3M Enterprise Value vs Free Cash Flow Analysis

MMM Stock

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3M financial indicator trend analysis is way more than just evaluating 3M Company prevailing accounting drivers to predict future trends. We encourage investors to analyze account correlations over time for multiple indicators to determine whether 3M Company is a good investment. Please check the relationship between 3M Enterprise Value and its Free Cash Flow accounts. Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in 3M Company. Also, note that the market value of any company could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in population.

Enterprise Value vs Free Cash Flow

Enterprise Value vs Free Cash Flow Correlation Analysis

The overlapping area represents the amount of trend that can be explained by analyzing historical patterns of 3M Company Enterprise Value account and Free Cash Flow. At this time, the significance of the direction appears to have strong relationship.

The correlation between 3M's Enterprise Value and Free Cash Flow is 0.79. Overlapping area represents the amount of variation of Enterprise Value that can explain the historical movement of Free Cash Flow in the same time period over historical financial statements of 3M Company, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical values of 3M's Enterprise Value and Free Cash Flow is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these accounts tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which Enterprise Value of 3M Company are associated (or correlated) with its Free Cash Flow. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when Free Cash Flow has no effect on the direction of Enterprise Value i.e., 3M's Enterprise Value and Free Cash Flow go up and down completely randomly.

Correlation Coefficient

0.79

Relationship Direction	Positive
Relationship Strength	Significant

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Enterprise Value

Enterprise Value (or EV) is usually referred to as 3M theoretical takeover price. In the event of an acquisition, an acquirer would have to take on 3M Company debt, but would also pocket its cash. Enterprise Value is more accurate representation of 3M value than its market capitalization because it takes into account all of 3M Company existing debt. A measure of a company's total value, often used as a more comprehensive alternative to equity market capitalization that includes the market capitalization, plus total debt, minority interest and preferred shares, minus total cash and cash equivalents.

Free Cash Flow

The amount of cash a company generates after accounting for cash outflows to support operations and maintain its capital assets.

Most indicators from 3M's fundamental ratios are interrelated and interconnected. However, analyzing fundamental ratios indicators one by one will only give a small insight into 3M Company current financial condition. On the other hand, looking into the entire matrix of fundamental ratios indicators, and analyzing their relationships over time can provide a more complete picture of the company financial strength now and in the future. Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in 3M Company. Also, note that the market value of any company could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in population.

At this time, 3M's Selling General Administrative is very stable compared to the past year. As of the 24th of April 2024, Sales General And Administrative To Revenue is likely to grow to 0.69, while Issuance Of Capital Stock is likely to drop about 567.6 M.

	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Gross Profit	16.6B	15.0B	14.2B	11.0B
Total Revenue	35.4B	34.2B	32.7B	23.6B

