CLAIM #42716 · 3M Company (MMM) · 2026Q1 earnings call · Apr 21, 2026 · due Dec 31, 2026
“Our 2026 financial outlook puts us on pace to exceed our medium-term financial commitments that we laid out during Investor Day around growth, margin and cash.”
Anurag Maheshwari · CFO
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Look at: Full-year 2026 results vs. medium-term financial commitments (revenue growth, operating margin, and free cash flow / cash conversion) laid out at Investor Day
It came true if: FY2026 reported revenue growth, operating margin, and cash conversion each exceed the low end of the medium-term targets given at Investor Day
Where: Company quarterly/annual earnings releases and investor presentations referencing Investor Day medium-term targets (10-K, Q4 2026 earnings call)
In context
“ases to mitigate the impact at the current levels. Given that we are early in the year and we are operating in a volatile macro environment, we think it is prudent to keep a contingency until we have more clarity about the rest of the year. Overall, we are moving with determined pace, and we'll continue to calibrate as the year progresses. Regarding cadence, we expect sales growth to accelerate in Q2 and the back half of the year. Backlog conversion and continued order strength is expected to support growth momentum in both SIBG and TEBG in the second quarter. We anticipate consumer to improve as point of sale is on an upward trend, resulting in normalized inventory levels. On EPS, given the contingencies for the second half, we expect the first-half EPS to be higher than the second half. Our 2026 financial outlook puts us on pace to exceed our medium-term financial commitments that we laid out during Investor Day around growth, margin and cash. And on capital allocation, we have already returned over $7 billion of the $10 billion shareholder returns that we had committed to. Before we open the call for questions, I want to take a minute to thank the team for a strong start to the year and being proactive in this environment to mitigate risk and control the controllable and for their commitment to strengthen the foundation and drive profitable growth. With that, let's open the call for questions. Operator: [Operator Instructions] And our first question comes from the line of Jeff Sprague with Vertical Research. Jeffrey Sprague: Bill or Anurag, just trying to dig into the order commentary a little bit more, maybe you could give us a little more perspective on the pre-buy, the size of it, if you could. And I guess the prebuy would”
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SEC filings for MMM ↗ · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2026Q1 earnings call.