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Financial-condition grades for SEC filers
Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026
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| 3M Co.MMM · healthcare | |
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| Grade |  Dfourth fifth of 371 graded peers; percentile 72.7, sampling error 2.5 points; lower is stronger |
| Rank | 270 of 371 |
| Profitability | Dpercentile 63.1 |
| Solvency | Cpercentile 46.7 |
| Growth and financing | Cpercentile 57.0 |
| Reliability | 0.94 AUCfailure model, filers with over $2.67B assets; 95% interval 0.88 to 0.97; 61 events, 2020 to 2025 |
| Peer failure rate | 0.52% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025 |
| Size band | over $2.67B assetstotal assets $37.7B[1] |
| Standard universe | insiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2] |
| Warnings | none activenot computable: short runway, distress |
| Inputs computable | 10 of 14 |
| Graded from | filings received through Feb 3, 2026248 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date |
| Last close | $163.562026-10-08; market equity $84.4B; iex feed |
| Price used in grade | None |
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Business, in the company's words. Opening of Item 1 of the 10-K received Feb 3, 2026; the document on sec.gov.
3M Company was incorporated in 1929 under the laws of the State of Delaware to continue operations begun in 1902. The Company’s ticker symbol is MMM. As used herein, the term “3M” or “Company” includes 3M Company and its subsidiaries unless the context indicates otherwise. In this document, for any references to Note 1 through Note 20, refer to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8. Available Information: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) maintains a website that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers, including the Company, that file electronically with the SEC.
The Fourteen Inputs [top]
Lower percentile is stronger. Source numbers open the SEC filing; a range that spans filings opens the sources table.
| Input | Percentile, 0 to 100 | Value | Source | Peer median | Percentile | Peers | Period end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability, sleeve percentile 63.1 | |||||||
| Gross profitability | 26.4% | [1-3] | 32.2% | 53.6 | 372 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Return on invested capital | not computable | 9.3% | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2016-12-31; latest annual assets end 2025-12-31 | |||||||
| Accruals ratio | 2.4% | [1,4-6] | (6.6%) | 84.6 | 811 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Gross margin stability, five years | 2.9 pts | [2-3,7-14] | 2.8 pts | 51.2 | 243 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Solvency, sleeve percentile 46.7 | |||||||
| Twelve-month failure probability | not computable | 0.07% | |||||
| latest liabilities, cash plus short-term investments, book equity, and shares are required | |||||||
| Altman Z double-prime | 5.46 | [1,15-20] | (0.31) | 17.1 | 756 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Net debt to EBITDA | not computable | 1.82x | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2016-12-31; latest annual assets end 2025-12-31 | |||||||
| Interest coverage | not computable | (4.51x) | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2023-12-31; latest annual assets end 2025-12-31 | |||||||
| Current ratio | 1.71x | [15-16] | 2.96x | 76.4 | 839 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 57.0 | |||||||
| Revenue growth, three-year compound | (1.6%) | [2,7,9,11] | 10.0% | 75.4 | 415 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Free cash flow growth, three-year compound | (28.6%) | [5,21-27] | 10.9% | 94.7 | 96 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Reinvestment rate | 50.1% | [15-16,18,21,28-32] | 37.1% | 44.7 | 104 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Asset growth, three years | (6.7%) | [1,6,33-34] | 2.1% | 64.2 | 704 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Net share issuance, one year | (3.0%) | [35-36] | 2.5% | 6.0 | 634 | 2026-01-31 | |
Gross profitability. Revenue less cost of goods sold, over total assets.
Accruals ratio. Net income less operating cash flow, over average assets; lower is stronger.
Gross margin stability, five years. Standard deviation of gross margin; lower is stronger.
Twelve-month failure probability. CHS model; lower is stronger.
Net debt to EBITDA. Lower is stronger.
Net share issuance, one year. Split-adjusted; lower is stronger.
Sleeves are equal-weighted; within a sleeve each computable input carries equal weight. Composite 0.133; sampling error 2.5 percentile points on 371 peers.
