3M Company

NYSE:MMM Stock Report

Market Cap: US$69.2b

3M Valuation

Is MMM undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of MMM when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: MMM ($129.28) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($240.18)

Significantly Below Fair Value: MMM is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for MMM?

Key metric: As MMM is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for MMM. This is calculated by dividing MMM's market cap by their current earnings.
What is MMM's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio13.2x
EarningsUS$5.32b
Market CapUS$69.23b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does MMM's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for MMM vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average20.7x
HON Honeywell International
26.1x10.4%US$147.5b
BBU Brookfield Business Partners
8.2xn/aUS$4.9b
NOC Northrop Grumman
28.8x12.1%US$68.1b
GD General Dynamics
19.9x8.9%US$71.5b
MMM 3M
13.2x-1.8%US$69.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: MMM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.2x) compared to the peer average (20.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does MMM's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Industrials Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
MMM 13.2xIndustry Avg. 12.7xNo. of Companies21PE0816243240+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: MMM is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.2x) compared to the Global Industrials industry average (12.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is MMM's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

MMM PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio13.2x
Fair PE Ratio22.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: MMM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.7x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst MMM forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$129.28
US$146.68
+13.5%
16.8%US$184.00US$89.00n/a18
Dec ’25US$133.53
US$146.35
+9.6%
16.7%US$184.00US$89.00n/a18
Nov ’25US$127.22
US$143.28
+12.6%
16.2%US$180.00US$89.00n/a18
Oct ’25US$137.06
US$132.39
-3.4%
15.0%US$162.00US$89.00n/a18
Sep ’25US$134.69
US$128.11
-4.9%
13.5%US$150.00US$89.00n/a17
Aug ’25US$126.47
US$126.04
-0.3%
15.0%US$150.00US$89.00n/a17
Jul ’25US$100.61
US$108.76
+8.1%
11.7%US$140.00US$87.00n/a17
Jun ’25US$100.14
US$105.81
+5.7%
11.1%US$140.00US$87.00n/a16
May ’25US$98.44
US$101.65
+3.3%
7.6%US$112.00US$87.00n/a17
Apr ’25US$94.02
US$104.49
+11.1%
10.2%US$126.00US$84.00n/a17
Mar ’25US$91.86
US$108.23
+17.8%
9.1%US$127.00US$85.00n/a17
Feb ’25US$95.91
US$109.44
+14.1%
7.9%US$124.00US$87.00n/a18
Jan ’25US$109.32
US$111.96
+2.4%
13.3%US$157.00US$83.00n/a17
Dec ’24US$99.85
US$109.44
+9.6%
14.4%US$157.00US$83.00US$133.5317
Nov ’24US$90.56
US$109.26
+20.6%
14.4%US$157.00US$83.00US$127.2217
Oct ’24US$93.62
US$116.24
+24.2%
11.8%US$161.00US$96.00US$137.0618
Sep ’24US$106.95
US$117.55
+9.9%
11.6%US$161.00US$96.00US$134.6917
Aug ’24US$110.56
US$115.30
+4.3%
12.4%US$161.00US$96.00US$126.4718
Jul ’24US$100.09
US$110.33
+10.2%
13.2%US$158.00US$92.00US$100.6118
Jun ’24US$94.28
US$112.33
+19.1%
12.5%US$158.00US$95.00US$100.1418
May ’24US$105.85
US$117.43
+10.9%
17.5%US$181.00US$95.00US$98.4418
Apr ’24US$105.11
US$122.26
+16.3%
20.4%US$197.00US$100.00US$94.0218
Mar ’24US$110.21
US$124.43
+12.9%
19.2%US$197.00US$105.00US$91.8618
Feb ’24US$115.86
US$124.43
+7.4%
19.2%US$197.00US$105.00US$95.9118
Jan ’24US$119.92
US$135.12
+12.7%
19.0%US$210.00US$110.00US$109.3218
Dec ’23US$125.99
US$134.78
+7.0%
19.2%US$210.00US$110.00US$99.8518

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/20 22:48
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

3M Company is covered by 37 analysts. 17 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
John EadeArgus Research Company
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Robert CornellBarclays