GLXG vs TNET vs MAN Stock Comparison

Galaxy Payroll, Trinet and ManpowerGroup Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
TNET Trinet Group, Inc.
$71.64 +10.0% 1M +15.1% 1Y
Market cap
$3.29B
P/E
18.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.88B
Div. yield
1.60%
Staffing Industrials
4 wins
MAN ManpowerGroup Inc.
$45.78 -20.3% 1M +39.4% 1Y
Market cap
$2.13B
P/E
25.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.92B
Div. yield
3.15%
Staffing Industrials
5 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

ManpowerGroup leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (ManpowerGroup 5, Trinet 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGLXGTNETMANLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.53M $3.29B $2.13B TNET
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 18.8x 25.5x TNET
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 15.2x 12.4x MAN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — -3.5% +7.3% MAN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 3.6% — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 21.3% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.3x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 1.60% 3.15% MAN
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -80.0% +15.1% +39.4% MAN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -6.5%/yr -14.2%/yr TNET
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 151.2% 49.9% 60.6% TNET
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 55/100 57/100 MAN

Percentile Scorecard

GLXGTNETMAN

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

AxisGLXGTNETMAN
Valuation – 86 #17 of 112 77 #27 of 112
Growth – 32 #66 of 96 47 #51 of 96
Profitability – 72 #26 of 91 49 #47 of 91
Financial Health 84 #21 of 125 27 #91 of 125 –
Shareholder Returns – 58 #29 of 67 55 #31 of 67
Overall – 55 57
  • GLXG ranked among 130 companies in Business Services
  • TNET ranked among 130 companies in Business Services
  • MAN ranked among 130 companies in Business Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodGLXGTNETMANSPY
1 month -24.8%+10.0%-20.3% -0.2%
3 months -12.4%+4.7%-17.4% +3.9%
6 months -19.8%+71.2%+46.6% +8.2%
Year to date -50.3%+21.2%+54.0% +12.9%
1 year -80.0%+15.1%+39.4% +12.3%
3 years —-31.3%-33.9% +87.4%
3 years, per year —-11.8%-12.9% +23.3%
5 years —-28.5%-53.4% +67.9%
5 years, per year —-6.5%-14.2% +10.9%
10 years —+283.3%-40.4% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+14.4%-5.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureGLXGTNETMANSPY
Volatility, 1Y 151.2%49.9%60.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 140.4%53.2%55.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.740.08-0.07 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.530.300.65 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -99.5%-74.7%-77.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -80.2%-5.4%-27.2% -1.2%
52-week high $4.29$75.76$62.92 $779.14
52-week low $0.80$33.85$25.75 $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.

MultipleGLXGTNETMAN
P/E now vs peer median —median 21.2x 18.8xmedian 21.2x 25.5xmedian 21.2x
P/S now vs peer median —median 0.9x 0.7xmedian 0.9x 0.1xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 11.9x 9.1xmedian 11.9x —median 11.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 13.7x 11.4xmedian 13.7x 38.2xmedian 13.7x
P/B now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 2.4x 26.3xmedian 2.4x 1.0xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.00 -1.52median 1.00 —median 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 monthsGLXGTNETMAN
Revenue – $4.88B $18.92B
Gross profit – – $3.04B
Operating income – – $303.20M
Net income – $175.00M $120.30M
Free cash flow – $288.00M –
R&D – $70.00M –
EPS (diluted) – $3.80 –
Cash & equivalents $4.26M $358.00M $233.10M
Total debt – $896.00M –
Shares (diluted) 1.81M 46.00M 47.40M
Enterprise value -$12.42M $1.99B $2.13B

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
MetricGLXGTNETMAN
P/E – 18.8x 25.5x
P/FCF – 11.4x 38.2x
P/Operating cash flow – 8.9x 50.8x
P/S – 0.7x 0.1x
P/B 0.5x 26.3x 1.0x
P/Tangible book 0.5x -68.6x 1.2x
EV/EBITDA – 9.1x –
EV/EBIT – 12.7x –
EV/Revenue – 0.8x 0.1x
EV/FCF – 13.3x –
EV/Operating cash flow – 10.4x 50.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -1.52 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGLXGTNETMAN
Revenue growth (1Y) – -3.5% 7.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -0.4% -0.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 1.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – -3.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) – – 120.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – -8.5%
Net income growth (1Y) – 21.5% 672.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -19.8% -18.5%
EPS growth (1Y) – 29.5% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -12.4% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 16.0% 218.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -5.5% -51.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 19.0% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -8.4% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGLXGTNETMAN
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin – 8.7% –
Operating margin – – –
Pretax margin – 5.1% –
Net margin – 3.6% –
FCF margin – 5.9% –
Operating cash flow margin – 7.6% 0.2%
Return on equity – 168.3% 5.7%
Return on assets – 5.2% 1.4%
Return on invested capital – 21.3% –
Return on capital employed – 23.7% –
Asset turnover – 1.4x 2.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 2.1x 0.3x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.4% 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGLXGTNETMAN
Debt / assets – 26.8% –
Debt / equity – 7.2x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.3x –
Debt / FCF – 3.1x –
Liabilities / assets 41.3% 96.3% –
Equity / assets 58.7% 3.7% 25.9%
Interest coverage – 5.6x –
Current ratio 2.4x 1.1x 1.1x
Quick ratio 2.1x 0.4x –
Cash ratio 1.8x 0.2x –
Altman Z-score – 2.03 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGLXGTNETMAN
Dividend yield – 1.6% 3.1%
Net buyback yield – 5.0% –
Shareholder yield – 6.6% 3.1%
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.

ConsensusGLXGTNETMAN
Forward P/E – 15.2xFY2026 12.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $4.71FY2026 $3.68FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -0.4%FY2026 +23.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -0.6% +23.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $5.04BFY2026 $19.58BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +0.6%FY2026 +9.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -7.1% +4.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGLXGTNETMAN
Held by institutions – 95.5% 100.0%
Institutions holding – 278 308
Change in shares held, QoQ – +0.3% +4.8%
Institutions buying – 157 179
Institutions selling – 83 94
Buyers to sellers – 1.89 1.90

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.

GLXGTNETMAN
GLXG 1.00 -0.02 -0.04
TNET -0.02 1.00 0.57
MAN -0.04 0.57 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GLXG, TNET and MAN?

Trinet (TNET) is the largest by market capitalisation: Galaxy Payroll (GLXG) $1.53M, Trinet (TNET) $3.29B, ManpowerGroup (MAN) $2.13B.

Which stock is cheaper, GLXG, TNET and MAN?

Trinet (TNET) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Trinet (TNET) 18.8x, ManpowerGroup (MAN) 25.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, ManpowerGroup (MAN) is cheapest (Trinet (TNET) 15.2x, ManpowerGroup (MAN) 12.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

ManpowerGroup (MAN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Trinet (TNET) -3.5%, ManpowerGroup (MAN) +7.3%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year ManpowerGroup (MAN) returned the most: Galaxy Payroll (GLXG) -80.0%, Trinet (TNET) +15.1%, ManpowerGroup (MAN) +39.4%. Over five years, Trinet (TNET) compounded fastest (Trinet (TNET) -6.5%/yr, ManpowerGroup (MAN) -14.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

ManpowerGroup (MAN) has the highest dividend yield: Trinet (TNET) 1.60%, ManpowerGroup (MAN) 3.15%. Galaxy Payroll (GLXG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Trinet (TNET) has been the steadiest (Galaxy Payroll (GLXG) 151.2%, Trinet (TNET) 49.9%, ManpowerGroup (MAN) 60.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GLXG, TNET and MAN?

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 5. 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.