当資料は、3M社（本社：米国ミネソタ州、NYSE:MMM）が2024年10月22日（現地時間）に発表した報道資料を抄訳したものです。

• 売上高は前年同期比0.4%増の63億ドル
• 調整後の売上高は61億ドル、既存事業の成長率は前年同期比1.0%増
• 継続事業のGAAPベースの一株当たり利益は前年同期比154%増の2.48ドル
• 継続事業の調整後の一株当たり利益は1.98ドル、前年同期比18%増
• 営業キャッシュフローは-18億ドル、調整後フリーキャッシュフローは15億ドル
• 2024年通年の継続事業の調整後の一株当たり利益を従来の7.00ドル～7.30ドルから7.20ドル～7.30ドルに更新

3Mは本日、第3四半期決算を発表しました。
3Mのウィリアム・ブラウン最高経営責任者(CEO)は、次のように述べています。「3Mチームは強力な業務遂行を続け、調整後の利益が二桁増加し、堅実な調整後のフリーキャッシュフローを生み出しました。私たちの継続的な業務の実行により、当事業年度を好調な結果に終えることができる体制が整っています。私たちが進めている3つの優先事項 –有機的成長、業務の卓越性、資本配分 – が、株主に長期的な価値創造をもたらすと確信しています」

第3四半期のハイライト

• 米国のGAAPベースの一株当たり利益は2.48ドル、営業利益率は20.9％。
• 調整後の一株当たり利益は前年同期比18％増の1.98ドル。
• 調整後の営業利益率は23.0%で、前年同期比1.4％ポイント増。

調整後売上高はPFAS製品を含みません。

¹上記の調整後既存ビジネス※（Organic sales：事業売却や買収を除いた既存ビジネス）売上高の増加には、製品ポートフォリオの取り組みおよび特定の小規模国からの撤退による1.0%のマイナス要因が含まれます。

• 売上高は前年同期比0.4％増の63億ドル、既存ビジネス売上高は前年同期比0.1%減。
• 調整後売上高は前年同期比1.5％増の61億ドル、調整後既存ビジネス売上高は前年同期比1.0％増。
• 株主への配当と自社株買いによる還元額は11億ドル。
• 営業キャッシュフローは18億ドルのマイナスとなり、これは主に公共水道システムとコンバット・アーム・イヤープラグに関する重要な訴訟の費用として、税引き後36億ドルの支払いが発生したことによるものです。
• 調整後フリーキャッシュフローは15億ドル。

本資料には、特定のnon-GAAP指標を参考にしたものが含まれています。当該情報については、以下の「連結財務諸表と補足財務情報：Non-GAAP指標」を参照してください。

2024年通期業績見通しを更新
年初来の強力な業績の結果として、会社は通年の調整後収益予想を引き上げています。以下の2024年の収益見通しは、3Mの継続事業を反映しています。

²「連結財務諸表と補足財務情報：Non-GAAP指標」の6でさらに説明したとおり、3Mは比較可能な有意義なGAAP財務指標を作成するために必要な特定の項目を不合理な努力なしに予測することができないため、これらの項目を反映した将来予測に基づく財務指標を提供していません。

連結財務諸表と補足財務情報：Non-GAAP指標
財務諸表情報は、以下よりご覧いただけます（英語）。
https://investors.3m.com/financials/quarterly-earnings

Forward-Looking Statements
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