MAN vs. CCRN, ASGN, EFX, G, IPG, KFY, OMC, RHI, NSP, and BBSI
Should you be buying ManpowerGroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ManpowerGroup include Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), ASGN (ASGN), Equifax (EFX), Genpact (G), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Korn/Ferry International (KFY), Omnicom Group (OMC), Robert Half (RHI), Insperity (NSP), and Barrett Business Services (BBSI).
ManpowerGroup vs. Its Competitors
Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ:CCRN) and ManpowerGroup (NYSE:MAN) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.
Cross Country Healthcare presently has a consensus target price of $17.93, indicating a potential upside of 48.55%. ManpowerGroup has a consensus target price of $50.60, indicating a potential upside of 14.69%. Given Cross Country Healthcare's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cross Country Healthcare is more favorable than ManpowerGroup.
96.0% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of ManpowerGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of ManpowerGroup shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cross Country Healthcare has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ManpowerGroup has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ManpowerGroup has higher revenue and earnings than Cross Country Healthcare. Cross Country Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ManpowerGroup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ManpowerGroup has a net margin of 0.63% compared to Cross Country Healthcare's net margin of -1.41%. ManpowerGroup's return on equity of 9.10% beat Cross Country Healthcare's return on equity.
In the previous week, ManpowerGroup had 3 more articles in the media than Cross Country Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for ManpowerGroup and 4 mentions for Cross Country Healthcare. Cross Country Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat ManpowerGroup's score of 0.65 indicating that Cross Country Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
ManpowerGroup beats Cross Country Healthcare on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MAN) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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