On Nov. 3, 3M announced it had agreed to settle 99% of existing personal injury claims caused by PFAS in aqueous firefighting foam by paying out $7.35 billion over the next nine years. It also created mechanisms to address future litigation.
3M’s legacy portfolio remains highly profitable and is poised to benefit from multiple secular growth trends, such as a growing global middle class and rising regulatory standards.
Multibillion-dollar pending litigation risks will cripple the value of the company and remove any benefit from potential fundamental catalysts.
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Metric
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MMM
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DD
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KMB
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Price/Earnings (Normalized) | 21.69 | 18.43 | 17.32 |
Price/Book Value | 24.24 | 1.47 | 20.67 |
Price/Sales | 4.06 | 3.85 | 2.19 |
Price/Cash Flow | 17.32 | 69.82 | 12.22 |
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Metric
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MMM
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DD
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KMB
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Quick Ratio | 0.78 | 1.68 | 0.40 |
Current Ratio | 1.41 | 2.36 | 0.91 |
Interest Coverage | 5.96 | 4.10 | 10.40 |
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Metric
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MMM
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DD
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KMB
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|---|---|---|---|
Return on Assets (Normalized) | 12.76% | 3.90% | 10.43% |
Return on Equity (Normalized) | 120.12% | 6.13% | 117.92% |
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized) | 30.37% | 5.02% | 22.28% |
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