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What's in Store for ManpowerGroup (MAN) in Q2 Earnings?

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ManpowerGroup Inc.’s (MAN - Free Report) company is scheduled to report second-quarter 2020 results on Jul 20, before the bell.

Expectations This Time Around

The company’s financial performance in the to-be-reported quarter is expected to have been significantly marred by the COVID-19 crisis.

The Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenues is pegged at $3.8 billion, indicating year-over-year decline of 29.3%. The expected decline is likely to be due to COVID-19-related work restrictions in the company’s largest markets, affecting the Manpower and Talent Solutions businesses.

The consensus estimate for earnings stand at 8 cents and calls for a massive year-over-year decline of 96.1%, reflecting COVID-19-led termination of client contracts, higher sickness and absenteeism in several countries, and lower permanent-recruitment fees.

What Our Model Says

Our proven Zacks model does not conclusively predict an earnings beat for ManpowerGroup this season. The combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the odds of an earnings beat. But that’s not the case here. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.

ManpowerGroup has an Earnings ESP of 0.00% and Zacks Rank #2.

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Avis Budget Group (CAR - Free Report) has an Earnings ESP of +3.61% and carries a Zacks Rank #2. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

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