.Statement of Comprehensive Income
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Comprehensive income is the change in equity (net assets) of a business enterprise during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owners sources. It includes all changes in equity during a period except those resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners.
3M Co., Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
USD $ in millions
| 12 months ended | Dec 31, 2017 | Dec 31, 2016 | Dec 31, 2015 | Dec 31, 2014 | Dec 31, 2013 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Net income including noncontrolling interest | ||||||||||
| | Cumulative translation adjustment | ||||||||||
| | Defined benefit pension and postretirement plans adjustment | ||||||||||
| | Debt and equity securities, unrealized gain (loss) | ||||||||||
| | Cash flow hedging instruments, unrealized gain (loss) | ||||||||||
| | Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | | | | | | |||||
| | Comprehensive income including noncontrolling interest | | | | | | |||||
| | Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest | ||||||||||
| | Comprehensive income attributable to 3M | | | | | |
| Item | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Cumulative translation adjustment | Adjustment that results from the process of translating subsidiary financial statements and foreign equity investments into functional currency of the reporting entity, net of tax, attributable to the parent entity. | 3M Co.'s cumulative translation adjustment increased from 2015 to 2016 and from 2016 to 2017. |
| Defined benefit pension and postretirement plans adjustment | Net changes to accumulated comprehensive income during the period related to benefit plans, after tax, attributable to the parent entity. | 3M Co.'s defined benefit pension and postretirement plans adjustment declined from 2015 to 2016 but then increased from 2016 to 2017 not reaching 2015 level. |
| Debt and equity securities, unrealized gain (loss) | Gross appreciation or the gross loss in value of the total unsold securities at the end of an accounting period, after tax, attributable to the parent entity. | |
| Cash flow hedging instruments, unrealized gain (loss) | Net of tax effect change in accumulated gains and losses from derivative instruments designated and qualifying as the effective portion of cash flow hedges, after taxes, that is attributable to the parent entity. A cash flow hedge is a hedge of the exposure to variability in the cash flows of a recognized asset or liability or a forecasted transaction that is attributable to a particular risk. The change includes an entity's share of an equity investee's increase (decrease) in deferred hedging gains or losses. | 3M Co.'s cash flow hedging instruments, unrealized gain (loss) declined from 2015 to 2016 and from 2016 to 2017. |
| Comprehensive income attributable to 3M | The change in equity [net assets] of a business enterprise during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources which are attributable to the reporting entity. It includes all changes in equity during a period except those resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners, but excludes any and all transactions which are directly or indirectly attributable to that ownership interest in subsidiary equity which is not attributable to the parent. | 3M Co.'s comprehensive income attributable to 3M declined from 2015 to 2016 but then increased from 2016 to 2017 exceeding 2015 level. |
