ManpowerGroup Inc. $MAN Shares Sold by Crawford Investment Counsel Inc.

Crawford Investment Counsel Inc. reduced its stake in shares of ManpowerGroup Inc. (NYSE:MAN) by 14.0% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 443,046 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 71,974 shares during the period. Crawford Investment Counsel Inc.’s holdings in ManpowerGroup were worth $13,172,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. State of Wisconsin Investment Board lifted its stake in shares of ManpowerGroup by 2.9% during the fourth quarter. State of Wisconsin Investment Board now owns 88,621 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $2,635,000 after buying an additional 2,469 shares during the period. Graham Capital Management L.P. lifted its position in ManpowerGroup by 54.6% during the fourth quarter. Graham Capital Management L.P. now owns 20,971 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $623,000 after purchasing an additional 7,405 shares during the period. RBF Capital LLC acquired a new position in ManpowerGroup during the fourth quarter valued at $13,976,000. Aster Capital Management DIFC Ltd lifted its position in ManpowerGroup by 773.6% during the fourth quarter. Aster Capital Management DIFC Ltd now owns 5,591 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $166,000 after purchasing an additional 4,951 shares during the period. Finally, Squarepoint Ops LLC lifted its position in ManpowerGroup by 46.7% during the fourth quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 158,774 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $4,720,000 after purchasing an additional 50,523 shares during the period. 98.03% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on MAN shares. Truist Financial decreased their target price 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. Robert W. Baird decreased their target price 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 restated a “sell (d)” rating on shares of ManpowerGroup in a research report on Friday, March 27th. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “neutral” rating on shares of ManpowerGroup in a research report on Friday, April 17th. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of ManpowerGroup from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 16th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $37.50.

ManpowerGroup Trading Up 2.5%

Shares of ManpowerGroup stock opened at $34.18 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $30.11 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $29.72. The company has a market cap of $1.59 billion, a P/E ratio of -92.37 and a beta of 0.75. ManpowerGroup Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $25.15 and a fifty-two week high of $47.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a current ratio of 1.12.

ManpowerGroup (NYSE:MAN) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 16th. The business services provider reported $0.51 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $4.51 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.41 billion. ManpowerGroup had a negative net margin of 0.09% and a positive return on equity of 7.01%. The company’s revenue was up 10.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.44 earnings per share. ManpowerGroup has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.910-1.050 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that ManpowerGroup Inc. will post 3.66 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

ManpowerGroup Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 1st were given a $0.72 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 1st. This represents a dividend yield of 437.0%. ManpowerGroup’s dividend payout ratio is -389.19%.

ManpowerGroup Profile

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.