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The cash flow of 3M COMPANY over the past 10 years

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In fiscal 2025, the latest fiscal year on file, 3M COMPANY's operating cash flow was $2.31B and its capital expenditures $910M, leaving free cash flow of $1.4B. Free cash flow was above zero in all 10 years shown. It ranged from $638M in fiscal 2024 to $6.61B in fiscal 2020. Capital expenditures were highest in fiscal 2022, at $1.75B.

Year by year

Fiscal yearOperating cash flowCapital expendituresFree cash flow*
2025ended Dec 31, 2025$2.31B$910M$1.4B
2024ended Dec 31, 2024$1.82B$1.18B$638M
2023ended Dec 31, 2023$6.68B$1.61B$5.07B
2022ended Dec 31, 2022$5.59B$1.75B$3.84B
2021ended Dec 31, 2021$7.45B$1.6B$5.85B
2020ended Dec 31, 2020$8.11B$1.5B$6.61B
2019ended Dec 31, 2019$7.07B$1.7B$5.37B
2018ended Dec 31, 2018$6.44B$1.58B$4.86B
2017ended Dec 31, 2017$6.24B$1.37B$4.87B
2016ended Dec 31, 2016$6.66B$1.42B$5.24B

Fiscal years as 3M COMPANY reports them. * Calculated by us from the company's filed figures; — no figure on file. From SEC filings, updated nightly. How each line is read.

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