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 +4.9% and RHI reads -6.0%; on net margin, MAN reads -0.1% and RHI reads 2.4%. 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). What RHI'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 | $51.34 | $35.35 |
| Market cap | $2.4B | $3.5B |
| Sector | Staffing Services | Staffing Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | — | 27.2 |
| P/B | 1.17 | 2.87 |
| P/S | 0.13 | 0.66 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.5 | 26.3 |
| Revenue growth | +4.9% | -6.0% |
| Gross margin | 16.0% | 36.9% |
| Operating margin | 0.6% | 2.8% |
| Net margin | -0.1% | 2.4% |
| Return on equity | -0.8% | 10.5% |
| Return on assets | -0.2% | 4.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 5.5% | 2.6% |
| FCF yield | -5.4% | 6.2% |
| Dividend yield | 2.8% | 6.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.05 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.12 | 1.55 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.90 | 3.77 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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