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

Historic Return on Capital Employed for 3m (MMM) over the last 17 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 0.16%.

  • 3m's Return on Capital Employed changed 0.0% to 0.16% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Dec 2025 it was 0.16%, marking a year-over-year change of 0.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.16% for FY2025, which is 200.0% up from last year.
  • Latest data reveals that 3m reported Return on Capital Employed of 0.16% as of Q4 2025, which was down 0.0% from 0.17% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, 3m's Return on Capital Employed peaked at 0.21% during Q3 2022, and registered a low of 0.38% during Q3 2023.
  • Its 5-year average for Return on Capital Employed is 0.07%, with a median of 0.16% in 2025.
  • As far as peak fluctuations go, 3m's Return on Capital Employed plummeted by -5800bps in 2023, and later soared by 5300bps in 2024.
  • Over the past 5 years, 3m's Return on Capital Employed (Quarter) stood at 0.19% in 2021, then tumbled by -38bps to 0.12% in 2022, then tumbled by -350bps to 0.3% in 2023, then surged by 156bps to 0.17% in 2024, then fell by 0bps to 0.16% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are 0.16% in Q4 2025, 0.17% for Q3 2025, and 0.15% during Q2 2025.