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ManpowerGroup Inc.

Trending onWhy it's trendingX mentions rising faster than the marketMoving on elevated volumeBacked by solid revenue growth
$MAN·$2.4B·Staffing & Employment Services·Industrials
$52.34+1.3%YTD+75.0%1Y+18.0%
Mentions · last 7 days
2026-07-11: 2 posts2026-07-12: 1 posts2026-07-13: 21 posts2026-07-14: 4 posts2026-07-15: 14 posts2026-07-16: 166 posts2026-07-17: 66 posts274
Price updated 5h ago·X counts updated 4h ago
MAMAN
$MANManpowerGroup Inc.
$52.34+1.34%274 posts
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $MAN, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Hinges on a big eventAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-07-17

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

ManpowerGroup ran +32% today on 4x volume — earnings or M&A rumor is the specific catalyst to identify.

ManpowerGroup is the global staffing-and-workforce-solutions operator whose stock has just made a violent one-day move — +32% on 4.4x volume — that suggests a specific catalyst rather than a normal earnings-quarter setup.

What the tape is signaling:

  • The move is category-atypical: +32% single-day on a scaled staffing incumbent is the specific pattern of an M&A rumor, activist filing, or a fundamental shift — not a normal earnings-window setup.
  • The volume-multiple is decisive: 4.4x average volume confirms that institutional flow is behind the move — meaning the specific catalyst has attracted actual buying, not just retail momentum.
  • Fundamentals are still weak: -147x TTM P/E with 0.8% operating margin and 2.4% free cash flow yield — meaning the equity is currently generating minimal profit, so the specific catalyst has to reprice the earnings-base assumption.
  • The tape confirms the shift: sitting 57% above the 50-day and 66% above the 200-day at 95% of the 52-week range — the specific pattern of a stock discretely re-rated in a single session.

What's needed now is identification of the specific catalyst — an M&A announcement, activist filing, or a specific earnings pre-release. Absent that identification, size around the specific event risk, not the trend.

What to watch: Any specific M&A announcement, activist 13D filing, or earnings pre-release explaining the +32% move. Absent identification of the catalyst, size around the event risk rather than trend-following.

On the calendar: 2026-10-15 — Q3 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment16 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-17

ManpowerGroup delivered a decisive Q2 beat: revenue of $4.9B (+8% YoY), US demand up 15%, cost discipline and AI-implementation savings driving margin, and Q3 GAAP EPS guidance above estimates. The stock rallied 28-35% intraday for one of the largest single-session moves in the sample. Bulls frame the print as validation that the AI-scarcity narrative is broken - job market strength is prompting employers to lean on staffing agencies, an unexpected demand tailwind - and highlight October $35 calls now deep in the money after positioning months ago. Traders are treating this as an 'AI-abundance' rotation play and hunting for the next MAN-style 20x setup ($VMD flagged). Skeptical voices are essentially absent.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

ManpowerGroup Inc., established in 1948 and headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a prominent global provider of human resources and workforce management solutions. The company delivers an extensive array of staffing and talent services across the Americas, Southern and Northern Europe, and the Asia Pacific Middle East region. Its core offerings encompass various recruitment models, including permanent, temporary, and contract placements for professional, administrative, and industrial roles, primarily under its Manpower and Experis brands. Beyond traditional recruitment, ManpowerGroup also provides assessment services, training and professional development, career management support, and outsourcing of human resources functions, particularly for large-scale hiring initiatives. Furthermore, it offers strategic workforce consulting, contingent staffing, and specialized project-based solutions in high-demand fields like information technology, engineering, and finance. The company also focuses on improving organizational efficiency, fostering individual career growth, and facilitating workforce mobility. Its comprehensive portfolio includes recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), TAPFIN managed services, talent-based outsourcing, and dedicated digital and IT infrastructure support through its Proservia brand. ManpowerGroup maintains a substantial global presence, operating roughly 2,200 offices across 75 countries and territories worldwide.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Staffing & Employment Services sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $MAN.

Staffing & Employment Services · Industrials

No material change from last week — Mastech Digital provides IT solutions and data analytics staffing as enterprises continue deploying AI and cloud infrastructure.

Industry benchmark

5-name peer basket
+12.2%YTD
-5.3%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-147.6How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
3.3%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
0.8%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
2.4%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
0.1Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
5.1%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
16.5%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.7Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Jul 16, 2026$0.99$0.96+3.1%
Q1 2026Apr 16, 2026$0.51$0.50+2.0%
Q4 2025Jan 29, 2026$0.92$0.83+10.8%
Q3 2025Oct 16, 2025$0.83$0.82+1.2%
Next earningsThu, Oct 15·consensus EPS $1.04

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$4.9B+7.5%16.1%2.3%$1.15$-18.6M
Q1 FY26$4.5B+10.3%16.0%0.6%$0.05$-135.3M
Q4 FY25$4.7B+7.1%16.3%1.7%$0.65$168.0M
Q3 FY25$4.6B+2.3%16.8%1.4%$0.39$44.7M

Forward consensus

3-year forecast · up to 7 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$18.8B$18.7B – $19.1B$3.60$3.54 – $3.747
FY27$19.5B$19.4B – $19.6B$4.70$4.68 – $4.757
FY28$20.1B$20.1B – $20.1B$6.10$5.44 – $7.044

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.2.4×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.89%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+56.5%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+67.8%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 45.7M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today7.3% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.725-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

MAN's Q2 Earnings & Revenues Surpass Estimates, Increase Y/Yzacks.com·15h agoManpowerGroup Posts Upbeat Q2 Earnings, Joins Docebo, Zentalis Pharmaceuticals And Other Big Stocks Moving Higher On Fridaybenzinga.com·16h agoManpowerGroup Analysts Boost Their Forecasts After Strong Q2 Resultsbenzinga.com·18h agoManpowerGroup Inc. (MAN) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcriptseekingalpha.com·2d agoManpower (MAN) Reports Q2 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Sayzacks.com·2d ago

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