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MMM vs HON vs VMI

161 measures in 16 categories, one definition each, computed from filings and market data.
MMM52.7
3M Company
Industrials · Conglomerates
$164.72 −0.37%$84.9B mkt cap
Score DNA
HON49.9
Honeywell International Inc.
Industrials · Conglomerates
$211.41 +0.43%$67.0B mkt cap
Score DNA
VMI61.6
Valmont Industries, Inc.
Industrials · Conglomerates
$444.53 −1.47%$8.6B mkt cap
Score DNA

Price, rebased to 100 three years ago

MMM   HON   VMI   · weekly adjusted closes
100150200250Jan 24Apr 24Jul 24Oct 24Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26MMM 238VMI 197HON 124
● marks the highest or lowest value where that direction is plainly stronger (margins, returns, coverage, leverage); multiples and yields are left unmarked. Bars show each stock's percentile within its own industry. n/a: the measure does not apply to lenders and insurers.

Smart money

8 measures
MeasureMMMHONVMI
Insider open-market buys, 180d 0 0 1
Insider $ bought, 180d — — $0.10M
Congress purchases, 180d 0 4 0
Last Congress purchase — 2026-09-25 —
13F net change in holders +77 — +46
ETFs adding shares, 30d 1,251 1,117 280
ETFs trimming, 30d 1,074 837 230
Net ETF funds, 30d +177 +280 +50

Valuation

16 measures
MeasureMMMHONVMI
P/E (TTM) 28.3x
83rd
8.2x
17th
17.3x
50th
PEG (P/E ÷ 3-yr EPS CAGR) — 0.17 0.70
Price / sales 3.4x
75th
1.9x
50th
2.0x
58th
Price / book 28.8x
92nd
3.6x
58th
5.0x
67th
Price / tangible book — — 10.8x
83rd
Price / free cash flow 21.3x
60th
16.3x
20th
21.7x
80th
Price / operating cash flow 17.3x
78th
13.2x
44th
18.1x
89th
Enterprise value $94.2B
100th
$91.8B
92nd
$9.3B
75th
EV / sales 3.7x
75th
2.5x
58th
2.2x
50th
EV / EBITDA 16.3x
80th
7.1x
30th
13.8x
70th
EV / EBIT 21.4x
78th
7.9x
11th
15.9x
44th
EV / free cash flow 23.6x
60th
22.3x
20th
23.5x
40th
Earnings yield 3.5%
58th
12.3%
92nd
5.8%
75th
FCF yield 4.7%
75th
6.1%
92nd
4.6%
67th
Operating cash flow yield 5.8%
42nd
7.6%
67th
5.5%
33rd
Graham number (per share) $26.74
17th
$183.47
50th
$224.66
67th

Profitability (TTM)

12 measures
MeasureMMMHONVMI
Gross margin 39.4%
67th
36.6%
50th
30.4%
42nd
EBITDA margin 23.0%
67th
35.6%
100th
16.0%
50th
Operating margin 19.0%
100th
14.1%
75th
13.9%
67th
EBIT margin 17.5%
83rd
32.1%
100th
13.9%
50th
Net margin 11.9%
83rd
22.7%
100th
11.7%
75th
NOPAT margin 14.6%
92nd
11.4%
58th
12.6%
75th
FCF margin 15.8%
100th
11.4%
92nd
9.4%
83rd
Operating cash flow margin 19.5%
83rd
14.1%
75th
11.2%
67th
R&D / revenue 4.8%
90th
5.3%
100th
0.0%
0th
SG&A / revenue 14.3%
42nd
14.7%
50th
17.1%
58th
Stock comp / revenue 0.4%
27th
0.4%
36th
—
Effective tax rate 23.0%
91st
19.3%
27th
9.1%
18th

Returns on capital

11 measures
MeasureMMMHONVMI
ROE (on average equity) 82.8%
100th
47.4%
92nd
30.4%
83rd
ROA 8.2%
83rd
10.5%
92nd
14.5%
100th
ROIC 30.3%
100th
9.5%
75th
21.7%
92nd
ROCE 18.7%
83rd
21.4%
92nd
21.7%
100th
Return on tangible assets 12.1%
83rd
14.9%
92nd
17.3%
100th
Cash ROIC (OCF / invested capital) 40.2%
100th
11.7%
75th
19.3%
92nd
Gross profitability (GP / assets) 28.4%
83rd
17.1%
42nd
37.1%
100th
ROIC, 3-yr average 18.2%
100th
12.0%
78th
12.3%
89th
ROIC, 5-yr average 13.9%
89th
15.6%
100th
11.7%
67th
ROE, 5-yr average 45.8%
100th
34.9%
89th
17.2%
67th
Incremental ROIC -26.0%
17th
41.5%
58th
160.7%
83rd

