Dividend Power Score
A single, comprehensive score designed to measure the true strength of a company’s dividend.
This score combines three essential pillars of dividend quality:
Consistency – Measures how reliable the dividend has been over time, focusing on payment history, stability, and the absence of cuts or suspensions.
Payability – Assesses the company’s financial ability to sustain its dividend, taking into account cash flow, earnings coverage, balance sheet strength, and overall financial health.
Growth – Evaluates the long-term growth of both the dividend and the company’s share price, highlighting businesses that consistently increase payouts while creating shareholder value.
Higher scores identify companies that have historically delivered dependable income alongside sustained dividend growth and long-term capital appreciation.
Company Overview
ManpowerGroup Inc. is a global workforce solutions company that provides staffing, recruitment, talent management, and workforce consulting services across multiple industries. The company operates primarily in the staffing and employment services industry, serving both private and public sector employers seeking flexible, permanent, and project-based workforce solutions. Its services span temporary and permanent staffing, workforce outsourcing, talent assessment, and career transition support.
The company’s primary revenue drivers are its staffing and recruitment services delivered through distinct global brands, including Manpower, Experis, and Talent Solutions. ManpowerGroup serves a broad customer base ranging from small and mid-sized businesses to multinational enterprises, with particular strength in administrative, industrial, IT, engineering, and professional roles. Founded in 1948, ManpowerGroup evolved from a U.S.-based temporary staffing firm into a multinational workforce solutions provider through organic expansion and international market entry, becoming one of the earliest staffing firms to establish a global footprint.
Business Operations
ManpowerGroup organizes its operations into several core business lines aligned with workforce lifecycle needs. The Manpower brand focuses on temporary and permanent staffing across administrative, industrial, and clerical roles, while Experis specializes in professional resourcing, particularly in IT, engineering, and analytics. Talent Solutions delivers higher-value services such as workforce consulting, recruitment process outsourcing, managed services programs, and career management through offerings like Right Management.
The company generates revenue by placing candidates with client organizations and charging fees based on hours worked, permanent placement fees, or contracted service arrangements. ManpowerGroup operates through a combination of wholly owned subsidiaries and local operating entities, supported by proprietary talent-matching platforms, assessment tools, and workforce analytics. Its operations are both domestic and international, with a significant portion of revenue generated outside the United States.
Strategic Position & Investments
ManpowerGroup’s strategy centers on addressing structural labor market challenges such as skills shortages, workforce digitization, and demographic shifts. The company has invested in digital talent platforms, data-driven workforce analytics, and upskilling initiatives to enhance candidate employability and client value. Strategic priorities include expanding higher-margin professional staffing, growing consulting and outsourcing services, and leveraging technology to improve matching efficiency and workforce insights.
Historically, ManpowerGroup has complemented organic growth with targeted acquisitions and internal brand development rather than large-scale transformational deals. Its portfolio of brands functions as specialized subsidiaries serving different talent segments, allowing the company to maintain a diversified revenue base. The company is also involved in emerging workforce areas such as reskilling, diversity and inclusion consulting, and future-of-work advisory services, aligning its offerings with long-term labor market trends.
Geographic Footprint
ManpowerGroup is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and operates in approximately 75 countries and territories. Its geographic footprint spans North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and parts of the Middle East and Africa, with Europe historically representing the largest regional revenue contributor. The company maintains a strong presence in key labor markets such as France, Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan.
International operations are conducted through local subsidiaries that adapt services to regional labor regulations and market conditions. This broad geographic diversification allows ManpowerGroup to mitigate regional economic volatility and participate in cross-border workforce trends, including global talent mobility and multinational client engagements.
Leadership & Governance
ManpowerGroup’s leadership emphasizes ethical business practices, workforce sustainability, and long-term value creation for clients, candidates, and shareholders. The company’s governance framework aligns with U.S. public company standards and is overseen by an independent board of directors. Its strategic vision focuses on enabling organizations and individuals to thrive in a rapidly changing world of work.
Key executives include:
- Jonas Prising – Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
- Darrell Thompson – Chief Financial Officer
- Riccardo Barberis – Regional President, Northern Europe
- Alison Sullivan – Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
- Becky Frankiewicz – Regional President, North America