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How 3M COMPANY makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$24.9B · 100%Cost of revenue$15.0B · 60%Gross profit$10.0B · 40%Operating income$4.6B · 19%Income before tax$4.2B · 17%Income tax$1.0B · 4%Net income$3.3B · 13%As of 2025-12-31 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$24.9B100%
Cost of revenue$15.0B60%
$10.0B40%
$4.6B19%
Income before tax$4.2B17%
Income tax$1.0B4%
$3.3B13%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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