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3M Co.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Signals scattered
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2 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Mixed signals
Profitability
2/4
Debt & liquidity
2/3
Efficiency
1/2
ROIC of 33.9% — +88% above the sector median — signals that 3M still converts invested capital efficiently, yet the picture around it is uneven. EPS growth year over year came to -20.5%, trailing the sector median of -3.2%, while FCF grew sharply and the current ratio of 1.71 runs +42% above the sector median, pointing to a balance sheet in good order. The F-Score of 5/9 captures the mixed read: profitability and efficiency sub-scores are partial, not clean. On valuation, P/B at 20.4× sits +154% above the sector median — a premium that the market attaches to the franchise, though consensus models EPS recovery that the realized three-year CAGR in SEC filings has not yet delivered; analysts have beaten estimates in recent quarters, but the underlying growth trend remains weak. The composite of 62/100 against the sector reflects exactly that scatter.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | Boeing | 6/9 | 289% | +34% |
Quarter-by-quarter classification · a retrospective read by the current logic · not a price forecast
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. The method did not see these quarters in real time; this is the current logic applied to past reports.
When 3M reports on October 19, 2026, track whether EPS growth recovers from its current -3.25% year-over-year reading and whether ROIC holds above the sector median of roughly 18.0%. A sustained FCF improvement alongside any EPS stabilization would shift the F-Score profitability block, currently at 2/4, in a more constructive direction.
Pull 3M's most recent 10-K on SEC EDGAR and focus on management's discussion of litigation reserves and segment margin trends, both of which bear on the P/B of 8.03x — more than 2.5 times the sector median. The leverage and liquidity block scored 2/3, so check the current ratio disclosures and any refinancing language carefully.
In section 06, pick two or three Industrials names from the alphabetical table and line up one metric — ROIC, P/B, or current ratio — against 3M's figures. No single company in that table is ranked above another; the exercise is to place 3M's 18.0% ROIC and 8.03x P/B in a broader sector context that you define.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: -34%+32%-87%+119%
Over 4 years: 2.26—1.801.84
Over 4 years: -26%-6%-0%+2%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 8 of 8 recent quarters — the company clears estimates regularly (consensus is often set conservatively).
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| 5% |
| CAT | Caterpillar | 6/9 | 44% | +4% | 16% |
| CSX | CSX | 4/9 | 23% | -3% | 32% |
| DE | Deere | 5/9 | 21% | -12% | — |
| EMR | Emerson Electric | 7/9 | 11% | +3% | — |
| ETN | Eaton | 6/9 | 22% | +10% | — |
| GD | General Dynamics | 8/9 | 18% | +10% | 10% |
| GE | GE Aerospace | 5/9 | 46% | +18% | — |
| HON | Honeywell | 6/9 | 29% | +8% | 22% |
| ITW | Illinois Tool Works | 6/9 | 94% | +1% | 26% |
| LMT | Lockheed Martin | 6/9 | 77% | +6% | 10% |
| MMM | 3M Co. | 5/9 | 76% | +2% | 19% |
| RTX | RTX | 7/9 | 11% | +10% | 10% |
| UNP | Union Pacific | 7/9 | 40% | +1% | 40% |
| UPS | UPS | 4/9 | 34% | -3% | 9% |
A sample of 15 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
A simplified retrospective read: no analyst forecast (not available historically); the source is the annual report as of the date, so neighbouring quarters can rest on the same data. Quarters with the same classification in a row are merged into one row — each row is one change in the read, not a separate quarter. One ticker is an illustration of the classification logic, not statistics. How we calculate →