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

3M's Operating Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 12.98% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 507.0% year-over-year to 12.98%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 18.55%, down 107.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 18.55%, 107.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q4 2025 was 12.98% at 3M, down from 22.2% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 48.22% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 13981.82% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 18.93% (2021), against an average of 770.59%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Operating Margin tumbled -1400058bps in 2022 before it soared 1243182bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 18.76% in 2021, then plummeted by -74612bps to 13981.82% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 89bps to 1550.0% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 101bps to 18.05% in 2024, then fell by -28bps to 12.98% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MMM's Operating Margin are 12.98% (Q4 2025), 22.2% (Q3 2025), and 17.97% (Q2 2025).