---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000066740-23-000088"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MMM"
cik: "0000066740"
company_name: "3M CO"
filed_at: "2023-10-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T15:04:12.123463+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# 3M Q3 adj EPS $2.68 beats, raises FY outlook; $4.2B charge from Combat Arms settlement

## Summary
- GAAP loss per share $3.74 includes $4.2B pre-tax charge for Combat Arms earplug settlement.
- Adjusted EPS $2.68 vs $2.60 YoY; adjusted operating margin 23.2% (up 160bps).
- Sales $8.3B, down 3.6% YoY; adjusted organic sales decline 3.1%.
- Raised FY 2023 adj EPS guidance to $8.95-$9.15 from $8.60-$9.10; raised adj free cash flow expectations.
- Combat Arms settlement: $6.0B total contribution 2023-2029; Health Care spin on track for H1 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000066740-23-000088
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MMM
- cik: 0000066740
- company_name: 3M CO
- filed_at: 2023-10-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66740/000006674023000088/0000066740-23-000088-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66740/000006674023000088/mmm-20231024.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000066740-23-000088
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000066740-23-000088.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000066740-23-000088.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  3M CO updated its third quarter 2023 guidance (raised).
  - Period: third quarter 2023
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On October 24, 2023, 3M Company issued a press release reporting third quarter 2023 financial results and increasing full-year adjusted earnings and cash flow expectations
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66740/000006674023000088/0000066740-23-000088-index.htm

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