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3M (MMM) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

3M's Return on Capital Employed history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.16% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.16%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.16%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.16%, 2.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.16% at 3M, down from 0.17% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.21% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 0.39% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.16% (2025), against an average of 0.07%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed crashed -60bps in 2023 before it soared 47bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.19% in 2021, then plummeted by -38bps to 0.12% in 2022, then crashed by -359bps to 0.31% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 154bps to 0.17% in 2024, then decreased by 0bps to 0.16% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MMM's Return on Capital Employed are 0.16% (Q4 2025), 0.17% (Q3 2025), and 0.15% (Q2 2025).