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3M (MMM) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

3M (MMM) has disclosed Operating Expenses for 17 consecutive years, with $5.3 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 8.37% to $5.3 billion in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $20.3 billion through Dec 2025, up 2.87% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $20.3 billion for FY2025, 2.87% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses hit $5.3 billion in Q4 2025 for 3M, up from $5.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $15.6 billion in Q2 2023 to a low of $1.5 billion in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $6.3 billion across 5 years, with a median of $5.3 billion in 2025.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Expenses: crashed 77.86% in 2022 and later skyrocketed 229.44% in 2023.
  • Year by year, Operating Expenses stood at $7.0 billion in 2021, then plummeted by 77.86% to $1.5 billion in 2022, then surged by 229.44% to $5.1 billion in 2023, then decreased by 3.49% to $4.9 billion in 2024, then increased by 8.37% to $5.3 billion in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Expenses for MMM at $5.3 billion in Q4 2025, $5.1 billion in Q3 2025, and $5.2 billion in Q2 2025.