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

3M (MMM) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.0% as the latest value for Q1 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 4.0% to 0.0% in Q1 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.0% through Mar 2025, down 6.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.01% for FY2024, 5.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 0.0% in Q1 2025 for 3M, down from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.45% in Q3 2022 to a low of 111.73% in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 6.48% across 5 years, with a median of 0.05% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: crashed -11188bps in 2022 and later skyrocketed 11178bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.16% in 2021, then plummeted by -72067bps to 111.73% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 100bps to 0.05% in 2023, then plummeted by -87bps to 0.01% in 2024, then crashed by -136bps to 0.0% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for MMM at 0.0% in Q1 2025, 0.01% in Q4 2024, and 0.02% in Q3 2024.