Industrial company ?3M Co. (MMM) has reported fourth quarter 2025 financial results that beat Wall Street forecasts across the board.
The company known for products such as Scotch Tape and Post-it Notes announced earnings per share (EPS) of $1.83 U.S., which topped the $1.80 U.S. consensus estimate of analysts.
Revenue in the quarter totaled $6.02 billion U.S., slightly above Wall Street’s expectation for $6 billion U.S. Sales were up 3% from a year earlier.
Operating profit margins were 21.1%, up 1.4 percentage points year-over-year.
Management at 3M said that cost cuts and price ?hikes ?drove an improvement in the company’s margins during the final months of last year.
The introduction of new products has also helped 3M improve margins and ?protect the company from weak consumer demand and tariffs.
Looking ahead, 3M forecast a full-year 2026 profit in the range of $8.50 U.S. to $8.70 U.S. per share, the midpoint of which ?is one cent below Wall Street estimates of $8.61 U.S.
For all of 2026, the company expects about 3% sales growth, matching analysts’ consensus forecast.
“Our accelerated pace of innovation and commercial ?execution positions us to outperform the macro environment again in 2026,” said CEO Bill Brown in the company’s earnings statement.
MMM stock has risen 14% over the last 12 months to trade at $167.80 U.S. per share.
