ManpowerGroup Inc. provides workforce solutions and services under the Manpower, the Experis, and the Talent Solutions brands worldwide. The company offers recruitment services, including permanent, temporary, and contract recruitment of professionals, as well as administrative, industrial, and information technology professional positions; assessment, upskilling, reskilling, training and development, career management, and workforce consulting services; and outsourcing services related to human resources …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.95), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
ManpowerGroup ranks #7 of 23
scored companies in Staffing & Employment Services by moat score — the top 30%.
The widest moat in the group is Barrett Business Services, Inc. (BBSI)
at 82/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near MAN in Staffing & Employment Services
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 74
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 58
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 52
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 44
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 66
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
ManpowerGroup (MAN) scores 59 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #7 of 23 scored companies in Staffing & Employment Services, the top 30%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 22 companies in Staffing & Employment Services. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (74/100) and its weakest is Resilience (44/100).
How does ManpowerGroup compare with other Staffing & Employment Services companies?
ManpowerGroup ranks #7 of 23 scored companies in Staffing & Employment Services by moat score. The widest moat in Staffing & Employment Services is Barrett Business Services, Inc. (BBSI) at 82/100. The companies ranked closest are Heidrick & Struggles Internatio (HSII) at 61 just above it and Mastech Digital, Inc (MHH) at 58 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 22 companies in Staffing & Employment Services. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is ManpowerGroup scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for ManpowerGroup?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and MAN scores: Pricing Power (61), Cost Advantage (74), Customer Stickiness (58), Capital Efficiency (52), Resilience (44), Scale & Market Position (66). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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