Manpowergroup $MAN Read from its own SEC filings · nothing written, nothing inferred

🫧 Edgar looked up MANPOWERGROUP INC. ($MAN). Last filing: 8-K (2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition), 2026-10-15. 12 event filings (8-K) in the past twelve months.

🔖 Exposure: revenue $18.0B (FY2025), total debt $1.6B. Experience: revenue up 0.6% on the year, down 3.5% a year over 4 years; operating margin 0.8%, down from 1.7%. Soundness: equity 22.5% of assets, return on equity -0.6%, the dividend per share fell in the latest year on record. Credibility: four or more audited years, reasonable weight. Range: 80% of past cases like this landed between $16.0B and $18.4B next year (method v4.1: its own 4-year record of growth weighed at 50% against $10B+ filers; across 2019–2025, 69.0% landed inside, 83.4% on the one year the method never saw). In a shock year the stress range is $15.0B to $19.4B. A statistical range, not company guidance. Against peers (12 filers, $50M+ revenue, services-help supply services): operating margin 0.8% against a -1.8% median; growth 0.6% against -3.1%.

Next year, 80%$16.0B–$18.4B
Growth, on the year0.6%
Operating margin0.8%
Equity of assets22.5%
Credibility50%
Track record3 of 6
MANPOWERGROUP INC. against its own record and its peers
Operating marginPeer median -1.8%0.8%Revenue, on the yearPeer median -3.1%0.6%Equity of assetsPeer median 43.4%22.5%Return on equityPeer median -10.1%-0.6%Gold tick: the median of 9–11 peers with $50M+ revenue in services-help supply services
Handed back now, or kept to compound · of each dollar of profit
Handed back per share$1.44cut in the latest year

Gold paid out, navy kept. Kept share × return on equity = the growth it can fund itself. Facts from the filings, not a recommendation.

Speed and cash · fiscal 2025

Cash Compass🌊 In between · no clear cash pattern yet
Inside viewTurns -0.6% of revenue into operating cash; revenue shrinking 3.3% a year over three years; pays a dividend.
Outside viewAmong $10B+ companies: 3rd percentile for cash, 17th for growth. cash growth

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Cash flow (op · inv · fin · free)−$104M · −$59M · $486M · −$161M
Investment book (cash · short · long)$871M · — · — · current ratio 1.11
Revenue swing · equity of assets2.8% · 22.5%

Manpowergroup is growing slower than its size class, with steadier revenue. Its own audited SEC figures.

The figures, as filed

Fiscal year end2025-12-31
Revenue$18.0B
Revenue, on the year0.6%
Revenue, a year over the record−3.5%
Operating margin0.8%
Operating margin, prior year1.7%
Net margin−0.1%
Research and developmentnot filed separately
Total debt$1.6B
Equity of assets22.5%
Return on equity−0.6%
Payout of profit—
Dividend per share$1.44 · cut in the latest year
Earnings per share$-0.29
Book value per share$44.20
Revenue per share$385.35
Shares outstanding46,600,000
Audited years read5

Peers: the median of 12 filers with $50M+ revenue in services-help supply services.

Classic signals · fiscal 2025Altman Z″ 2.14 grey zone 1968Piotroski F 1 of 9 weak 2000Beneish M -2.36 below the −1.78 line 1999Sloan accruals 1% earnings backed by cash 1996DuPont ROE -0.6% = margin -0.1% × turns 2.07 × leverage 4.15

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Health HarborManpowergroup sails as: Sound ship

Health watch · 12 monthsDirector or officer change ×4

Sailing speed follows growth: -3.3% a year crosses the harbor in 90 seconds.

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  • operating cash flow was negative

Boat condition = number of warning signs: a serious warning filing in 12 months; liabilities over assets; slow and jumpy; negative operating cash; an 80% revenue range of ±25% or wider. A picture of the signs, not a rating and not investment advice.

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