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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · 3M (MMM)

3M full-year 2024 adjusted EPS rose 21% to $7.30; 2025 guidance $7.60 to $7.90

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

3M reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 results and gave 2025 guidance. Full-year adjusted EPS from continuing operations rose 21% to $7.30, while full-year sales of $24.6 billion fell 0.1%, and fourth-quarter adjusted EPS fell 2% on flat sales. The company expects 2025 adjusted EPS of $7.60 to $7.90 and adjusted total sales growth of 0.5% to 1.5%.

Key points

  • Full-year 2024 GAAP EPS from continuing operations was $7.26, compared with a loss of $15.17 in 2023
  • Fourth-quarter 2024 sales were $6.0 billion, up 0.1% year-on-year, with GAAP EPS of $1.33, up 17%
  • Full-year 2024 operating cash flow was $1.8 billion; adjusted free cash flow was $4.9 billion
  • 2025 guidance: adjusted total sales growth of 0.5% to 1.5% and adjusted EPS of $7.60 to $7.90

The filing

Company3M (MMM)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJan 21, 2025, 6:38 AM ET
Accession number0000066740-25-000002

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:21 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on January 21, 2025.

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