Workforce solutions provider ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) will be reporting earnings this Thursday before market hours. Here’s what to expect.

ManpowerGroup beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 3.6% last quarter, reporting revenues of $4.52 billion, flat year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EPS guidance for next quarter estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ organic revenue estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting ManpowerGroup’s revenue to grow 1.6% year on year to $4.60 billion, a reversal from the 3.1% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.81 per share.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. ManpowerGroup has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.

Looking at ManpowerGroup’s peers in the professional services segment, only Concentrix has reported results so far. It beat analysts’ revenue estimates by 1%, delivering year-on-year sales growth of 4%. The stock was down 13.3% on the results.

Investors in the professional services segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. ManpowerGroup’s stock price was unchanged during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $46.44 (compared to the current share price of $38.31).

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