ManpowerGroup (MAN) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

ManpowerGroup (MAN) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 0.46% in Q1 2026, down 16.03% quarter-over-quarter from 0.55% in Q4 2025, and down 645.0% on a YoY basis from 0.08% in Q1 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 0.46% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 645.0% year-over-year to 0.46%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.46% (down 645.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.57%, down 693.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.46% for Q1 2026 at ManpowerGroup, down from 0.55% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 15.34% in Q1 2022 to a low of 1.59% in Q3 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 5.56% across 5 years, with a median of 4.9% in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed soared 987 bps in 2022, then tumbled 1556 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 2.98% in 2022, then soared by 120 bps to 6.54% in 2023, then gained by 20 bps to 7.84% in 2024, then slumped by 93 bps to 0.55% in 2025, then retreated by 16 bps to 0.46% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 0.46% (Q1 2026), 0.55% (Q4 2025), and 4.11% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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3 Trinet 2.12 Bn 660.05 Mn 1.16 Bn 81.52%
4 ManpowerGroup 1.56 Bn 1.34 Bn 723.00 Mn 0.46%
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Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.46%
Dec 31, 2025 0.55%
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 -1.59%
Jun 30, 2023 0.54%
Mar 31, 2023 2.17%
Dec 31, 2022 2.98%
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%
Jun 30, 2021 10.63%