Benzinga | Oct 19, 2020 10:13AM EDT

ManpowerGroup's Earnings Outlook

ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) releases its next round of earnings this Tuesday, October 20. Get the latest predictions in Benzinga's essential guide to the company's Q3 earnings report.

Earnings and Revenue

Based on ManpowerGroup management projections, analysts predict EPS of $0.62 on revenue of $4.27 billion. ManpowerGroup reported a per-share profit of $1.92 when it published results during the same quarter last year. Sales in that period totaled $5.25 billion. If the company were to match the consensus estimate when it reports Tuesday, earnings would be down 67.71%. Revenue would be down 18.65% on a year-over-year basis. Here is how the company's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:

Quarter Q2 2020 Q1 2020 Q4 2020 Q3 2019EPS Estimate 0.17 0.75 2.04 1.93EPS Actual 0.18 0.82 2.33 1.92Revenue Estimate 3.59 B 4.30 B 5.19 B 5.33 BRevenue Actual 3.74 B 4.62 B 5.20 B 5.25 B

Stock Performance

Shares of ManpowerGroup were trading at $72.17 as of October 16. Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 18.52%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are likely unhappy going into this earnings release.

Do not be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. ManpowerGroup is scheduled to hold the call at 08:30:00 ET and can be accessed here: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/gmeq9cys