MANPOWERGROUP INC. vs ROBERT HALF INC., two Staffing Services stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where MAN and RHI diverge most: on revenue growth, MAN reads +6.8% and RHI reads -4.9%; on operating margin, MAN reads 2.3% and RHI reads -4.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What MAN's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | MAN | RHI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $52.80 | $33.92 |
| Market cap | $2.5B | $3.5B |
| Sector | Staffing Services | Staffing Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -4.3% | — |
| P/E | — | 29.5 |
| P/B | 1.19 | 2.88 |
| P/S | 0.13 | 0.66 |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.2 | 52.5 |
| Revenue growth | +6.8% | -4.9% |
| Gross margin | 16.1% | 35.5% |
| Operating margin | 2.3% | -4.7% |
| Net margin | 0.6% | 2.2% |
| Return on equity | 5.0% | 9.5% |
| Return on assets | 1.2% | 4.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 5.3% | 0.6% |
| FCF yield | 2.8% | 6.2% |
| Dividend yield | 2.7% | 7.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.50 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.04 | 1.47 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.94 | 3.33 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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