3M Company
- Industry
- Diversified Industrials
- Exchange
- US
- Country
- USA
- IPO date
- Jan 2, 1970
- Employees
- 60,500
- Website
- www.3m.com
Composite valuation range · conservative $85–$110 / fair $125–$155 / optimistic $170–$190. At $178.23, Within the optimistic intrinsic-value range · much expectation priced in.
At publication $152.44 (May 26, 2026)
Data from EODHD, shown in the reporting currency; for reference only, not investment advice.
3M Company provides diversified technology services in the America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Safety and Industrial, Transportation and Electronics, and Consumer. The Safety and Industrial segment provides industrial abrasives and finishing for metalworking applications; autobody repair solutions; industrial specialty products, such as personal hygiene products, masking, and packaging materials; electrical products and materials for construction and maintenance, power distribution, and electrical original equipment manufacturers; structural adhesives and tapes; respiratory, hearing, eye, and fall protection solutions; and natural and color-coated mineral granules for shingles. The Transportation and Electronics segment provides ceramic solutions; attachment and bonding, films, sound, and temperature management for transportation vehicles; format graphic films for advertising and fleet signage; reflective signage for highway and vehicle safety; light management films and electronics assembly solutions; chip packaging and interconnection solutions; semiconductor production materials; and data center solutions. The Consumer segment offers cleaning products for the home; consumer air quality products; picture hanging accessories; retail abrasives, paint accessories, and safety products; stationery and office products; automotive appearance products; and consumer bandages, tapes, braces, and supports. It serves automotive; commercial solutions; consumer markets; design and construction; electronics; energy; government; manufacturing; safety; transportation industries. The company offers its products through e-commerce and traditional wholesalers, retailers, jobbers, distributors, channel partner, and dealers, as well as directly to users. 3M Company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
History
3M Company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Its IPO date was January 2, 1970. By the end of 2025 the company completed its exit from PFAS manufacturing, while still holding roughly a 15% stake in Solventum (valued at about $2 billion). Leadership changed recently: Bill Brown became CEO on May 1, 2024 and also chairman on March 1, 2025, while CFO Anurag Maheshwari joined in September 2024. In 2026 3M completed the divestiture of its precision grinding and polishing business and planned further portfolio changes within Safety and Industrial.
Industry position
3M operates through three segments: Safety and Industrial, Transportation and Electronics, and Consumer, with 2025 sales of about $11.384B, $8.272B, and $4.920B (roughly 45.6%, 33.2%, and 19.7% of consolidated sales). It is a diversified maker of industrial materials, consumables, and consumer brand products including Post-it, Scotch, Command, and Scotch-Brite, serving globally dispersed industrial, automotive, electronics, retail, and consumer customers. As of end-2025 it had about 60,500 employees (~22,500 in the US, ~38,000 international). Broadest comparables are diversified industrials such as Honeywell, Illinois Tool Works, and Emerson.