Gross Profit Total Revenue

3M fundamental ratios Correlations

	Total Assets	Short Long Term Debt Total	Other Current Liab	Total Current Liabilities	Total Stockholder Equity	Property Plant And Equipment Net	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Cash	Non Current Assets Total	Non Currrent Assets Other	Cash And Short Term Investments	Net Receivables	Common Stock Shares Outstanding	Non Current Liabilities Total	Inventory	Other Current Assets	Other Stockholder Equity	Total Liab	Total Current Assets	Short Term Debt	Accounts Payable	Property Plant And Equipment Gross	Current Deferred Revenue	Common Stock Total Equity	Short Term Investments
Total Assets		0.74	0.34	0.51	0.31	0.96	0.71	0.92	0.58	0.8	0.64	0.58	0.89	-0.87	0.68	0.94	-0.17	-0.75	0.64	0.95	0.42	0.92	0.34	0.77	-0.74	-0.11
Short Long Term Debt Total	0.74		0.54	0.71	-0.2	0.71	0.97	0.69	0.71	0.9	0.59	0.57	0.66	-0.87	0.94	0.66	-0.52	-0.94	0.9	0.61	0.68	0.72	0.53	0.47	-0.52	-0.52
Other Current Liab	0.34	0.54		0.96	-0.44	0.28	0.37	0.11	0.88	0.73	0.55	0.79	0.28	-0.54	0.78	0.3	-0.46	-0.57	0.85	0.34	0.73	0.42	0.85	0.25	-0.38	-0.35
Total Current Liabilities	0.51	0.71	0.96		-0.33	0.46	0.56	0.31	0.9	0.86	0.66	0.8	0.44	-0.7	0.87	0.48	-0.46	-0.73	0.93	0.47	0.85	0.57	0.88	0.37	-0.51	-0.4
Total Stockholder Equity	0.31	-0.2	-0.44	-0.33		0.43	-0.19	0.43	-0.18	-0.02	0.0	0.04	0.36	-0.08	-0.33	0.38	0.57	0.17	-0.34	0.44	-0.36	0.15	-0.38	0.41	-0.46	0.64
Property Plant And Equipment Net	0.96	0.71	0.28	0.46	0.43		0.69	0.96	0.51	0.78	0.52	0.53	0.94	-0.9	0.62	0.91	0.02	-0.75	0.59	0.94	0.36	0.83	0.25	0.86	-0.86	-0.05
Net Debt	0.71	0.97	0.37	0.56	-0.19	0.69		0.71	0.53	0.8	0.48	0.38	0.65	-0.82	0.85	0.61	-0.44	-0.9	0.79	0.54	0.61	0.66	0.38	0.44	-0.46	-0.54
Retained Earnings	0.92	0.69	0.11	0.31	0.43	0.96	0.71		0.38	0.68	0.48	0.37	0.92	-0.88	0.55	0.9	-0.01	-0.76	0.49	0.88	0.25	0.82	0.16	0.86	-0.78	-0.11
Cash	0.58	0.71	0.88	0.9	-0.18	0.51	0.53	0.38		0.87	0.7	0.95	0.47	-0.7	0.87	0.56	-0.57	-0.7	0.9	0.59	0.64	0.65	0.78	0.4	-0.51	-0.25
Non Current Assets Total	0.8	0.9	0.73	0.86	-0.02	0.78	0.8	0.68	0.87		0.72	0.79	0.7	-0.9	0.94	0.74	-0.38	-0.88	0.94	0.72	0.73	0.78	0.7	0.57	-0.71	-0.34
Non Currrent Assets Other	0.64	0.59	0.55	0.66	0.0	0.52	0.48	0.48	0.7	0.72		0.59	0.35	-0.57	0.63	0.73	-0.5	-0.62	0.66	0.54	0.55	0.84	0.77	0.32	-0.28	-0.42
Cash And Short Term Investments	0.58	0.57	0.79	0.8	0.04	0.53	0.38	0.37	0.95	0.79	0.59		0.51	-0.64	0.74	0.56	-0.43	-0.55	0.78	0.67	0.51	0.59	0.67	0.45	-0.6	0.07
Net Receivables	0.89	0.66	0.28	0.44	0.36	0.94	0.65	0.92	0.47	0.7	0.35	0.51		-0.9	0.59	0.85	0.0	-0.75	0.56	0.92	0.33	0.73	0.19	0.93	-0.89	0.03
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	-0.87	-0.87	-0.54	-0.7	-0.08	-0.9	-0.82	-0.88	-0.7	-0.9	-0.57	-0.64	-0.9		-0.85	-0.83	0.22	0.94	-0.83	-0.84	-0.57	-0.81	-0.51	-0.82	0.83	0.29
Non Current Liabilities Total	0.68	0.94	0.78	0.87	-0.33	0.62	0.85	0.55	0.87	0.94	0.63	0.74	0.59	-0.85		0.59	-0.57	-0.91	0.99	0.58	0.74	0.7	0.72	0.44	-0.53	-0.49
Inventory	0.94	0.66	0.3	0.48	0.38	0.91	0.61	0.9	0.56	0.74	0.73	0.56	0.85	-0.83	0.59		-0.21	-0.74	0.58	0.93	0.37	0.95	0.41	0.79	-0.71	-0.08
Other Current Assets	-0.17	-0.52	-0.46	-0.46	0.57	0.02	-0.44	-0.01	-0.57	-0.38	-0.5	-0.43	0.0	0.22	-0.57	-0.21		0.44	-0.55	-0.11	-0.39	-0.38	-0.51	0.16	-0.23	0.42
Other Stockholder Equity	-0.75	-0.94	-0.57	-0.73	0.17	-0.75	-0.9	-0.76	-0.7	-0.88	-0.62	-0.55	-0.75	0.94	-0.91	-0.74	0.44		-0.88	-0.66	-0.63	-0.78	-0.59	-0.66	0.62	0.54
Total Liab	0.64	0.9	0.85	0.93	-0.34	0.59	0.79	0.49	0.9	0.94	0.66	0.78	0.56	-0.83	0.99	0.58	-0.55	-0.88		0.56	0.79	0.68	0.79	0.43	-0.54	-0.48
Total Current Assets	0.95	0.61	0.34	0.47	0.44	0.94	0.54	0.88	0.59	0.72	0.54	0.67	0.92	-0.84	0.58	0.93	-0.11	-0.66	0.56		0.31	0.85	0.29	0.85	-0.82	0.13
Short Term Debt	0.42	0.68	0.73	0.85	-0.36	0.36	0.61	0.25	0.64	0.73	0.55	0.51	0.33	-0.57	0.74	0.37	-0.39	-0.63	0.79	0.31		0.43	0.73	0.19	-0.33	-0.46
Accounts Payable	0.92	0.72	0.42	0.57	0.15	0.83	0.66	0.82	0.65	0.78	0.84	0.59	0.73	-0.81	0.7	0.95	-0.38	-0.78	0.68	0.85	0.43		0.53	0.66	-0.56	-0.28
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	0.34	0.53	0.85	0.88	-0.38	0.25	0.38	0.16	0.78	0.7	0.77	0.67	0.19	-0.51	0.72	0.41	-0.51	-0.59	0.79	0.29	0.73	0.53		0.18	-0.27	-0.41
Current Deferred Revenue	0.77	0.47	0.25	0.37	0.41	0.86	0.44	0.86	0.4	0.57	0.32	0.45	0.93	-0.82	0.44	0.79	0.16	-0.66	0.43	0.85	0.19	0.66	0.18		-0.89	0.03
Common Stock Total Equity	-0.74	-0.52	-0.38	-0.51	-0.46	-0.86	-0.46	-0.78	-0.51	-0.71	-0.28	-0.6	-0.89	0.83	-0.53	-0.71	-0.23	0.62	-0.54	-0.82	-0.33	-0.56	-0.27	-0.89		-0.17
Short Term Investments	-0.11	-0.52	-0.35	-0.4	0.64	-0.05	-0.54	-0.11	-0.25	-0.34	-0.42	0.07	0.03	0.29	-0.49	-0.08	0.42	0.54	-0.48	0.13	-0.46	-0.28	-0.41	0.03	-0.17

