Stocks · Industrials · Staffing & Employment Services
TriNet Group, Inc. TNET
$63.24 -2.50% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $2.90B
Inexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 7 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +44.9%).
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 66 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.73, up 28.2% year over year.
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.
Growth16Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 13%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 31%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 21%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 33%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 22%
Quality70Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 10%
- Gross marginBottom 27%
- Operating marginBottom 46%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 29%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 34%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 43%
- Interest coverTop 40%
Value96Exceptional
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 12%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 6%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 14%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 11%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 36%
Momentum64Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 45%
- 6-month returnTop 8%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 40%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 23%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 42%
Revisions68Positive
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 13%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 17%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 7%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 46%
Stability47Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 50%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 16%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 31%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 43%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -3.0% | -4.1% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -0.3% | 28.2% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 18.4% | 19.1% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 5.5% | 6.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 12.8% | 7.0% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -4.1% | -3.0% | ↓ | Bottom 13% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 28.2% | -0.3% | ↑ | Top 31% |
| Gross margin | 19.1% | 18.4% | ↑ | Bottom 27% |
| Operating margin | 6.2% | 5.5% | ↑ | Bottom 46% |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 2.8% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 7.0% | 12.8% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 17.1% | — | Top 10% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 0.8% | — | Bottom 33% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.11×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -9.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.56×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 5.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.79%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 5.37%
- Shareholder yield
- 7.16%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -4.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -7.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 7
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +44.9%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -3.9%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $85.00
- Target vs current price
- +34.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 15
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 20%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | +66.1% | +2.1% | -2.6% | +0.2% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +34.8% | +6.8% | -4.6% | +6.0% | +49.5% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | +24.3% | -10.8% | -5.7% | -20.2% | -5.4% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +54.2% | -6.6% | -7.6% | -6.3% | +0.2% |
| Jul 25, 2025 | +15.0% | +4.7% | +3.2% | -0.2% | -6.9% |
| Apr 25, 2025 | +19.2% | -0.4% | +1.5% | +5.5% | -15.4% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | +76.0% | -14.8% | -24.3% | -20.4% | -11.1% |
| Oct 25, 2024 | -11.4% | -12.4% | -7.4% | +0.7% | +3.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $1.55 | $0.93 | +66.1% | $1.18B |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $2.48 | $1.84 | +34.8% | $1.23B |
| Feb 12, 2026 | $0.46 | $0.37 | +24.3% | $1.25B |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $1.11 | $0.72 | +54.2% | $1.23B |
| Jul 25, 2025 | $1.15 | $1.00 | +15.0% | $1.24B |
| Apr 25, 2025 | $1.99 | $1.67 | +19.2% | $1.29B |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $0.44 | $0.25 | +76.0% | $1.33B |
| Oct 25, 2024 | $1.17 | $1.32 | -11.4% | $1.24B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 17.0× | 17.3× | 43th | Top 12% |
| P/E (forward) | 13.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.2× | — | — | Top 14% |
| EV / Sales | 0.72× | — | — | Top 11% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 11.85% | — | — | Top 6% |
| Earnings yield | 5.90% | — | — | Top 12% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 12.8× – 23.6× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -3.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +28.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -18.7%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
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
- 66
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +6.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -6.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +20.3%
- RSI (14)
- 40.7
- Relative volume
- 1.02×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 43.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 73th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.85
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.29
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -11.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -74.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2024 | Feb 23, 2026 | -74.7% | 473 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 12, 2021 | Nov 3, 2022 | -43.5% | 245 days | 206 days (Aug 31, 2023) |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Jun 18, 2021 | -19.2% | 68 days | 34 days (Aug 6, 2021) |
| Oct 16, 2023 | Nov 1, 2023 | -15.6% | 12 days | 28 days (Dec 12, 2023) |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -12.2% | 12 days | 10 days (Feb 12, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.90B
- P/E (TTM)
- 17.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.73
- Revenue (TTM)
- $4.88B
- Dividend yield
- 1.81%
- 52-week range
- $33.60 – $73.08
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.54B | $4.88B | $4.92B | $5.05B | $5.01B |
| Gross profit | $937.0M | $1.12B | $1.10B | $952.0M | $886.0M |
| Operating income | $455.0M | $499.0M | $469.0M | $288.0M | $273.0M |
| Net income | $338.0M | $355.0M | $375.0M | $173.0M | $155.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $5.07 | $5.61 | $6.58 | $3.43 | $3.16 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.24B | $1.33B | $1.29B | $1.24B | $1.23B | $1.25B | $1.23B | $1.18B |
| Net income | $45.0M | -$23.0M | $85.0M | $37.0M | $34.0M | -$1.0M | $89.0M | $53.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.90 | -$0.46 | $1.71 | $0.76 | $0.71 | -$0.02 | $1.89 | $1.15 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $218.0M | $562.0M | $545.0M | $279.0M | $303.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$40.0M | -$56.0M | -$75.0M | -$78.0M | $3.0M |
| Free cash flow | $178.0M | $506.0M | $470.0M | $201.0M | $306.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$37.0M | -$52.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$83.0M | -$512.0M | -$1.11B | -$171.0M | -$172.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $358.0M
- Total assets
- $3.35B
- Total liabilities
- $3.22B
- Total debt
- $950.0M
- Net debt
- $592.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $125.0M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.29 | Oct 26, 2026 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | $0.29 | Jul 27, 2026 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | $0.29 | Apr 27, 2026 |
| Jan 2, 2026 | $0.28 | Jan 26, 2026 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | $0.28 | Oct 27, 2025 |
| Jul 1, 2025 | $0.28 | Jul 28, 2025 |
| Apr 1, 2025 | $0.28 | Apr 28, 2025 |
| Jan 2, 2025 | $0.25 | Jan 27, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,791,784
- Days to cover
- 5.08
- Change vs previous report
- +14.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.