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3M (MMM) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2025)

3M (MMM) has disclosed Retained Earnings for 17 consecutive years, with -$5.1 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings fell 113.78% to -$5.1 billion in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$5.1 billion through Dec 2025, down 113.78% year-over-year, with the annual reading at -$5.1 billion for FY2025, 113.78% down from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings hit -$5.1 billion in Q4 2025 for 3M, down from $38.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $48.0 billion in Q4 2022 to a low of -$8.0 billion in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, Retained Earnings has averaged $7.9 billion across 5 years, with a median of -$6.0 billion in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Retained Earnings: tumbled 117.6% in 2022 and later soared 829.38% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Retained Earnings stood at -$6.8 billion in 2021, then soared by 810.37% to $48.0 billion in 2022, then plummeted by 114.14% to -$6.8 billion in 2023, then surged by 642.89% to $36.8 billion in 2024, then crashed by 113.78% to -$5.1 billion in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Retained Earnings for MMM at -$5.1 billion in Q4 2025, $38.1 billion in Q3 2025, and -$5.2 billion in Q2 2025.