3M Co. (MMM)

Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

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The balance sheet provides creditors, investors, and analysts with information on company’s resources (assets) and its sources of capital (its equity and liabilities). It normally also provides information about the future earnings capacity of a company’s assets as well as an indication of cash flows that may come from receivables and inventories.

Liabilities represents obligations of a company arising from past events, the settlement of which is expected to result in an outflow of economic benefits from the entity.

3M Co., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity

US$ in millions

		Dec 31, 2018		Dec 31, 2017		Dec 31, 2016		Dec 31, 2015		Dec 31, 2014
	Short-term borrowings and current portion of long-term debt
	Accounts payable
	Accrued payroll
	Accrued income taxes
	Accrued rebates
	Deferred revenue
	Derivative liabilities
	Dividends payable
	Employee benefits and withholdings
	Contingent liability claims and other
	Property, sales-related and other taxes
	Pension and postretirement benefits
	Deferred income taxes
	Other
	Other current liabilities
	Current liabilities
	Long-term debt, excluding current portion
	Pension and postretirement benefits
	Long term income taxes payable
	Employee benefits
	Contingent liability claims and other
	Capital lease obligations
	Deferred income taxes
	Other
	Other liabilities
	Non-current liabilities
	Total liabilities
	Common stock, par value $.01 per share
	Additional paid-in capital
	Retained earnings
	Treasury stock
	Accumulated other comprehensive loss
	Total 3M Company shareholders’ equity
	Noncontrolling interest
	Total equity
	Total liabilities and equity

Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2019-02-07), 10-K (filing date: 2018-02-08), 10-K (filing date: 2017-02-09), 10-K (filing date: 2016-02-11), 10-K (filing date: 2015-02-12).

Balance sheet item	Description	The company
Current liabilities	Total obligations incurred as part of normal operations that are expected to be paid during the following twelve months or within one business cycle, if longer.	3M Co.’s current liabilities increased from 2016 to 2017 but then slightly declined from 2017 to 2018.
Non-current liabilities	Amount of obligation due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.	3M Co.’s non-current liabilities increased from 2016 to 2017 and from 2017 to 2018.
Total liabilities	Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all liabilities that are recognized. Liabilities are probable future sacrifices of economic benefits arising from present obligations of an entity to transfer assets or provide services to other entities in the future.	3M Co.’s total liabilities increased from 2016 to 2017 and from 2017 to 2018.
Total 3M Company shareholders’ equity	Total of all stockholders’ equity (deficit) items, net of receivables from officers, directors, owners, and affiliates of the entity which are attributable to the parent. The amount of the economic entity’s stockholders’ equity attributable to the parent excludes the amount of stockholders’ equity which is allocable to that ownership interest in subsidiary equity which is not attributable to the parent (noncontrolling interest, minority interest). This excludes temporary equity and is sometimes called permanent equity.	3M Co.’s total 3M Company shareholders’ equity increased from 2016 to 2017 but then declined significantly from 2017 to 2018.

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