Growth

17 measures
MeasureMMMHONVMI
Revenue growth (TTM YoY) 2.3%
33rd
-9.7%
17th
3.8%
42nd
Revenue growth (QoQ) 7.8%
67th
6.3%
58th
8.7%
83rd
Revenue CAGR, 3 yr -6.7%
20th
-0.0%
80th
-0.8%
60th
Revenue CAGR, 5 yr -6.2%
11th
1.2%
44th
5.7%
89th
Gross profit CAGR, 3 yr -9.2%
10th
0.0%
60th
1.7%
70th
Operating income CAGR, 3 yr 1.2%
43rd
-12.6%
29th
7.5%
57th
Net income growth (TTM YoY) -23.9%
20th
43.7%
60th
127.3%
80th
Net income CAGR, 3 yr — 14.6%
40th
21.4%
80th
EPS growth (TTM YoY) -21.5%
20th
188.6%
80th
130.7%
60th
EPS CAGR, 3 yr — 46.8%
100th
24.9%
60th
EPS CAGR, 5 yr -11.0%
0th
29.5%
100th
23.1%
67th
FCF growth (TTM YoY) — -17.1% -27.0%
FCF CAGR, 3 yr -3.6% -0.4% 12.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR, 3 yr -7.7%
12th
0.4%
25th
8.9%
62nd
Book value CAGR, 3 yr -26.5%
20th
31.1%
90th
5.2%
50th
Dividend CAGR, 3 yr 46.0%
88th
30.1%
75th
6.3%
50th
Sustainable growth rate -43.8%
0th
29.7%
100th
27.0%
83rd

Margin history & stability

7 measures
MeasureMMMHONVMI
Gross margin, 3-yr average 40.1%
67th
38.0%
58th
30.2%
42nd
Operating margin, 3-yr average 19.0%
92nd
18.6%
83rd
10.5%
75th
Net margin, 3-yr average 10.6%
83rd
17.5%
92nd
7.0%
67th
FCF margin, 3-yr average 8.4%
83rd
12.8%
100th
9.7%
92nd
Revenue stability (0-1) 0.82
75th
0.42
33rd
0.55
67th
Earnings stability (0-1) 0.07
8th
0.68
100th
0.39
67th
Margin stability (0-1) 0.91
67th
0.94
100th
0.93
83rd

Liquidity (latest quarter)

7 measures
MeasureMMMHONVMI
Cash & short-term investments $3.3B
83rd
$9.2B
92nd
$139.1M
50th
Net cash (− = net debt) −$9.2B
17th
−$24.8B
8th
−$732.7M
42nd
Working capital $2.7B
83rd
$4.9B
92nd
$1.0B
58th
Current ratio 1.24
25th
1.21
17th
2.35
75th
Quick ratio 0.91
17th
0.93
25th
1.55
75th
Cash ratio (cash + ST investments / current liabilities) 0.29
50th
0.40
58th
0.18
33rd
Defensive interval (days) 515 days
42nd
788 days
83rd
562 days
58th

Leverage & solvency (latest quarter)

13 measures
MeasureMMMHONVMI
Total debt $12.6B
83rd
$34.0B
92nd
$871.7M
42nd
Debt / equity 4.25
83rd
1.83
67th
0.50
25th
Net debt / equity 3.12
75th
1.34
67th
0.42
25th
Debt / assets 35.9%
58th
43.9%
75th
25.2%
25th
Debt / capital 81.0%
83rd
64.7%
67th
33.5%
25th
Debt / EBITDA 2.17
30th
2.64
40th
1.29
0th
Net debt / EBITDA 1.59
30th
1.93
40th
1.08
20th
Interest coverage (EBIT / interest) 6.6x
73rd
8.0x
82nd
15.2x
100th
Cash interest coverage 7.3x
82nd
3.5x
55th
12.3x
100th
Debt payback (years of OCF) 2.6 yrs
11th
6.7 yrs
56th
1.8 yrs
0th
Liabilities / assets 91.4%
100th
75.6%
75th
49.9%
25th
IS credit model rating A+ A- AA+
Implied credit spread (bps) 125
17th
175
25th
65
0th

Efficiency

11 measures
MeasureMMMHONVMI
Asset turnover 0.69
75th
0.46
42nd
1.24
100th
Fixed asset turnover 3.66
42nd
7.86
92nd
5.00
58th
Inventory turnover 3.9
30th
3.4
20th
5.0
60th
Receivables turnover 6.6
58th
4.2
0th
5.3
8th
Days sales outstanding 56 days
42nd
87 days
100th
68 days
92nd
Days inventory outstanding 94 days
70th
107 days
80th
74 days
40th
Days payables outstanding 71 days
67th
108 days
75th
48 days
33rd
Cash conversion cycle (days) 78 days
67th
86 days
75th
94 days
83rd
Capex / revenue 3.6%
67th
2.7%
58th
1.9%
33rd
Capex / depreciation 0.66
50th
0.76
67th
0.90
75th
Operating expense ratio 26.1%
58th
19.7%
33rd
15.6%
17th

