Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. BBUC scored 31.3, MMM scored 38.2 — MMM leads.
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Different reporting periods. MMM's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but BBUC's are as of December 2025 — a 6-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
BBUC
Brookfield Business Corporation
Conglomerates · Quality-Growth
31.3
$26.67 · $5.5B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
6.9
MMM leads
MMM
3M Company
Conglomerates · Quality-Growth
38.2
$159.96 · $82.5B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthMMM+2.3%
Strongest balance sheetBBUC2.96
Highest qualityMMM71 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueBBUC-49%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
BBUC
stronger →← stronger
MMM
31
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
71
14
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
43
70
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
18
MMM is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BBUC
MMM
$1.2bC+
FCF
$4.0bB
-32.4%F
Rev
+2.3%C
2.96D
D/E
4.38D
0.2xA
P/S
—
—
PEG
1.54C+
—
P/E
28.4xB
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
BBUC
MMM
49% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
51% above
~-18%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~13%/yr
+121%
1-yr DCF upside
-32%
+98%
5-yr DCF upside
-34%
+71%
10-yr DCF upside
-35%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
BBUC
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
MMM
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
The companies
BBUCBrookfield Business Corporation
Conglomerates · $26.67 · beta 1.39
Why now
Conglomerates · market cap $5.5b. Down 30% from 52-week high of $38.25 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue -32% — in contraction; any catalyst that reverses this triggers re-rating. 8 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $39.00 (implying +46% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income.
Risk
D/E 2.96 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer. Revenue contracting -32% — the operational turn is not yet visible in the top line. Down 30% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
MMM3M Company
Conglomerates · $159.96 · beta 1.06
Why now
Conglomerates · market cap $82.5b. 13% off the 52-week high of $184.90. 18 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $186.15 (implying +16% upside).
Moat
FCF converts 133% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash. $82.5b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
D/E 4.38 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where BBUC and MMM diverge
On the headline score the gap is 6.9 points in favor of MMM. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
ValueBBUC 69.9 · MMM 18.4BBUC +51.5
QualityBBUC 31.1 · MMM 71.1MMM +40.0
GrowthBBUC 14.1 · MMM 42.7MMM +28.6
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is MMM or BBUC the better stock?
MMM scores higher: MMM 38.2, BBUC 31.3 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do MMM and BBUC differ most?
The widest gap is value, where BBUC leads by 52 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are MMM and BBUC scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.