ManpowerGroup (NYSE:MAN) Rating Increased to Buy at Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of ManpowerGroup (NYSE:MANFree Report) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a report issued on Saturday morning.

MAN has been the subject of a number of other reports. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on shares of ManpowerGroup from $36.00 to $57.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, July 17th. UBS Group raised their price objective on shares of ManpowerGroup from $41.00 to $55.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, July 17th. Weiss Ratings raised ManpowerGroup from a “sell (d)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a report on Tuesday. Barclays boosted their target price on ManpowerGroup from $30.00 to $47.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, July 20th. Finally, Robert W. Baird upped their target price on ManpowerGroup from $45.00 to $72.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, July 17th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $53.50.

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ManpowerGroup Price Performance

Shares of MAN opened at $58.36 on Friday. ManpowerGroup has a one year low of $25.15 and a one year high of $59.86. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $43.78 and its 200-day moving average is $34.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a current ratio of 1.04. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.53 and a beta of 0.67.

ManpowerGroup (NYSE:MANGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 16th. The business services provider reported $0.99 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.96 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $4.86 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.72 billion. ManpowerGroup had a net margin of 0.56% and a return on equity of 7.45%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted ($1.44) earnings per share. ManpowerGroup has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.960-1.060 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that ManpowerGroup will post 3.62 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of ManpowerGroup

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina grew its stake in ManpowerGroup by 1.4% in the second quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 21,513 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $869,000 after purchasing an additional 296 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers grew its stake in shares of ManpowerGroup by 3.6% in the 2nd quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 10,096 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $408,000 after buying an additional 348 shares in the last quarter. Quarry LP increased its holdings in ManpowerGroup by 55.3% in the fourth quarter. Quarry LP now owns 1,034 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 368 shares during the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC increased its holdings in ManpowerGroup by 3.2% in the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 13,435 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $778,000 after buying an additional 414 shares during the last quarter. Finally, State of Wyoming raised its position in ManpowerGroup by 7.6% during the second quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 6,197 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $250,000 after acquiring an additional 440 shares in the last quarter. 98.03% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

ManpowerGroup Company Profile

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ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) is a global leader in workforce solutions, offering a broad spectrum of staffing and talent management services. Founded in 1948 and headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the company has grown from a temporary staffing firm to a diversified provider of workforce consultancy, recruitment, and outsourcing services. ManpowerGroup is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker MAN.

The company’s service offerings are organized into four principal brands.

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