MANManpowerGroup Inc.

$52.80+48% 1Y

Is it safe?

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Mixed picture: clean books and comfortable debt (AA), but quality weak and big price swings.

2 good, 2 to watch, 1 neutral, 1 without data
SurvivalGrey zone

Mixed, watch the balance sheet Altman Z-score, a bankruptcy-risk model from five balance-sheet ratios.

Honest booksLow risk

Reported earnings show no manipulation flags Beneish M-score, a forensic model that detects earnings-manipulation patterns (receivables outrunning sales, margins slipping, accrual-heavy profit).

Quality1 / 9

Weak, deteriorating fundamentals Piotroski F-score, nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year financial health across profitability, balance sheet and efficiency. 7 to 9 is strong, 0 to 3 weak.

Credit gradeAAderived · Jun 30, 2026

Rock-solid balance sheet, low leverage. A rule of thumb on leverage, not a credit rating.

Drawdown risk52% volderived · Oct 9, 2026

Large price swings, high volatility. Worst drawdown -75% · now 16% below its 52-week high.

Unless marked, from SEC EDGAR, as of Dec 31, 2025.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

Volatilitybehind 69% of the market
Max drawdownbehind 67% of the market

Where this answer is blind. Altman sits structurally low for utilities and pipelines; Beneish runs high for fast growers, since sales growth alone lifts it; banks and REITs are excluded.

Can MAN take a bad year?

ManpowerGroup Inc. carries $863M of net debt at 2.52× EBITDA: a load its earnings can carry.

$863M

Net debt · as at Q2 2026 · between two and four years of EBITDA, normal for a stable business

Net debt / EBITDA
2.52×

Net debt / EBITDA · 4.95× a year ago · the load is coming down

Altman Z-score
2.79

Altman Z-score · grey zone, between 1.8 and 3

Interest cover
3.05×

Interest cover · operating profit covers the interest bill, with room to spare

Details›
Total debtQ2 2026
$1.04B
Cash and short-term investments
$181M
Net debt
$863M
EBITDA, trailing twelve months
$343M
Operating profit, trailing twelve months
$288M
Debt / equity
0.49×
Total debt / EBITDA
3.04×
Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
52%
Worst drawdown on file
−75%
Below its 52-week high
16%

Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.