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40
Staffing & Employment Services · Industrials
Winston Score
40
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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Good
Stability
Good
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Mixed
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Winston Score History

The full picture

ManpowerGroup is a staffing company that helps businesses find workers. It connects job seekers with employers who need temporary, contract, or permanent staff. The company operates three main brands — Manpower, Experis, and Talent Solutions — serving industries like manufacturing, IT, finance, and healthcare around the world.

ManpowerGroup earns money by charging employers a fee when it places workers, or by billing clients for hours worked by temporary staff it employs directly. It operates in over 75 countries, making it one of the largest staffing firms in the world by revenue. The business has thin profit margins, which is typical for staffing companies, and it is highly sensitive to economic cycles — when businesses slow hiring or cut costs during recessions, demand for staffing services drops quickly. The main challenge ahead is slower hiring trends in key markets like Europe, where ManpowerGroup generates a large share of its revenue.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+7.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+179.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

9.1%ownership

↑ Rising

Insiders increasing their stake — aligned with shareholders

Cash Runway

~2 years

$181M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$181M cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

ManpowerGroup is growing revenue at 8% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
16.1%
Thin — 16.1% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
2.3%
Thin — 2.3% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
9.1%
Below par — 9.1% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+6.7%
Slow sales growth (+6.7% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
3/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
96%
Turns 96% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
0.3%
Thin free cash flow (0.3%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.50
Conservative — low debt load (0.50)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
2.35x
Tight — interest eats into profit (2.4x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
27.4x
no trend
Growth-priced — P/E 27.4

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+13.0
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (27.4 → 14.5)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
2.75%
no trend
Moderate income — 2.75% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-36.6%
no trend
Dividend cut (-36.6% YoY) — warning sign

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