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

3M's Return on Invested Capital history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.2% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 3.0% year-over-year to 0.2%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.2%, down 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.21%, 2.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.2% at 3M, down from 0.23% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.42% in Q1 2021 and bottomed at 0.48% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.2% (2021), against an average of 0.1%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital crashed -71bps in 2023 before it soared 71bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.19% in 2021, then decreased by -26bps to 0.14% in 2022, then crashed by -398bps to 0.41% in 2023, then soared by 156bps to 0.23% in 2024, then decreased by -12bps to 0.2% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MMM's Return on Invested Capital are 0.2% (Q4 2025), 0.23% (Q3 2025), and 0.22% (Q2 2025).