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

3M's Retained Earnings history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at -$5.1 billion for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Retained Earnings rose 11.55% year-over-year to -$5.1 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached -$5.1 billion, up 11.55%, while the annual FY2025 figure was -$5.1 billion, 11.55% up from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings for Q4 2025 was -$5.1 billion at 3M, up from -$5.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $48.2 billion in Q3 2022 and bottomed at -$7.6 billion in Q3 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is -$5.2 billion (2024), against an average of $13.6 billion.
  • The largest annual shift saw Retained Earnings plummeted 117.51% in 2021 before it soared 777.08% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it stood at -$6.8 billion in 2021, then grew by 1.14% to -$6.7 billion in 2022, then decreased by 1.57% to -$6.8 billion in 2023, then rose by 15.45% to -$5.7 billion in 2024, then increased by 11.55% to -$5.1 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MMM's Retained Earnings are -$5.1 billion (Q4 2025), -$5.1 billion (Q3 2025), and $37.7 billion (Q2 2025).