ManpowerGroup Stock Forecast, Price & News

ManpowerGroup's stock was trading at $68.75 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MAN stock has increased by 32.5% and is now trading at $91.08.
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9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ManpowerGroup in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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ManpowerGroup is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, January 29th 2021.
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ManpowerGroup Inc. (NYSE:MAN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 20th. The business services provider reported $1.20 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.57. The business services provider had revenue of $4.58 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.26 billion. ManpowerGroup had a net margin of 0.47% and a return on equity of 9.72%. ManpowerGroup's quarterly revenue was down 12.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.93 EPS.
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ManpowerGroup announced a Semi-Annual dividend on Friday, November 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 1st will be given a dividend of $1.17 per share on Tuesday, December 15th. This represents a yield of 2.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 30th. This is a positive change from ManpowerGroup's previous Semi-Annual dividend of $1.09.
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ManpowerGroup announced that its board has approved a share repurchase plan on Friday, August 2nd 2019, which allows the company to repurchase 6,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

ManpowerGroup updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.06-1.14 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.07.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for ManpowerGroup's shares. Their forecasts range from $54.00 to $100.00. On average, they anticipate ManpowerGroup's share price to reach $80.91 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.2%.
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ManpowerGroup saw a increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,600,000 shares, an increase of 13.5% from the October 15th total of 1,410,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 572,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.8 days. Approximately 2.8% of the company's shares are sold short.
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ManpowerGroup trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MAN."

ManpowerGroup's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.38%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (5.03%), LSV Asset Management (3.30%), State Street Corp (3.15%), AQR Capital Management LLC (3.00%) and AJO LP (1.92%). Company insiders that own ManpowerGroup stock include Burke Patrick, Handel Michael J Van, John T Mcginnis, Mara E Swan, Phillips Ben, Richard Buchband, Sriram Chandrashekar, Ulice Payne Jr and William Downe.
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MAN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, AQR Capital Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Acadian Asset Management LLC, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, and KBC Group NV. Company insiders that have sold ManpowerGroup company stock in the last year include John T Mcginnis, and Richard Buchband.
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MAN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Orbis Allan Gray Ltd, AJO LP, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Point72 Europe London LLP, Victory Capital Management Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Voloridge Investment Management LLC, and MUFG Securities EMEA plc. Company insiders that have bought ManpowerGroup stock in the last two years include Phillips Ben, and William Downe.
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Shares of MAN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of MAN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $91.08.

ManpowerGroup has a market capitalization of $5.24 billion and generates $20.86 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $465.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.45 on an earnings per share basis. ManpowerGroup employs 28,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for ManpowerGroup is www.manpowergroup.com.

ManpowerGroup's mailing address is 100 MANPOWER PLACE, MILWAUKEE WI, 53212. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 414-961-1000.