Business Segments · Goodwill
Health Care — Goodwill
3M Health Care — Goodwill decreased by 0.5% to $6.38B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 0.7%, from $6.34B to $6.38B. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Health Care — Goodwill shows a downward trend with a -14.2% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementSegment
CategoryCapital Allocation
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityStable
First reportedQ4 2014
Last reportedQ1 2026
Rolls up toGoodwill
How to read this metric
A significant decrease may signal an impairment charge due to poor performance of acquired assets, while stability suggests the value of past acquisitions remains intact.
Detailed definition
This represents the intangible asset value recorded when the healthcare segment acquired other businesses for a price hi...
Peer comparison
Standard across all companies that engage in M&A activity and report segment-level intangible assets.
Metric ID:
mmm_segment_health_care_goodwillHistorical Data
32 periods
| Q2 '21 | Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $13.72B | $6.93B | $13.60B | $6.86B | $13.49B | $6.79B | $13.37B | $6.70B | $13.06B | $6.52B | $12.67B | $6.26B | $6.34B | $6.52B | $12.86B | $6.56B | $12.87B | $6.57B | $12.72B | $6.47B | $6.38B | $6.60B | $12.81B | $6.53B | $6.32B | $6.40B | $6.28B | $6.34B | $6.43B | $6.42B | $6.42B | $6.38B |
| QoQ Change | — | -49.5% | +96.1% | -49.6% | +96.6% | -49.7% | +97.0% | -49.9% | +95.0% | -50.1% | +94.4% | -50.6% | +1.2% | +2.8% | +97.3% | -49.0% | +96.3% | -48.9% | +93.6% | -49.2% | -1.3% | +3.5% | +94.0% | -49.0% | -3.3% | +1.2% | -1.8% | +0.9% | +1.5% | -0.3% | +0.0% | -0.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -4.8% | -52.5% | -6.8% | -54.0% | -53.0% | -51.7% | -3.8% | -51.0% | -1.5% | -49.7% | +0.4% | -48.9% | +0.7% | +4.2% | -0.4% | -49.2% | -50.9% | -49.7% | -1.6% | -50.5% | +1.8% | +0.3% | +2.2% | +0.7% |
Range$6.26B – $13.72B
CAGR-9.4%
Avg YoY Growth-23.7%
Median YoY Growth-5.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is 3M's health care — goodwill?
- 3M (MMM) reported health care — goodwill of $6.38B in Q1 2026.
- How has 3M's health care — goodwill changed year-over-year?
- 3M's health care — goodwill increased by 0.7% year-over-year, from $6.34B to $6.38B.
- What is the long-term trend for 3M's health care — goodwill?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), 3M's health care — goodwill has grown at a -14.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $13.80B to $6.42B.
- What does health care — goodwill mean?
- The premium paid for past acquisitions within the healthcare segment that exceeds the value of the acquired company's physical assets.