22.2x 25.3xmedian 22.2x 16.6xmedian 22.2x
P/B now vs peer median 22.0xmedian 2.2x 5.6xmedian 2.2x 5.5xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.73median 1.45 7.50median 1.45 0.37median 1.45

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 monthsMMMNDSNPSIX
Revenue $25.25B $2.98B $676.19M
Gross profit $9.98B $1.65B $161.31M
Operating income $4.74B $800.96M $87.91M
Net income $3.58B $555.18M $67.87M
Free cash flow $2.68B $724.01M $67.09M
R&D $1.21B – $19.16M
EPS (diluted) $6.77 $9.91 $2.94
Cash & equivalents $4.84B $113.43M $70.06M
Total debt $15.00B $1.73B $66.19M
Shares (diluted) 522.60M 56.03M 23.07M
Enterprise value $71.48B $17.49B $838.48M

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
MetricMMMNDSNPSIX
P/E 26.0x 33.0x 16.4x
P/FCF 34.2x 25.3x 16.6x
P/Operating cash flow 25.3x 23.7x 15.0x
P/S 3.6x 6.2x 1.6x
P/B 22.0x 5.6x 5.5x
P/Tangible book 43.3x 6.9x 5.5x
EV/EBITDA 16.5x 21.5x 11.7x
EV/EBIT 21.4x 24.9x 12.6x
EV/Revenue 4.0x 6.7x 1.6x
EV/FCF 37.9x 27.6x 16.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 28.0x 25.8x 14.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.73 7.50 0.37

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMMMNDSNPSIX
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.7% 7.0% 13.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 10.7% 4.7% 10.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -1.8% 8.4% -7.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 17.0% 5.5% 15.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) -3.7% 18.4% -14.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 33.4% 6.4% 29.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 4.8% 22.0% -38.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 35.4% 3.5% 44.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 7.1% 23.5% -38.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 35.8% 4.4% 43.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 42.8% 26.2% 5.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -18.1% 5.9% 15.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 68.6% 33.3% 7.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -18.0% 5.6% 13.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMMMNDSNPSIX
Gross margin 39.5% 55.3% 23.9%
EBITDA margin 24.4% 31.2% 14.0%
Operating margin 18.8% 26.9% 13.0%
Pretax margin 17.5% 22.6% 12.1%
Net margin 14.0% 18.6% 10.0%
FCF margin 10.6% 24.3% 9.9%
Operating cash flow margin 14.4% 26.0% 11.0%
Return on equity 101.3% 17.2% 34.9%
Return on assets 9.8% 9.3% 15.4%
Return on invested capital 22.0% 13.1% 26.5%
Return on capital employed 18.7% 15.3% 27.1%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.5x 1.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.0x 1.4x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% 0.8% 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMMMNDSNPSIX
Debt / assets 37.9% 29.1% 14.6%
Debt / equity 3.6x 0.5x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.6x 1.7x 0.0x
Debt / FCF 5.6x 2.4x 1.0x
Liabilities / assets 89.5% 45.0% 55.2%
Equity / assets 10.5% 55.0% 44.8%
Interest coverage – 8.8x 13.4x
Current ratio 1.4x 1.8x 2.6x
Quick ratio 0.8x 1.0x 1.4x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.2x 0.6x
Altman Z-score 4.14 6.32 5.44

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMMMNDSNPSIX
Dividend yield 1.7% 1.0% –
Net buyback yield 3.0% 1.1% –
Shareholder yield 4.7% 2.1% –
Payout ratio (earnings) 44.8% 33.0% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 59.9% 25.3% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 3.2% 3.3% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -21.4% 7.2% –

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.

ConsensusMMMNDSNPSIX
Forward P/E 20.0xFY2026 29.5xFY2026 15.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.88FY2026 $11.14FY2026 $3.11FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +10.2%FY2026 +8.8%FY2026 -37.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +16.7% +21.5% +22.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $23.87BFY2026 $3.19BFY2026 $656.20MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.8%FY2026 +14.3%FY2026 -9.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +17.6% +5.7% +31.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMMMNDSNPSIX
Held by institutions 74.5% 76.0% 36.4%
Institutions holding 2,211 756 159
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.8% +3.1% +24.1%
Institutions buying 916 390 92
Institutions selling 838 240 45
Buyers to sellers 1.09 1.63 2.04

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.

MMMNDSNPSIX
MMM 1.00 0.47 0.23
NDSN 0.47 1.00 0.27
PSIX 0.23 0.27 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MMM, NDSN and PSIX?

3M (MMM) is the largest by market capitalisation: 3M (MMM) $90.04B, Nordson (NDSN) $17.93B, Power Solutions International (PSIX) $1.04B.

Which stock is cheaper, MMM, NDSN and PSIX?

Power Solutions International (PSIX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (3M (MMM) 25.5x, Nordson (NDSN) 32.3x, Power Solutions International (PSIX) 15.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Power Solutions International (PSIX) is cheapest (3M (MMM) 20.0x, Nordson (NDSN) 29.5x, Power Solutions International (PSIX) 15.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Power Solutions International (PSIX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: 3M (MMM) +1.7%, Nordson (NDSN) +7.0%, Power Solutions International (PSIX) +13.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nordson (NDSN) has the highest net margin (3M (MMM) 14.0%, Nordson (NDSN) 18.6%, Power Solutions International (PSIX) 10.0%). On return on invested capital, Power Solutions International (PSIX) leads (3M (MMM) 22.0%, Nordson (NDSN) 13.1%, Power Solutions International (PSIX) 26.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Nordson (NDSN) returned the most: 3M (MMM) +7.7%, Nordson (NDSN) +41.1%, Power Solutions International (PSIX) -45.1%. Over five years, Power Solutions International (PSIX) compounded fastest (3M (MMM) +3.5%/yr, Nordson (NDSN) +5.3%/yr, Power Solutions International (PSIX) +62.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

3M (MMM) has the highest dividend yield: 3M (MMM) 0.02%, Nordson (NDSN) 0.01%, Power Solutions International (PSIX) 0.00%. Power Solutions International (PSIX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Nordson (NDSN) has been the steadiest (3M (MMM) 25.6%, Nordson (NDSN) 22.2%, Power Solutions International (PSIX) 109.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MMM, NDSN and PSIX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Power Solutions International (PSIX) leads on 7. 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.