Growth Metrics

ManpowerGroup (MAN) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

ManpowerGroup has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.04% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.04% for Q4 2025, down 4.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.04% (down 4.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.04%, down 3.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.04% at ManpowerGroup, up from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for MAN hit a ceiling of 0.14% in Q3 2021 and a floor of 0.02% in Q3 2023.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.04% (2022), compared with a mean of 0.04%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: grew 8bps in 2021 and later dropped -10bps in 2022.
  • ManpowerGroup's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.03% in 2021, then fell by -4bps to 0.03% in 2022, then plummeted by -63bps to 0.01% in 2023, then surged by 610bps to 0.08% in 2024, then plummeted by -46bps to 0.04% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.04% (Q4 2025), 0.04% (Q3 2025), and 0.05% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.