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3M

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3M has retired 35.3% of its shares since 1999, from 797,178,778 to 515,722,417.

35.3%retired since 1999
10.5%last 5 years
2.9%last 12 months
516Mshares today

At $164.75 a share, a market value of $85.0B. P/E 28.4, trailing twelve months to June 2026.

Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2015797M shares, 1999516M200020052010201520202025
1999, 797,178,7782026-06-30, 515,722,417
A share bought in 1999
1.5× more of 3M today, without buying another share. It was one of 797,178,778 shares then. It is one of 515,722,417 now.
Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
19992000-01-31797,178,77810-Kcover page
20002001-01-31792,284,75410-K405cover page
20012002-01-31780,325,33010-K405cover page
20022003-01-31779,957,73010-Kcover page
20032004-01-31783,623,60910-Kcover page
20042005-01-31772,422,68410-Kcover page
20052006-01-31754,988,84010-Kcover page
20062007-01-31733,885,50410-Kcover page
20072008-01-31707,662,63210-Kcover page
20082008-12-31693,543,28710-K
20092010-01-31711,733,37710-K
20102011-01-31711,805,97810-K
20112012-01-31694,543,76310-K
20122013-01-31689,990,25510-K
20132014-01-31662,692,23410-K
20142015-01-31634,749,70610-K
20152016-01-31605,038,18610-K
20162017-01-31596,200,00010-K
20172018-01-31595,500,00010-K
20182019-01-31575,800,00010-K
20192020-01-31575,600,00010-K
20202021-01-31579,100,00010-K
20212022-01-31571,100,00010-K
20222023-01-31550,500,00010-K
20232024-01-31552,700,00010-K
20242025-01-31542,900,00010-K
20252026-01-31526,700,00010-K

Source: all 10-K filings of 3M on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

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What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2007 to 2025cash flow statement against share count
$48Bspent on buybacks
207Mfewer shares outstanding
$128average price paid per share bought back
3.8%buyback yield, last fiscal year’s spend on today’s market value

Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $164.75.

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3M buybacks, answered

Is 3M buying back its stock?

Yes. 3M has 2.9% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 515,722,417 as of June 30, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 10.5%.

How many shares has 3M bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, 3M has 281.5 million fewer shares than at its 1999 peak. That is 35.3% of the company. Since fiscal 2007 alone it bought back about 374.5 million shares, while the count fell by 191.9 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does 3M have outstanding?

515,722,417 shares, as of June 30, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 1999 peak it had 797,178,778.

What do 3M's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held 3M stock in 1999 owns 1.5 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does 3M compare with other cannibal stocks?

3M ranks No. 215 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Bank of America (35.4%), Johnson Controls International (35.3%), Adobe (35.1%), Trinet Group (35.1%).

Every answer is computed from 3M's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.

Superinvestors who own it

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

No open-market purchases reported in the last 12 months.

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