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3M (MMM) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

3M's Return on Equity history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.01% for Q1 2025.

  • For Q1 2025, Return on Equity fell 28.0% year-over-year to 0.01%; the TTM value through Mar 2025 reached 0.01%, down 28.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.04%, 11.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity for Q1 2025 was 0.01% at 3M, down from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 0.47% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 0.02% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Equity is 0.28% (2023), against an average of 0.26%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Equity crashed -49bps in 2023 before it rose 13bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.4% in 2021, then crashed by -30bps to 0.28% in 2022, then grew by 6bps to 0.29% in 2023, then crashed by -87bps to 0.04% in 2024, then tumbled by -137bps to 0.01% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MMM's Return on Equity are 0.01% (Q1 2025), 0.04% (Q4 2024), and 0.11% (Q3 2024).