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ManpowerGroup

MANNYSE

SectorIndustrials

IndustryStaffing & Employment Services

Beta (adjusted)0.79

Intrinsic Value $61.78median of 6 methods · middle span $58-$128based on filings through 30 Jun 2026

Market Price $56.28Price as of 1 Oct 2026

Near fair valueIntrinsic value is 10% above the market price

−50% · IV below pricenear fair value ±15%IV above price · +50%

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Market Cap $2.6B

Enterprise Value $4.1B

Shares Outstanding 47.1M diluted

Moat Rating None

Next Earnings Date15 Oct 2026

Last ex-dividend1 Jun 2026

All prices and values are periodic snapshots, not live quotes. Source dates are shown for reference.

Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

ManpowerGroup is navigating a cyclical staffing downturn with stabilizing organic revenue trends, highlighted by five consecutive quarters of year-over-year trend improvement. While near-term profitability remains pressured by significant restructuring and strategic transformation costs, the company's newly expanded global transformation program targeting $200 million in permanent annual savings by 2028 offers a credible path to structural margin expansion. However, high leverage (gross debt to trailing 12-month adjusted EBITDA at 2.86x) and a recent credit rating downgrade to BBB- by S&P warrant a cautious, neutral stance until cost-saving execution and U.S. professional staffing demand show more definitive signs of recovery.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets9 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$47.00

Mean target$57.33

High · most bullish analyst$72.00

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 18 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

A prolonged global economic slowdown or recession further dampens corporate hiring sentiment. The transformation program experiences execution delays or higher-than-expected implementation costs, failing to offset gross margin pressures. Leverage remains elevated above 3.0x, triggering further credit downgrades and forcing a dividend cut.

Base CaseCentral scenario

The staffing market continues its slow, L-shaped recovery. ManpowerGroup successfully stabilizes its U.S. business, flipping to low single-digit growth in Q2 2026. The company executes its transformation program on schedule, absorbing $10-$15 million in quarterly charges while realizing initial back-office automation savings. Dividends are maintained at the current semi-annual rate of $0.72 per share.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

Five consecutive quarters of year-over-year revenue trend stabilization, indicating a cyclical bottoming.
Credible multi-year global transformation program targeting $200 million in permanent annual savings by 2028, adding ~110 bps to EBITDA margin in isolation.
Strong geographic diversification with resilient growth in Southern Europe and Asia Pacific Middle East (APME) offsetting North American softness.
Commitment to shareholder returns, supported by a stable semi-annual dividend of $0.72 per share.

Key Investment Risks

Elevated leverage with gross debt to trailing 12-month adjusted EBITDA at 2.86x, leading to a recent S&P credit rating downgrade to BBB-.
Near-term GAAP earnings pressure from ongoing restructuring and transformation charges averaging $10-$15 million per quarter through 2026.
Persistent softness in high-margin professional staffing (Experis) and permanent placement activity.
Intense competition from digital recruitment platforms and AI-first startups that could disintermediate traditional staffing models.

Thesis Invalidation Triggers

Failure to achieve the targeted $10-$15 million quarterly run-rate for transformation charges, indicating execution delays.
Gross debt to trailing 12-month adjusted EBITDA rising and remaining above 3.0x on a sustained basis.
A sequential decline in organic constant-currency revenue growth in key markets like France or the United States.
A reduction or suspension of the semi-annual dividend.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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