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3M Account Relationship Matchups

3M fundamental ratios Accounts

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Total Assets	44.7B	47.3B	47.1B	46.5B	50.6B	25.6B
Short Long Term Debt Total	20.6B	19.1B	17.6B	16.2B	16.9B	17.7B
Other Current Liab	3.5B	3.8B	3.9B	3.6B	8.3B	8.7B
Total Current Liabilities	9.2B	7.9B	9.0B	9.5B	15.3B	16.1B
Total Stockholder Equity	10.1B	12.9B	15.1B	14.8B	4.8B	4.6B
Property Plant And Equipment Net	10.2B	10.3B	10.3B	10.0B	9.9B	7.1B
Net Debt	18.2B	14.4B	13.1B	12.5B	10.9B	11.5B
Retained Earnings	42.1B	43.8B	45.8B	48.0B	37.5B	22.7B
Cash	2.4B	4.6B	4.6B	3.7B	5.9B	6.2B
Non Current Assets Total	31.7B	32.4B	31.7B	31.8B	34.2B	35.9B
Non Currrent Assets Other	957M	1.4B	1.8B	2.3B	2.0B	1.3B
Cash And Short Term Investments	2.5B	5.0B	4.8B	3.9B	6.0B	6.3B
Net Receivables	4.8B	4.7B	4.7B	4.5B	4.9B	3.6B
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	585.1M	582.2M	585.3M	567.6M	553.9M	606.9M
Liabilities And Stockholders Equity	44.7B	47.3B	47.1B	46.5B	50.6B	25.6B
Non Current Liabilities Total	25.3B	26.5B	22.9B	22.2B	30.4B	31.9B
Inventory	4.1B	4.2B	5.0B	5.4B	4.8B	3.2B
Other Current Assets	891M	325M	339M	456M	149M	141.6M
Other Stockholder Equity	(23.9B)	(23.2B)	(24.0B)	(26.5B)	(25.9B)	(24.6B)
Total Liab	34.5B	34.4B	32.0B	31.7B	45.7B	48.0B
Total Current Assets	13.0B	15.0B	15.4B	14.7B	16.4B	10.0B
Short Term Debt	3.0B	1.1B	1.6B	2.2B	3.2B	3.3B
Accounts Payable	2.2B	2.6B	3.0B	3.2B	3.2B	1.6B
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	10.2B	10.3B	10.3B	26.0B	27.6B	29.0B
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	(8.1B)	(7.7B)	(6.8B)	(6.7B)	(6.8B)	(6.4B)
Current Deferred Revenue	430M	498M	529M	538M	572M	367.8M
Short Term Investments	98M	404M	201M	238M	53M	50.4M
Intangible Assets	6.4B	5.8B	5.3B	4.7B	4.2B	2.5B
Other Liab	7.1B	8.5B	6.9B	7.5B	8.6B	4.8B
Long Term Debt	17.5B	18.0B	16.1B	14.0B	13.1B	7.9B
Treasury Stock	(29.6B)	(29.8B)	(29.4B)	(30.5B)	(27.4B)	(26.0B)
Property Plant Equipment	9.3B	9.4B	10.3B	10.0B	11.5B	8.3B
Good Will	13.4B	13.8B	13.5B	12.8B	12.9B	8.3B
Net Tangible Assets	(9.8B)	(6.8B)	(3.7B)	(2.8B)	(2.5B)	(2.4B)
Noncontrolling Interest In Consolidated Entity	63M	64M	71M	48M	43.2M	41.0M
Retained Earnings Total Equity	42.1B	43.8B	45.8B	48.0B	55.1B	40.0B
Capital Surpluse	5.9B	6.2B	6.4B	6.7B	7.7B	5.4B

