ManpowerGroup (MAN) closed at $43.74 on Oct 15, 2026, down 15.8% on the day. The stock is down 24.5% over the past month, down 16.4% over three months, up 50.6% year to date and up 20.9% over the past year. It trades 31.5% below its 52-week high of $63.88 and 78.0% above its 52-week low of $24.58. The close sits below its 50-day moving average ($57.23) and above its 200-day moving average ($38.71).
Over its last 8 reports the stock moved an average of 11.6% on the first trading day after earnings, beating the options-implied move in 3 of 7.
MAN options were pricing 66% at-the-money implied volatility on Oct 7, 2026, an IV rank of 77 over the past year.
Earnings hit the line but the stock plunged 15.8%—what's going on with MAN?
Profit recovery is real, but revenue slightly below expectations, CEO transition, and cash flow concerns have led the market to invest first and ask later.
Oct 15, 2026
Over the last 8 reports, MAN moved an average of 11.6% on the first trading day after earnings. The move beat the options-implied move in 3 of 7 reports.
Yes — the Oct 15, 2026 close of $43.74 is 13.0% above the 200-day average of $38.71.
MAN closed 31.5% below its 52-week high of $63.88.
ManpowerGroup Inc. provides workforce solutions and services under the Manpower, the Experis, and the Talent Solutions brands in the Americas, Southern Europe, Northern Europe, and the Asia Pacific/the Middle East. The company offers recruitment services, including permanent, temporary, and contract recruitment of professionals, as well as administrative, industrial, and information technology professional positions; assessment, upskilling, reskilling, training and development, career management, and workforce consulting services; and outsourcing services related to human resources functions primarily in the areas of large-scale recruiting and workforce-intensive initiatives. It also offers contingent staffing and permanent recruitment services; information technology professional resourcing and project services; and recruitment process outsourcing solutions; and right management services, as well as TAPFIN, a managed service provider solution. ManpowerGroup Inc. was incorporated in 1948 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
