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

3M's Return on Sales history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.0% for Q1 2025.

  • For Q1 2025, Return on Sales fell 4.0% year-over-year to 0.0%; the TTM value through Mar 2025 reached 0.0%, down 7.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.01%, 5.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q1 2025 was 0.0% at 3M, down from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.45% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 111.73% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.05% (2023), against an average of 6.8%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales tumbled -11188bps in 2022 before it surged 10637bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.16% in 2021, then crashed by -72067bps to 111.73% in 2022, then soared by 95bps to 5.36% in 2023, then surged by 100bps to 0.01% in 2024, then tumbled by -136bps to 0.0% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MMM's Return on Sales are 0.0% (Q1 2025), 0.01% (Q4 2024), and 0.03% (Q3 2024).