CIRC vs MAN vs TBI Stock Comparison

Circle8, ManpowerGroup and TrueBlue Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CIRC Circle8 Group Inc
$0.23 -32.4% 1M -91.7% 1Y
Market cap
$18.23M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$799.87M
Div. yield
–
Staffing Industrials
3 wins
MAN ManpowerGroup Inc.
$45.78 -20.3% 1M +39.4% 1Y
Market cap
$2.14B
P/E
25.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.92B
Div. yield
–
Staffing Industrials
4 wins
TBI TrueBlue, Inc.
$9.68 +2.5% 1M +64.3% 1Y
Market cap
$287.41M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.69B
Div. yield
–
Staffing Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

ManpowerGroup leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (ManpowerGroup 4, Circle8 3, TrueBlue 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCIRCMANTBILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $18.23M $2.14B $287.41M MAN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.1x 25.5x -5.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 12.4x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +80.5% +7.3% +10.2% CIRC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -19.4% — -3.3% TBI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -7.0% — -14.6% CIRC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -15.7x — -2.9x CIRC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -91.7% +39.4% +64.3% TBI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -72.8%/yr -14.2%/yr -19.5%/yr MAN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 201.0% 60.6% 70.9% MAN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 11/100 57/100 28/100 MAN

Percentile Scorecard

CIRCMANTBI

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCIRCMANTBI
Valuation 14 #97 of 112 77 #27 of 112 31 #78 of 112
Growth 24 #73 of 96 47 #51 of 96 4 #92 of 96
Profitability 9 #83 of 91 49 #47 of 91 26 #68 of 91
Financial Health 7 #117 of 125 – 69 #40 of 125
Shareholder Returns 0 #67 of 67 55 #31 of 67 12 #59 of 67
Overall 11 57 28
  • CIRC ranked among 130 companies in Business Services
  • MAN ranked among 130 companies in Business Services
  • TBI ranked among 130 companies in Business Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCIRCMANTBISPY
1 month -32.4%-20.3%+2.5% -0.2%
3 months -68.9%-17.4%+25.4% +3.9%
6 months -88.9%+46.6%+102.9% +8.2%
Year to date -82.7%+54.0%+112.7% +12.9%
1 year -91.7%+39.4%+64.3% +12.3%
3 years -97.9%-33.9%-10.5% +87.4%
3 years, per year -72.5%-12.9%-3.6% +23.3%
5 years -99.8%-53.4%-66.1% +67.9%
5 years, per year -72.8%-14.2%-19.5% +10.9%
10 years —-40.4%-42.2% +261.1%
10 years, per year —-5.0%-5.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCIRCMANTBISPY
Volatility, 1Y 201.0%60.6%70.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 167.8%55.4%59.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.34-0.070.56 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.460.650.91 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -99.9%-77.7%-89.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -94.9%-27.2%-10.8% -1.2%
52-week high $4.50$62.92$10.85 $779.14
52-week low $0.23$25.75$3.31 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCIRCMANTBI
P/E now vs peer median -0.1xmedian 21.2x 25.5xmedian 21.2x -5.2xmedian 21.2x
P/S now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 0.9x 0.1xmedian 0.9x 0.2xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -16.1xmedian 11.9x —median 11.9x -17.4xmedian 11.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median -1.1xmedian 13.7x 38.2xmedian 13.7x -4.4xmedian 13.7x
P/B now vs peer median -1.0xmedian 2.4x 1.0xmedian 2.4x 1.2xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.00median 1.00 —median 1.00 0.07median 1.00

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCIRCMANTBI
Revenue $799.87M $18.92B $1.69B
Gross profit $68.61M $3.04B $358.54M
Operating income -$62.40M $303.20M -$48.58M
Net income -$155.08M $120.30M -$56.62M
Free cash flow -$23.28M – -$67.44M
EPS (diluted) $-1.92 – $-1.86
Cash & equivalents $19.33M $233.10M $23.25M
Total debt $811.71M – $82.40M
Shares (diluted) 80.97M 47.40M 30.41M
Enterprise value -$25.36M $2.14B $195.62M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCIRCMANTBI
P/E -0.1x 25.5x -5.2x
P/FCF -1.1x 38.2x -4.4x
P/Operating cash flow -1.1x 50.8x -5.4x
P/S 0.0x 0.1x 0.2x
P/B -1.0x 1.0x 1.2x
P/Tangible book -0.1x 1.2x 1.2x
EV/EBITDA -16.1x – -17.4x
EV/EBIT -13.1x – -7.3x
EV/Revenue 1.0x 0.1x 0.2x
EV/FCF -35.1x – -5.2x
EV/Operating cash flow -35.3x 50.8x -6.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.00 – 0.07

