ManpowerGroup (MAN) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
ManpowerGroup (MAN) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 3.52% for Q1 2026, down 340.0% year-over-year from 1.46% in Q1 2025, and down 16.4% quarter-over-quarter from 4.2% in Q4 2025.
ManpowerGroup (MAN) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
ManpowerGroup's Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 3.52% for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 340.0% year-over-year to 3.52%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 3.52% (down 340.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 4.35%, down 315.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 3.52%, down from 4.2% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 15.34% in Q1 2022, with the low at 3.52% in Q1 2026.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 6.91% (2025), against an average of 8.54%.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed surged 987 bps in 2022, then sank 825 bps in 2023.
- ManpowerGroup's Return on Capital Employed stood at 14.79% in 2022, then sank by 56 bps to 6.54% in 2023, then rose by 20 bps to 7.84% in 2024, then slumped by 46 bps to 4.2% in 2025, then retreated by 16 bps to 3.52% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows MAN's Return on Capital Employed at 3.52% in Q1 2026, 4.2% in Q4 2025, and 4.11% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 8.30% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.52% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.20% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 4.11% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.72% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 6.91% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.84% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.03% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.07% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.90% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 6.54% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 9.21% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 11.44% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 12.66% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 14.79% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 13.96% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 14.91% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 15.34% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 15.17% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 13.56% |