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MAN vs. RHI, KFY, NSP, ASGN, BBSI, HSII, KFRC, KELYA, TBI, and HSON

Should you be buying ManpowerGroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ManpowerGroup include Robert Half (RHI), Korn Ferry (KFY), Insperity (NSP), ASGN (ASGN), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII), Kforce (KFRC), Kelly Services (KELYA), TrueBlue (TBI), and Hudson Global (HSON). These companies are all part of the "human resource & employment services" industry.

ManpowerGroup vs.

Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) and ManpowerGroup (NYSE:MAN) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.

ManpowerGroup received 62 more outperform votes than Robert Half when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.01% of users gave ManpowerGroup an outperform vote while only 60.65% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Robert HalfOutperform Votes
507
60.65%
Underperform Votes
329
39.35%
ManpowerGroupOutperform Votes
569
63.01%
Underperform Votes
334
36.99%

Robert Half has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ManpowerGroup. ManpowerGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robert Half, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Robert Half$5.67B0.83$251.60M$2.0022.98
ManpowerGroup$17.54B0.11$145.10M$2.3018.70

92.4% of Robert Half shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of ManpowerGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Robert Half shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of ManpowerGroup shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Robert Half has a net margin of 4.34% compared to ManpowerGroup's net margin of 0.81%. Robert Half's return on equity of 17.20% beat ManpowerGroup's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Robert Half4.34% 17.20% 8.63%
ManpowerGroup 0.81%10.19%2.62%

Robert Half has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ManpowerGroup has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Robert Half had 13 more articles in the media than ManpowerGroup. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Robert Half and 13 mentions for ManpowerGroup. ManpowerGroup's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Robert Half's score of 0.67 indicating that ManpowerGroup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Robert Half
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ManpowerGroup
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Robert Half currently has a consensus price target of $48.71, suggesting a potential upside of 6.00%. ManpowerGroup has a consensus price target of $57.50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.71%. Given ManpowerGroup's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ManpowerGroup is more favorable than Robert Half.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Robert Half
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
ManpowerGroup
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. ManpowerGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Robert Half pays out 118.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ManpowerGroup pays out 62.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Robert Half has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Robert Half is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

ManpowerGroup beats Robert Half on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MAN vs. The Competition

MetricManpowerGroupHelp supply services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.99B$855.16M$24.27B$19.30B
Dividend Yield7.00%3.36%2.48%3.84%
P/E Ratio14.3830.7733.0934.53
Price / Sales0.110.52283.6434.83
Price / Cash8.438.8330.9317.51
Price / Book0.943.945.414.69
Net Income$145.10M$40.82M$195.96M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.73%-2.17%-0.21%-1.74%
1 Month Performance0.32%6.15%16.44%7.50%
1 Year Performance-41.96%-30.86%18.15%4.15%

ManpowerGroup Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MAN
ManpowerGroup
4.9756 of 5 stars
$43.00
+0.7%
$57.50
+33.7%
-42.0%$1.99B$17.54B14.3830,900News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
RHI
Robert Half
4.4527 of 5 stars
$48.21
+7.6%
$48.71
+1.0%
-31.8%$4.93B$5.67B19.76180,500
KFY
Korn Ferry
4.3975 of 5 stars
$67.95
+2.9%
$75.67
+11.4%
+3.8%$3.51B$2.74B14.5210,800Positive News
NSP
Insperity
4.17 of 5 stars
$69.06
+4.8%
$89.67
+29.8%
-35.2%$2.60B$6.64B28.664,100Positive News
Dividend Announcement
ASGN
ASGN
3.0411 of 5 stars
$58.28
+4.6%
$74.40
+27.7%
-44.2%$2.56B$4.02B15.1854,000
BBSI
Barrett Business Services
4.1966 of 5 stars
$41.45
+2.5%
$41.67
+0.5%
+32.3%$1.06B$1.17B21.87127,100Insider Trade
HSII
Heidrick & Struggles International
3.9632 of 5 stars
$43.26
+2.1%
$48.00
+11.0%
+21.2%$892.06M$1.13B23.382,140Positive News
KFRC
Kforce
4.4629 of 5 stars
$41.75
+6.4%
$53.67
+28.6%
-33.7%$777.71M$1.38B15.5812,000Positive News
KELYA
Kelly Services
4.5127 of 5 stars
$12.35
+2.2%
$25.00
+102.4%
-46.9%$430.87M$4.45B-205.807,500News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
TBI
TrueBlue
3.633 of 5 stars
$4.65
+5.7%
$10.00
+115.1%
-48.7%$138.87M$1.53B-1.126,500
HSON
Hudson Global
2.4852 of 5 stars
$10.01
-1.9%
N/A-45.3%$27.54M$140.06M-8.701,300News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:MAN) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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