3M Treasury stock, shares (in shares) increased by 2.1% to 422.5M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 4.1%, from 405.9M to 422.5M. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Treasury stock, shares (in shares) shows an upward trend with a 2.5% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
An increase indicates active share buyback programs, which typically signals management's confidence in the stock or an effort to return capital to shareholders.
The total number of common shares that have been repurchased by the company and are held in its own treasury. These shar...
Standard metric for companies with share repurchase programs; peers report this as a reduction in outstanding shares.
other_treasury_stock_common_shares| Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | 367.8M | 372.2M | 375M | 374.4M | 391.3M | 394.8M | 392.4M | 392M | 391.7M | 391.5M | 390.7M | 394.7M | 399.5M | 404.6M | 405.9M | 411.4M | 412.8M | 413.8M | 422.5M |
| QoQ Change | — | +1.2% | +0.7% | -0.1% | +4.5% | +0.9% | -0.6% | -0.1% | -0.1% | -0.1% | -0.2% | +1.0% | +1.2% | +1.3% | +0.3% | +1.4% | +0.3% | +0.2% | +2.1% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +6.4% | +6.1% | +4.6% | +4.7% | +0.1% | -0.8% | -0.4% | +0.7% | +2.0% | +3.3% | +3.9% | +4.2% | +3.3% | +2.3% | +4.1% |