3M Investors Sentiment

The influence of 3M's investor sentiment on the probability of its price appreciation or decline could be a good factor in your decision-making process regarding taking a position in 3M. The overall investor sentiment generally increases the direction of a stock movement in a one-year investment horizon. However, the impact of investor sentiment on the entire stock market does not have solid backing from leading economists and market statisticians.

Investor biases related to 3M's public news can be used to forecast risks associated with an investment in 3M. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding 3M can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around 3M Company. Please note that most equities that are difficult to arbitrage are affected by market sentiment the most.

3M's market sentiment shows the aggregated news analyzed to detect positive and negative mentions from the text and comments. The data is normalized to provide daily scores for 3M's and other traded tickers. The bigger the bubble, the more accurate is the estimated score. Higher bars for a given day show more participation in the average 3M's news discussions. The higher the estimated score, the more favorable is the investor's outlook on 3M.

3M Implied Volatility

32.58

3M's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of 3M Company stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if 3M's implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that 3M stock will not fluctuate a lot when 3M's options are near their expiration.

Some investors attempt to determine whether the market's mood is bullish or bearish by monitoring changes in market sentiment. Unlike more traditional methods such as technical analysis, investor sentiment usually refers to the aggregate attitude towards 3M in the overall investment community. So, suppose investors can accurately measure the market's sentiment. In that case, they can use it for their benefit. For example, some tools to gauge market sentiment could be utilized using contrarian indexes, 3M's short interest history, or implied volatility extrapolated from 3M options trading.

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Quarterly Earnings Growth

0.744

Dividend Share

Earnings Share

(12.63)

Revenue Per Share

59.002

Quarterly Revenue Growth

(0.01)

The market value of 3M Company is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of 3M that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of 3M's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is 3M's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because 3M's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect 3M's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.

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3M Enterprise Value vs Free Cash Flow Analysis

Enterprise Value vs Free Cash Flow

Enterprise Value vs Free Cash Flow Correlation Analysis

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3M fundamental ratios Correlations

3M Account Relationship Matchups

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3M fundamental ratios Accounts

3M Investors Sentiment

3M Implied Volatility

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Total Liab	+ 0.99	Non Current Liabilities Total
Net Debt	+ 0.97	Short Long Term Debt Total
Property Plant And Equipment Net	+ 0.96	Total Assets
Total Current Liabilities	+ 0.96	Other Current Liab
Retained Earnings	+ 0.96	Property Plant And Equipment Net
Total Current Assets	+ 0.95	Total Assets

Other Stockholder Equity	- 0.94	Short Long Term Debt Total
Other Stockholder Equity	- 0.91	Non Current Liabilities Total
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	- 0.9	Net Receivables
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	- 0.9	Non Current Assets Total
Other Stockholder Equity	- 0.9	Net Debt
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	- 0.9	Property Plant And Equipment Net