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

3M (MMM) has disclosed Return on Equity for 17 consecutive years, with 0.01% as the latest value for Q1 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Equity fell 28.0% to 0.01% in Q1 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.01% through Mar 2025, down 28.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.04% for FY2024, 11.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity hit 0.01% in Q1 2025 for 3M, down from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.47% in Q3 2022 to a low of 0.02% in Q3 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Equity has averaged 0.26% across 5 years, with a median of 0.28% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Equity: plummeted -49bps in 2023 and later grew 13bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Equity stood at 0.4% in 2021, then plummeted by -30bps to 0.28% in 2022, then increased by 6bps to 0.29% in 2023, then tumbled by -87bps to 0.04% in 2024, then plummeted by -137bps to 0.01% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Equity for MMM at 0.01% in Q1 2025, 0.04% in Q4 2024, and 0.11% in Q3 2024.