RBF Capital LLC Makes New Investment in ManpowerGroup Inc. $MAN

RBF Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of ManpowerGroup Inc. (NYSE:MAN) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 470,083 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $13,976,000. RBF Capital LLC owned 1.02% of ManpowerGroup as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Aster Capital Management DIFC Ltd increased its position in shares of ManpowerGroup by 773.6% in the fourth quarter. Aster Capital Management DIFC Ltd now owns 5,591 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $166,000 after acquiring an additional 4,951 shares in the last quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC increased its position in shares of ManpowerGroup by 46.7% in the fourth quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 158,774 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $4,720,000 after acquiring an additional 50,523 shares in the last quarter. Entropy Technologies LP acquired a new stake in shares of ManpowerGroup in the fourth quarter worth $567,000. Barclays PLC increased its position in shares of ManpowerGroup by 15.7% in the fourth quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 675,909 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $20,095,000 after acquiring an additional 91,710 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Marshall Wace LLP acquired a new stake in shares of ManpowerGroup in the fourth quarter worth $12,973,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.03% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Truist Financial dropped their price objective on shares of ManpowerGroup from $38.00 to $34.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, April 17th. UBS Group increased their price objective on shares of ManpowerGroup from $29.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, April 17th. Robert W. Baird dropped their price objective on shares of ManpowerGroup from $50.00 to $45.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, April 17th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d)” rating on shares of ManpowerGroup in a research report on Friday, March 27th. Finally, Barclays dropped their price objective on shares of ManpowerGroup from $35.00 to $30.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, April 13th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $37.50.

ManpowerGroup Price Performance

MAN opened at $34.18 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $30.11 and a 200 day simple moving average of $29.72. The firm has a market cap of $1.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -92.37 and a beta of 0.75. ManpowerGroup Inc. has a twelve month low of $25.15 and a twelve month high of $47.33. The company has a current ratio of 1.12, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50.

ManpowerGroup (NYSE:MAN) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 16th. The business services provider reported $0.51 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $4.51 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.41 billion. ManpowerGroup had a negative net margin of 0.09% and a positive return on equity of 7.01%. The business’s revenue was up 10.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.44 EPS. ManpowerGroup has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.910-1.050 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that ManpowerGroup Inc. will post 3.66 EPS for the current fiscal year.

ManpowerGroup Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 15th. Investors of record on Monday, June 1st were issued a dividend of $0.72 per share. This represents a yield of 437.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 1st. ManpowerGroup’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -389.19%.

About ManpowerGroup

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.