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ManpowerGroup (MAN) Competitors

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$42.50 +0.11 (+0.26%)
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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. Its Competitors

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

ManpowerGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. ManpowerGroup pays out 62.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Robert Half has increased 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.

98.0% of ManpowerGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Robert Half shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of ManpowerGroup shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Robert Half shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, ManpowerGroup and ManpowerGroup both had 15 articles in the media. Robert Half's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat ManpowerGroup's score of 0.52 indicating that Robert Half is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ManpowerGroup
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Robert Half
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 60.50% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ManpowerGroupOutperform Votes
569
63.01%
Underperform Votes
334
36.99%
Robert HalfOutperform Votes
507
60.50%
Underperform Votes
331
39.50%

ManpowerGroup presently has a consensus price target of $50.60, indicating a potential upside of 19.34%. Robert Half has a consensus price target of $48.71, indicating a potential upside of 10.89%. Given ManpowerGroup's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ManpowerGroup is more favorable than Robert Half.

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

ManpowerGroup has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robert Half has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Robert Half has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
ManpowerGroup$17.54B0.11$145.10M$2.3018.43
Robert Half$5.67B0.79$251.60M$2.0021.97

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
ManpowerGroup0.81% 10.19% 2.62%
Robert Half 4.34%17.20%8.63%

Summary

Robert Half beats ManpowerGroup on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MAN vs. The Competition

MetricManpowerGroupHelp supply services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.96B$844.98M$14.29B$19.86B
Dividend Yield3.55%3.07%2.60%3.83%
P/E Ratio14.1831.8434.1135.66
Price / Sales0.110.54300.8244.94
Price / Cash8.438.8330.9317.51
Price / Book0.933.885.454.85
Net Income$145.10M$40.82M$195.24M$1.02B
7 Day Performance5.71%3.01%2.38%1.93%
1 Month Performance-4.01%0.19%3.47%3.02%
1 Year Performance-42.30%-24.05%24.31%9.84%

ManpowerGroup Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MAN
ManpowerGroup
4.9433 of 5 stars
$42.50
+0.3%
$50.60
+19.1%
-40.2%$1.97B$17.54B14.2130,900
RHI
Robert Half
4.8048 of 5 stars
$44.77
-2.2%
$48.71
+8.8%
-30.8%$4.57B$5.67B18.35180,500
KFY
Korn Ferry
4.3877 of 5 stars
$67.70
-0.5%
$77.67
+14.7%
+10.1%$3.49B$2.74B14.4710,800
NSP
Insperity
4.8069 of 5 stars
$63.97
-1.2%
$80.00
+25.1%
-34.9%$2.41B$6.64B26.544,100Positive News
ASGN
ASGN
2.8517 of 5 stars
$51.62
-2.3%
$74.40
+44.1%
-41.3%$2.26B$4.02B13.4454,000
BBSI
Barrett Business Services
4.4538 of 5 stars
$41.47
+0.3%
$41.67
+0.5%
+25.6%$1.06B$1.17B21.88127,100Positive News
HSII
Heidrick & Struggles International
3.6676 of 5 stars
$43.47
-0.4%
$48.00
+10.4%
+31.3%$896.40M$1.13B23.502,140Positive News
KFRC
Kforce
4.1281 of 5 stars
$40.30
-1.2%
$53.67
+33.2%
-32.1%$750.75M$1.38B15.0412,000Trending News
KELYA
Kelly Services
4.8434 of 5 stars
$11.71
-0.1%
$25.00
+113.5%
-42.9%$408.54M$4.45B-195.137,500Positive News
Short Interest ↓
TBI
TrueBlue
4.1123 of 5 stars
$5.78
-3.7%
$10.00
+73.1%
-38.2%$172.52M$1.53B-1.396,500Positive News
HSON
Hudson Global
3.565 of 5 stars
$9.00
flat
N/A-46.1%$24.76M$138.03M-7.831,300Positive News
Short Interest ↓

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