Earnings Preview: Manpower Group - Analyst Blog
18 Octobre 2012 - 2:45PM
Zacks
Manpower Group
(MAN) – a leading global company in flexible staffing services – is
slated to release its third quarter 2012 financial results on
Friday, October 19, 2012.
The current Zacks Consensus
Estimate for the quarter stands at 68 cents per share, indicating
an estimated year-over-year decrease of about 30%. The estimate
lies between a low of 63 cents to a high of 72 cents. Revenue, as
per the Zacks Consensus Estimate, is pegged at $5,106 million.
Second-Quarter
Recap
Manpower’s second- quarter 2012
earnings came in at 76 cents a share, which dropped 12.6% from 87
cents earned in the prior-year quarter. However, it surpassed the
Zacks Consensus Estimate of 72 cents. Unfavorable foreign
currencies fluctuation undermined the earnings by 7 cents.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based Manpower
said that the quarter’s total revenue of $5,206.7 million fell 8.1%
from the prior-year quarter and 0.8% in constant currency. The
revenue also fell short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $5,224
million.
(Read full report on earnings:
Manpower Profit Dips)
Agreement of Estimate
Revision
For the to-be-reported quarter, the
estimates remain more or less unchanged with only one estimate
going up (out of 13) over the last 30 days, while none of the
estimates moved downwards. No revisions were noticed in the last 7
days.
For 2012, out of 13 estimates it
was observed that three estimate was revised upwards whereas one
estimate was trimmed over the last 30 days. Further, one estimate
was moved up as well as one went down in the last 7 days.
Magnitude of Estimate
Revision
For the third quarter 2012, the
estimate remains stagnant at 68 cents over the last 7 or 30 days
mainly due to the absence of any news affecting the estimates
directly or indirectly, whereas for 2012, the estimate went up by a
penny to $2.68 per share over the last 30 days.
Positive Earnings
Surprise History
With respect to earnings surprise,
Manpower has topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate over the last four
quarters with an average of 15.8%. The earnings surprise over the
last four quarters lies between a low of 2.1% and a high of
42.9%.
Conclusion
The employment services industry is
highly competitive with limited barriers to entry, and Manpower
faces stiff competition in both domestic and international markets
from other established players, such as Kelly Services
Inc. (KELYA) and Robert Half International
Inc. (RHI). An intense competition may limit the company’s
market share and profitability.
Manpower’s significant
international presence exposes it to unfavorable foreign currency
fluctuations, which may adversely impact its top and bottom-line
results.
As a result, we maintain our
long-term ‘Underperform’ recommendation on the stock. Manpower
carries a Zacks #3 Rank implying short-term Hold rating on the
stock for the next 1-3 months.
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