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3M MMM Price / sales

Price / sales at other companies

Illinois Tool Works logo
Illinois Tool WorksITW
4.6×0.0×
PPG Industries logo
PPG IndustriesPPG
1.5×-0.1×
Honeywell International logo
Honeywell InternationalHON
3.8×-0.1×
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. logo
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.DD
2.7×-1.9×
Amcor logo
AmcorAMCR
0.8×-0.2×
STERIS logo
STERISSTE
3.7×-0.4×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$6.0B+1.3%
Gross profit$2.5B-0.8%
Operating income$1.4B+12.1%
Net income$653.0M-41.5%
EPS (diluted)$1.23-39.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$3.7B-41.1%
Total debt$11.5B-11.0%
Total equity$3.3B-26.9%
Total assets$35.4B-11.3%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$574.0M+827%
CapEx$225.0M-4.7%
Free cash flow$349.0M+211%

Valuation

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Market cap$83.05B-4.2%
Enterprise value$90.8B-2.5%
P/E29.8×+9.9×

Profitability

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Gross margin39.7%-1.4pp
Operating margin19.1%-1.0pp
Net margin11.1%-6.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity72.1%-21.3pp
Debt / equity3.5×+0.6×
Current ratio1.6×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from 3M’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: 3M’s 10-Q, filed April 21, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is 3M's price / sales?
3M (MMM) reported price / sales of 3× in Q1 2026.
How has 3M's price / sales changed year-over-year?
3M's price / sales decreased by 6.2% year-over-year, from 3.2× to 3×.
What is the long-term trend for 3M's price / sales?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), 3M's price / sales has grown at a 6.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 10.4× to 13.2×.
What does price / sales mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual sales.
How do you interpret price / sales?
Useful when earnings are negative or volatile (e.g. early-stage or cyclical firms). Only comparable across companies with similar margins — a sales dollar is worth more at a high-margin business.
How does price / sales compare across companies?
Best compared within a margin cohort; a software P/S and a retailer P/S are not directly comparable.