Cash flow & earnings quality

7 measures
MeasureMMMHONVMI
Operating cash flow / net income 1.63
67th
0.62
17th
0.96
50th
FCF / net income 1.33
100th
0.50
67th
0.80
83rd
FCF / operating cash flow 81.3%
89th
80.9%
78th
83.3%
100th
Capex / operating cash flow 18.7%
11th
19.1%
22nd
16.7%
0th
Accruals ratio -5.2%
25th
4.0%
83rd
0.6%
50th
Sloan accruals ratio -11.7%
0th
-3.5%
25th
0.1%
58th
Earnings quality score (0-1) 0.75
50th
0.50
0th
0.75
50th

Dividends & buybacks

9 measures
MeasureMMMHONVMI
Dividend yield 1.9%
75th
2.1%
83rd
0.7%
58th
Dividend per share (TTM) $3.07
75th
$4.44
83rd
$2.99
67th
Payout ratio (dividends / net income) 152.9%
100th
37.4%
67th
11.1%
50th
Dividends / FCF 115.0%
100th
74.6%
80th
13.9%
40th
Dividend growth (YoY) 205.5%
88th
110.4%
75th
12.2%
62nd
Buyback yield 3.0%
100th
1.8%
75th
2.5%
92nd
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) 8.4%
100th
6.4%
75th
3.2%
58th
Share count change (YoY) -3.1%
8th
-50.2%
0th
-1.5%
33rd
Buybacks, last 5 years $5.6B
92nd
$16.1B
100th
$986.5M
83rd

Scores & forensic checks

15 measures
MeasureMMMHONVMI
IS score 53
83rd
50
67th
62
100th
IS profitability 61
92nd
73
100th
61
83rd
IS growth 33
25th
53
58th
62
67th
IS value 43
42nd
74
83rd
56
58th
IS momentum 57
50th
59
58th
78
83rd
IS risk (safety) 100
83rd
65
58th
100
83rd
IS quality 57
58th
57
50th
74
100th
IS balance sheet 44
50th
49
58th
73
83rd
IS earnings quality 74
83rd
51
33rd
69
58th
IS cash flow 63
100th
38
83rd
44
92nd
Piotroski F-score (0-9) 6
58th
5
25th
7
83rd
Altman Z-score 4.4
83rd
2.8
58th
7.3
92nd
Beneish M-score −2.72
33rd
−2.32
67th
−2.41
42nd
Ohlson O-score −6.15
58th
−7.50
33rd
−8.68
17th
IS credit score 78
83rd
66
67th
92
100th

Per share

7 measures
MeasureMMMHONVMI
EPS, diluted (TTM) $5.68
67th
$25.75
83rd
$25.36
75th
Book value per share $5.60
25th
$58.11
75th
$88.46
83rd
Tangible book per share −$8.43
25th
−$23.72
8th
$53.42
83rd
Revenue per share $47.73
58th
$113.26
75th
$216.81
83rd
FCF per share $7.55
75th
$12.91
83rd
$20.29
92nd
Operating cash flow per share $9.29
58th
$15.95
75th
$24.35
83rd
Cash per share $6.31
50th
$28.83
75th
$7.12
58th

Size (TTM)

8 measures
MeasureMMMHONVMI
Market cap $84.9B
100th
$67.0B
92nd
$8.6B
83rd
Revenue $25.2B
92nd
$36.1B
100th
$4.2B
58th
EBITDA $5.8B
92nd
$12.9B
100th
$675.7M
58th
Net income $3.0B
92nd
$8.2B
100th
$495.0M
67th
Free cash flow $4.0B
92nd
$4.1B
100th
$396.0M
83rd
Total assets $34.9B
83rd
$77.3B
92nd
$3.5B
50th
Shareholders' equity $3.0B
67th
$18.5B
100th
$1.7B
50th
Employees 60,500
83rd
101,000
100th
10,791
58th

Price performance

9 measures
MeasureMMMHONVMI
1 day −0.4% +0.4% −1.5%
1 week +3.0% +1.8% −4.9%
1 month +0.0% +2.4% −5.7%
3 months +3.5% −6.2% −15.4%
6 months +6.6% −12.9% +7.8%
Year to date +2.2% +4.3% +8.0%
1 year +7.8% +7.7% +8.5%
3 years, cumulative +133.4% +21.8% +90.7%
5 years, cumulative +30.8% +9.4% +90.6%

Technicals

4 measures
MeasureMMMHONVMI
RSI 14 48.2 50.9 34.1
From 52-week high −10.9% −18.1% −24.0%
From 52-week low +18.2% +9.4% +17.6%
Beta 1.06 0.89 1.35
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