Among 371 Peers [top]
Composite score of every graded peer, smoothed. Vertical rules are the letter band edges at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles. Small dots are the six largest peers by market equity.
| Rank | Company | Percentile | Letter | Warnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 265 | AbCellera Biologics Inc. (ABCL) AbCellera Biologics Inc. (ABCL) Dfourth fifth; percentile 71.4 Nasdaq · Pharmaceutical Preparations market equity $3.7B; last close $12.02 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 71.4 | D | |
| 266 | Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. (CPIX) Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. (CPIX) Dfourth fifth; percentile 71.6 Nasdaq · Pharmaceutical Preparations market equity $104.6M; last close $7.07 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 71.6 | D | |
| 267 | Bausch & Lomb Corp. (BLCO) Bausch & Lomb Corp. (BLCO) Dfourth fifth; percentile 71.9 NYSE · Ophthalmic Goods market equity $6.1B; last close $17.15 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 71.9 | D | |
| 268 | Pennant Group, Inc. (PNTG) Pennant Group, Inc. (PNTG) Dfourth fifth; percentile 72.2 Nasdaq · Services-Health Services market equity $1.4B; last close $40.33 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 72.2 | D | |
| 269 | Bausch Health Companies Inc. (BHC) Bausch Health Companies Inc. (BHC) Dfourth fifth; percentile 72.4 NYSE · Pharmaceutical Preparations market equity $2.3B; last close $6.04 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 72.4 | D | |
| 270 | 3M Co. (MMM) 3M Co. (MMM) Dfourth fifth; percentile 72.7 NYSE · Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus market equity $84.4B; last close $163.56 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 72.7 | D | |
| 271 | Elanco Animal Health Inc. (ELAN) Elanco Animal Health Inc. (ELAN) Dfourth fifth; percentile 73.0 NYSE · Pharmaceutical Preparations market equity $11.3B; last close $22.53 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 73.0 | D | |
| 272 | ICU Medical Inc/De (ICUI) ICU Medical Inc/De (ICUI) Dfourth fifth; percentile 73.2 Nasdaq · Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus market equity $3.9B; last close $157.16 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 73.2 | D | |
| 273 | Butterfly Network, Inc. (BFLY) Butterfly Network, Inc. (BFLY) Dfourth fifth; percentile 73.5 NYSE · X-Ray Apparatus & Tubes & Related Irradiation Apparatus last close $8.02 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 73.5 | D | |
| 274 | Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (VIR) Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (VIR) Dfourth fifth; percentile 73.8 Nasdaq · Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) market equity $1.9B; last close $11.12 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 73.8 | D | |
| 275 | Viatris Inc. (VTRS) Viatris Inc. (VTRS) Dfourth fifth; percentile 74.1 Nasdaq · Pharmaceutical Preparations market equity $20.0B; last close $17.44 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 74.1 | D |
| Peer policy | Letter | Percentile | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| all graded filers, equal sleeves | D | 62.3 | 2204 |
| sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade) | D | 72.7 | 371 |
| same exchange, equal sleeves | C/D | 59.9 | 984 |
| sector peers, equal inputs | D | 76.8 | 371 |
Each letter is one fifth of the 371 graded peers, about 74 companies. A boundary letter (A/B, B/C, C/D, D/E) marks a percentile within one sampling error of a band edge.
What the Price Implies [top]
Market measures at the 2026-10-08 close. None enters the grade. Percentile among graded peers with the same measure.
| Measure | Value | Peer median | Percentile | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month | 12.3% | 8.0% | 53 | hotter than 53 of 100 peers |
| Distance from 52-week high | (11.0%) | (31.4%) | 82 | closer to its high than 82 of 100 peers |
| EBIT to enterprise value | 4.9% | (1.5%) | 76 | pricier than 24 of 100 peers |
| Free cash flow yield | 1.7% | (1.0%) | 64 | pricier than 36 of 100 peers |
| Book value to price | 0.03 | 0.28 | 18 | pricier than 82 of 100 peers |
| Sales to price | 0.30 | 0.31 | 47 | pricier than 53 of 100 peers |
| Composite equity issuance, five years | (53.0%) | 20.3% | 1 | more equity-funded than 1 of 100 peers |
| Relative strength against the sector, log excess return | (0.10) | (0.14) | 53 | ahead of 53 of 100 peers |
Inputs: market equity $84.4B; EBIT $4.6B; free cash flow $1.4B; book equity $3.0B; sales $24.9B; debt $12.6B; cash $2.2B[37].
