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

3M Q1 2026 GAAP EPS falls 40% to $1.23; adjusted EPS rises 14% to $2.14

Mixed Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

3M reported first-quarter 2026 results with GAAP sales of $6.0 billion, up 1.3%, and GAAP EPS of $1.23, down 40% from a year earlier. Adjusted EPS rose 14% to $2.14, and the company reiterated its full-year 2026 adjusted EPS guidance of $8.50 to $8.70. The GAAP decline reflects a $0.67 per-share charge tied to the change in value of its Solventum ownership, which is excluded from adjusted results.

Key points

  • GAAP net income attributable to 3M was $653 million, compared with $1,116 million in the first quarter of 2025.
  • Adjusted EPS was $2.14, up 14% year-on-year, and adjusted operating income margin was 23.8%, up 30 basis points.
  • Operating cash flow was $574 million, and adjusted free cash flow was $541 million; the company returned $2.4 billion to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases.
  • Full-year 2026 guidance was reiterated: adjusted sales growth of about 4% and adjusted EPS of $8.50 to $8.70.

The filing

Company3M (MMM)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECApr 21, 2026, 6:34 AM ET
Accession number0000066740-26-000171

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 April 21, 2026.

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