Share buybacks · 2011–2025
3M share buybacks
$3.3B+80.5% · FY2025
3M (MMM) reported $3.3B in share buybacks for fiscal 2025, +80.5% year on year.
| Fiscal year | Share buybacks | Change | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY20252025-12-31 | $3.3B | +80.5% | Open → |
| FY20242024-12-31 | $1.8B | +5,357.6% | Open → |
| FY20232023-12-31 | $33.0M | −97.7% | Open → |
| FY20222022-12-31 | $1.5B | −33.4% | Open → |
| FY20212021-12-31 | $2.2B | +497.6% | Open → |
| FY20202020-12-31 | $368M | −73.8% | Open → |
| FY20192019-12-31 | $1.4B | −71.1% | Open → |
| FY20182018-12-31 | $4.9B | +135.5% | Open → |
| FY20172017-12-31 | $2.1B | −44.9% | Open → |
| FY20162016-12-31 | $3.8B | −28.4% | Open → |
| FY20152015-12-31 | $5.2B | −7.3% | Open → |
| FY20142014-12-31 | $5.7B | +8.4% | Open → |
| FY20132013-12-31 | $5.2B | +136.5% | Open → |
| FY20122012-12-31 | $2.2B | −18.4% | Open → |
| FY20112011-12-31 | $2.7B | — | Open → |
Share buybacks — Share buybacks are the cash a company spent during the year repurchasing its own stock, taken from the financing section of the cash-flow statement. Most companies buy back nothing at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the minority that do.
Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +1.3%
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The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0000066740-26-000014 · February 3, 2026
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