Diagnostics [top]
Diagnostics do not feed the grade.
| Piotroski F-score: 5 of 9, period end 2025-12-31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Return on assets above zero | 8.2% | ✓ pass[4,6] |
| Operating cash flow above zero | $2.3B | ✓ pass[5] |
| Return on assets improved | (0.1 pts) | ✗ fail[4,6,33,38] |
| Operating cash flow exceeds net income | -$944.0M | ✗ fail[4-5] |
| Long-term leverage fell | 3.6 pts | ✗ fail[1,6,33,39-40] |
| Current ratio improved | 29.7 pts | ✓ pass[15-16,31-32] |
| No new shares issued | (3.0%) | ✓ pass[35-36] |
| Gross margin improved | (1.3 pts) | ✗ fail[2-3,7-8] |
| Asset turnover improved | 14.0 pts | ✓ pass[2,6-7,33] |
| Cash, filings, liquidity | |
|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | n/a |
| Operating cash flow, four quarters | n/a[5,41-44] |
| Months of runway | not finite |
| cash is missing at the end of the latest cash-flow quarter | |
| Late filings, two years | 0 |
| NT 10-K or NT 10-Q | |
| Days since last periodic filing | 80 |
| 10-Q received Jul 21, 2026 | |
| Median daily dollar volume | $488.3M |
| 63 sessions | |
| Days since newest grade input | 248 |
Downloads [top]
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Sources [top]
Every citation on this page. Filing opens the SEC index page for that submission; viewer opens the SEC interactive data for the same filing; series opens the SEC XBRL API record for that tag and company.
| # | Concept | XBRL tag | Value | Period end | Received | Form | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $37.7B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 2 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $24.9B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 3 | cost of revenue | us-gaap:CostOfRevenue | $15.0B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 4 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $3.2B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 5 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $2.3B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 6 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $39.9B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 7 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $24.6B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 8 | cost of revenue | us-gaap:CostOfRevenue | $14.4B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 9 | revenue | us-gaap:Revenues | $24.6B | 2023-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 10 | cost of revenue | us-gaap:CostOfRevenue | $15.0B | 2023-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 11 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $26.2B | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-05 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 12 | cost of revenue | us-gaap:CostOfRevenue | $15.9B | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-05 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 13 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $35.4B | 2021-12-31 | 2023-02-08 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 14 | cost of revenue | us-gaap:CostOfRevenue | $18.8B | 2021-12-31 | 2024-02-07 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 15 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $16.4B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 16 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $9.6B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 17 | retained earnings | us-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit | $38.3B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 18 | operating income | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | $4.6B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 19 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $4.7B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 20 | liabilities | us-gaap:Liabilities | $33.0B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 21 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $910.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 22 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $1.8B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 23 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $1.2B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 24 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $6.7B | 2023-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 25 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $1.6B | 2023-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 26 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $5.6B | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-05 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 27 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $1.7B | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-05 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 28 | depreciation amortization | us-gaap:DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization | $1.3B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 29 | pretax income | us-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | $4.2B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 30 | income tax | us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | $1.0B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 31 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $15.9B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 32 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $11.3B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 33 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $50.6B | 2023-12-31 | 2025-02-05 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 34 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $46.5B | 2022-12-31 | 2024-02-07 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 35 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 526,700,000 | 2026-01-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 36 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 542,900,000 | 2025-01-31 | 2025-02-05 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 37 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 515,722,417 | 2026-06-30 | 2026-07-21 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 38 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $4.2B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 39 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $10.9B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 40 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $11.1B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 41 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $1.6B | 2026-06-30 | 2026-07-21 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 42 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $574.0M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-04-21 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 43 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $723.0M | 2025-09-30 | 2025-10-21 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 44 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | -$1.0B | 2025-06-30 | 2026-07-21 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
Limitations [top]
Grade boundary. Percentile 72.7 is 7.3 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 2.5 points.
Peer group. Sector assignment from four-digit SIC codes, hand-tuned and published. The grade under three alternative peer policies is tabled above.
Size. Within a sector the letter tracks size. Among graded filers in the smallest asset band, 72% grade E and 0% grade A; in the largest, 13% grade E and 21% grade A. Universe as of Oct 9, 2026.
Failure model. filings 2012-01-01 to 2019-12-31 fit, filings 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31 test; status post hoc pending confirmation. pre-registered on 2026 filings once their 12-month outcome windows close; supported if the paired per-quintile gain over the pooled model has a lower bound above 0.05.
Input validity. Revenue or total assets at or below $100,000 sets the degenerate-inputs flag. An input whose denominator is at or below $100,000 is left not computable rather than ranked.
Returns. No input on this page has a post-2015 confidence interval on returns that excludes zero. The grade ranks reported financial condition and is not a return forecast.
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