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

3M (MMM) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 17 consecutive years, with 0.2% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital fell 3.0% to 0.2% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.2% through Dec 2025, down 3.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.21% for FY2025, 2.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital hit 0.2% in Q4 2025 for 3M, down from 0.23% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.39% in Q2 2021 to a low of 0.47% in Q3 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.09% across 5 years, with a median of 0.19% in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: tumbled -70bps in 2023 and later soared 69bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.19% in 2021, then fell by -26bps to 0.14% in 2022, then plummeted by -393bps to 0.4% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 157bps to 0.23% in 2024, then decreased by -12bps to 0.2% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for MMM at 0.2% in Q4 2025, 0.23% in Q3 2025, and 0.22% in Q2 2025.