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCIRCMANTBI
Revenue growth (1Y) 80.5% 7.3% 10.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 107.6% -0.3% -6.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 43.5% 1.7% -6.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 84.3% -3.9% -13.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) -104.4% 120.2% -41.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -131.5% -8.5% -66.7%
Net income growth (1Y) -59.6% 672.9% -67.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -167.5% -18.5% -76.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -7.5% – -64.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -48.6% – -77.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -808.6% 218.4% -56.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -71.9% -51.6% -37.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -827.3% – -23.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -72.4% – -47.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCIRCMANTBI
Gross margin 8.6% – 21.2%
EBITDA margin -6.3% – -1.2%
Operating margin -7.8% – -2.9%
Pretax margin -19.6% – -3.2%
Net margin -19.4% – -3.3%
FCF margin -2.9% – -4.0%
Operating cash flow margin -2.9% 0.2% -3.2%
Return on equity -1,836% 5.7% -22.2%
Return on assets -15.9% 1.4% -9.1%
Return on invested capital -7.0% – -14.6%
Return on capital employed -47.7% – -10.1%
Asset turnover 0.8x 2.3x 2.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.1x 0.3x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 3.6% 0.1% 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCIRCMANTBI
Debt / assets 84.1% – 13.2%
Debt / equity -31.8x – 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA -15.7x – -2.9x
Debt / FCF -34.9x – -1.2x
Liabilities / assets 102.6% – 59.1%
Equity / assets -2.6% 25.9% 40.9%
Interest coverage -4.6x – –
Current ratio 0.4x 1.1x 2.3x
Quick ratio 0.2x – 2.1x
Cash ratio 0.0x – 0.2x
Altman Z-score -0.46 – 3.90

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCIRCMANTBI
Dividend yield – 3.1% –
Net buyback yield -22.0% – -0.1%
Shareholder yield -22.0% 3.1% -0.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCIRCMANTBI
Forward P/E – 12.4xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.63FY2026 $3.68FY2026 $-0.02FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +23.9%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – +23.1% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $451.94MFY2026 $19.58BFY2026 $1.63BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +3.7%FY2026 +9.0%FY2026 +0.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -91.5% +4.5% +4.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCIRCMANTBI
Held by institutions – 100.0% 85.1%
Institutions holding – 308 115
Change in shares held, QoQ – +4.8% +0.6%
Institutions buying – 179 61
Institutions selling – 94 37
Buyers to sellers – 1.90 1.65

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CIRCMANTBI
CIRC 1.00 0.05 -0.08
MAN 0.05 1.00 0.31
TBI -0.08 0.31 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CIRC, MAN and TBI?

ManpowerGroup (MAN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Circle8 (CIRC) $18.23M, ManpowerGroup (MAN) $2.14B, TrueBlue (TBI) $287.41M.

Which company is growing faster?

Circle8 (CIRC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Circle8 (CIRC) +80.5%, ManpowerGroup (MAN) +7.3%, TrueBlue (TBI) +10.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

TrueBlue (TBI) has the highest net margin (Circle8 (CIRC) -19.4%, TrueBlue (TBI) -3.3%). On return on invested capital, Circle8 (CIRC) leads (Circle8 (CIRC) -7.0%, TrueBlue (TBI) -14.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year TrueBlue (TBI) returned the most: Circle8 (CIRC) -91.7%, ManpowerGroup (MAN) +39.4%, TrueBlue (TBI) +64.3%. Over five years, ManpowerGroup (MAN) compounded fastest (Circle8 (CIRC) -72.8%/yr, ManpowerGroup (MAN) -14.2%/yr, TrueBlue (TBI) -19.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, ManpowerGroup (MAN) has been the steadiest (Circle8 (CIRC) 201.0%, ManpowerGroup (MAN) 60.6%, TrueBlue (TBI) 70.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CIRC, MAN and TBI?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, ManpowerGroup (MAN) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.