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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000066740-25-000086"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MMM"
cik: "0000066740"
company_name: "3M CO"
filed_at: "2025-10-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T03:08:13.321708+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# 3M Q3 adjusted EPS $2.19 beats; raises full-year EPS guidance to $7.95-$8.05

## Summary
- GAAP sales $6.5B (+3.5% YoY); adjusted sales $6.3B with organic growth 3.2%.
- Adjusted EPS $2.19 vs $1.98 YoY (+10%); GAAP EPS $1.55 vs $2.48 YoY (-38%).
- Adjusted operating margin 24.7%, up 170 bps YoY; cash from ops $1.8B.
- Full-year adjusted EPS guidance raised from $7.75-$8.00 to $7.95-$8.05.
- Returned $0.9B to shareholders via dividends and buybacks in Q3.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000066740-25-000086
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MMM
- cik: 0000066740
- company_name: 3M CO
- filed_at: 2025-10-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66740/000006674025000086/0000066740-25-000086-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66740/000006674025000086/mmm-20251021.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000066740-25-000086.txt

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