CLAIM #42684 · 3M Company (MMM) · 2025Q4 earnings call · Jan 20, 2026 · due Dec 31, 2026
“I expect the same thing here in '26.”
William Brown · CEO
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Look at: Company's China segment revenue growth rate relative to overall China industrial production (IPI) market growth rate, fiscal year 2026
It came true if: Company's China growth rate exceeds the low-to-mid-single-digit market/IPI growth rate cited for the period
Where: Management commentary on earnings calls (regional performance commentary) and 10-K geographic segment disclosures
In context
“year over year on IPI. At least as we see it today. And the forecasts see it again, this could go in lots of different ways. You know, but we see that market to be more low to mid-single digits this year. Still growing, maybe not as robustly as we saw last year, but still low to mid-single digits. You know, the bottom line is we run China a little bit differently in the company, just like we do India. It is a hybrid model. So we have global business groups and a really strong, dedicated, driven local team. We are driving a lot of localization of R&D, localization of sourcing, we are attacking the market. We have got six factories there, 5,000 people, and we have got people lined up to really drive that business. And I think we are performing well. And I would say we are outperforming it. I expect the same thing here in '26. Nicole DeBlase: Thanks, Bill. That is helpful. And then obviously, had quite a bit of new noise from a tariff perspective. Over the weekend. So can you just confirm the tariff headwind that you guys are embedding in 2026 does not include any of this potentially new tariffs from Europe? And have you guys tried to quantify what that could mean to your business if they are enacted? Thank you. Bill Brown: So, Nicole, great question. So what we are embedding in our guidance is the carryover effect of the $0.20 of gross impact that we saw last year. That is in and Anurag mentioned that is mostly in the first half of this year. That is what is in the guidance because that is what is in law. That is what is in practice today. And we are moving. Now the pieces that at least the president is now ta”
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SEC filings for MMM ↗ · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2025Q4 earnings call.