Stocks · Industrials · Staffing & Employment Services
ManpowerGroup Inc. MAN
$54.16 -3.77% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $2.52B
Strong trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Oct 15, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 5 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +4.5%).
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 84 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $18.72B, up 6.7% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 44%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 20%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 43%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 38%
- Gross marginBottom 23%
- Operating marginBottom 29%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 14%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 15%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 35%
- Interest coverBottom 41%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 28%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 41%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 12%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 1%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 46%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 14%
- 6-month returnTop 5%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 24%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 27%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 42%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 47%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 24%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 33%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 7%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 21%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 24%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 33%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 35%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 4.8% | 6.7% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 17.1% | 16.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 0.8% | 1.5% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -0.4% | 0.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 6.7% | 4.8% | ↑ | Bottom 44% |
| Gross margin | 16.3% | 17.1% | ↓ | Bottom 23% |
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 0.8% | ↑ | Bottom 29% |
| Net margin | 0.6% | -0.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 0.3% | -0.4% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 3.3% | — | Bottom 38% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -3.2% | — | Bottom 20% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.96×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -4.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.87×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 4.25%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -1.51%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.74%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +1.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 5
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +4.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +2.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 1 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $54.43
- Target vs current price
- +0.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 29
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 48%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2026 | +4.1% | +32.4% | +32.4% | +44.1% | — |
| Apr 16, 2026 | +2.0% | +0.9% | +2.6% | -15.1% | +32.2% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | +10.8% | +15.0% | +27.1% | -3.7% | +1.8% |
| Oct 16, 2025 | +1.2% | -6.5% | -12.2% | -24.0% | -18.5% |
| Jul 17, 2025 | +13.0% | +2.9% | +4.6% | -3.1% | -9.2% |
| Apr 17, 2025 | -15.4% | -19.1% | -15.4% | -12.5% | -14.5% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | +1.0% | +0.5% | -3.6% | -7.5% | -29.7% |
| Oct 17, 2024 | +0.8% | -9.8% | -16.2% | -14.1% | -22.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2026 | $0.99 | $0.95 | +4.1% | $4.86B |
| Apr 16, 2026 | $0.51 | $0.50 | +2.0% | $4.51B |
| Jan 29, 2026 | $0.92 | $0.83 | +10.8% | $4.71B |
| Oct 16, 2025 | $0.83 | $0.82 | +1.2% | $4.63B |
| Jul 17, 2025 | $0.78 | $0.69 | +13.0% | $4.52B |
| Apr 17, 2025 | $0.44 | $0.52 | -15.4% | $698.3M |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $1.02 | $1.01 | +1.0% | $755.1M |
| Oct 17, 2024 | $1.29 | $1.28 | +0.8% | $4.53B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 24.5× | 16.8× | 65th | Top 28% |
| P/E (forward) | 14.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.7× | — | — | Top 12% |
| EV / Sales | 0.20× | — | — | Top 1% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.33% | — | — | Bottom 41% |
| Earnings yield | 4.08% | — | — | Top 28% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 9.7× – 82.5× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 84
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +12.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +8.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -6.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +42.3%
- RSI (14)
- 37.1
- Relative volume
- 1.34×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 69.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 96th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.87
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.25
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -14.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -67.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2021 | Feb 24, 2026 | -79.2% | 1202 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 5, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -11.6% | 17 days | 8 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.52B
- P/E (TTM)
- 24.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.21
- Revenue (TTM)
- $18.72B
- Dividend yield
- 2.66%
- 52-week range
- $25.15 – $63.88
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $20.72B | $19.83B | $18.91B | $17.85B | $17.96B |
| Gross profit | $3.41B | $3.57B | $3.36B | $3.09B | $3.00B |
| Operating income | $585.4M | $660.5M | $255.8M | $306.0M | $238.8M |
| Net income | $382.4M | $373.8M | $88.8M | $145.1M | -$13.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $6.90 | $7.08 | $1.76 | $3.01 | -$0.29 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.53B | $4.40B | $4.09B | $4.52B | $4.63B | $4.71B | $4.51B | $4.86B |
| Net income | $22.8M | $22.5M | $5.6M | -$67.1M | $18.0M | $30.2M | $2.5M | $53.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.47 | $0.47 | $0.12 | -$1.44 | $0.38 | $0.64 | $0.05 | $1.14 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $644.8M | $423.3M | $348.2M | $309.2M | -$104.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$64.2M | -$75.6M | -$78.2M | -$51.1M | -$57.3M |
| Free cash flow | $580.6M | $347.7M | $270.0M | $258.1M | -$161.4M |
| Dividends paid | -$136.6M | -$139.9M | -$144.3M | -$145.8M | -$66.7M |
| Net share buybacks | -$210.0M | -$270.0M | -$179.8M | -$140.0M | -$38.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $180.6M
- Total assets
- $8.37B
- Total liabilities
- $6.27B
- Total debt
- $1.42B
- Net debt
- $1.24B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.11B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2026 | $0.72 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | $0.72 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Jun 2, 2025 | $0.72 | Jun 16, 2025 |
| Dec 2, 2024 | $1.54 | Dec 16, 2024 |
| Jun 3, 2024 | $1.54 | Jun 14, 2024 |
| Nov 30, 2023 | $1.47 | Dec 15, 2023 |
| May 31, 2023 | $1.47 | Jun 15, 2023 |
| Nov 30, 2022 | $1.36 | Dec 15, 2022 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,531,746
- Days to cover
- 5.86
- Change vs previous report
- -4.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.