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CBRE Group
(NYSE:CBRE)
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Rating:70Outperform
Price Target:
$144.00
▼(-4.23% Downside)
Action:Upgraded
Date:07/31/26
CBRE scores as moderately attractive. The biggest positives are the strong earnings-call outlook (raised 2026 guidance and robust infrastructure/data-center momentum) and constructive price trend versus key moving averages. The main offsets are valuation (P/E ~33.4) and financial profile constraints—modest margins, elevated leverage, and somewhat uneven cash-flow conversion.
Positive Factors
Strong revenue and earnings growth
Broad-based revenue and earnings growth, together with raised full-year guidance, indicates improving operating execution rather than isolated transaction activity. Continued double-digit EPS expansion can strengthen internal funding capacity, support investment, and reinforce CBRE’s position across its service platform.
Negative Factors
Elevated leverage limits flexibility
Debt remains close to equity despite improving from 2025, leaving CBRE more exposed to weaker cash conversion or a downturn in real-estate activity. Higher leverage can constrain capital allocation, raise refinancing sensitivity, and reduce flexibility to pursue acquisitions or absorb prolonged softness.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Strong revenue and earnings growth
Broad-based revenue and earnings growth, together with raised full-year guidance, indicates improving operating execution rather than isolated transaction activity. Continued double-digit EPS expansion can strengthen internal funding capacity, support investment, and reinforce CBRE’s position across its service platform.
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CBRE Group Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
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Market Cap
$37.88B
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)1.98M
Price to Earnings (P/E)29.8
Beta (1Y)0.97
Revenue Growth14.53%
EPS Growth22.31%
CountryUS
Employees155,000
SectorReal Estate
Sector Strength53
IndustryReal Estate - Services
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)4.39
Shares Outstanding289,575,300
10 Day Avg. Volume2,208,622
30 Day Avg. Volume1,978,864
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio1.82
Price to Book (P/B)5.40
Price to Sales (P/S)1.18
P/FCF Ratio40.19
Enterprise Value/Market Cap1.31
Enterprise Value/Revenue1.13
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit6.42
Enterprise Value/Ebitda16.59
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$184.57Price Target Upside22.75% Upside
Rating ConsensusStrong Buy
Number of Analyst Covering8
EPS Forecast (FY)7.83
Revenue Forecast (FY)$46.72B
CBRE Group Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
CBRE Group, Inc. operates as a commercial real estate services and investment company in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company operates through Advisory Services, Building Operations and Experience, Project Manage...
How the Company Makes Money
CBRE makes money primarily by earning fees and commissions for professional services delivered to commercial real estate owners, occupiers, and investors, plus recurring contractual revenue from long-term management and outsourcing engagements, an...
CBRE Group Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Jul 29, 2026
(Q2-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Oct 22, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call presented a strong quarter with broad-based double‑digit revenue growth, significant margin and cash generation improvements, and an upgraded EPS outlook driven by robust infrastructure and data center demand. Key strengths include high growth in data center and critical infrastructure services, strong leasing and project management performance, and healthy free cash flow enabling buybacks and M&A optionality. Headwinds include fundraising shortfalls versus expectations, agency origination pressure, external constraints on data center development (NIMBYism, water/power, supply chain, labor), timing uncertainty on land monetizations, and some accounting-driven margin uplift in BOE. Overall, the positives—notably the raised guidance and multi-quarter momentum—outweigh the manageable lowlights.Positive Updates
Strong Overall Financial Performance
Revenue increased 16% year-over-year; core EBITDA rose 34%; core EPS up 30%. Management raised full-year core EPS guidance to $7.80–$7.90 (23% growth at midpoint). This marks the fifth consecutive quarter with at least 18% core EPS growth.
Negative Updates
Investment Management Fundraising Below Expectations
New capital raised totaled $1.6B (up from $1.3B in prior comparable period) but was below internal expectations; Investment Management operating profit rose only modestly.
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Q2-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Strong Overall Financial Performance
Revenue increased 16% year-over-year; core EBITDA rose 34%; core EPS up 30%. Management raised full-year core EPS guidance to $7.80–$7.90 (23% growth at midpoint). This marks the fifth consecutive quarter with at least 18% core EPS growth.
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Company Guidance
CBRE raised its 2026 core EPS guidance to $7.80–$7.90 (midpoint ≈ 23% growth), expects Q3 core EPS growth of more than 20% with Q4 likely comparable to last year, and—assuming no material macro or interest-rate changes—targets at least 15% core EPS growth in 2027; it also sees low double-digit SOP growth for BOE and Project Management in 2027, Advisory moderating, and REI SOP roughly flat. On infrastructure and data centers, Q2 infrastructure services revenue was nearly $1.2 billion (up >45%) with data center services >$700 million (≈+30%), and management expects data center services revenue to remain elevated at about 25% annual growth for the next five years and then above 15% as the build cycle matures. Cash and capital-allocation metrics: trailing-12-month free cash flow nearly $1.7 billion, full-year free-cash-flow conversion expected near the high end of the 75%–85% range, year-to-date buybacks nearly $1.0 billion (including >$450 million since Q1), no significant incremental capital allocation baked into H2 guidance, and priorities remain M&A first then buybacks. Additional relevant metrics cited: Q2 core EBITDA rose 34% and core EPS rose 30%; embedded development gains ≈ $900 million; AUM ≈ $155 billion with $1.6 billion of new capital raised in the quarter; and about 30 U.S. land sites remain in the land bank.CBRE Group Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
72
Positive
Balance Sheet
66
Positive
Cash Flow
61
Positive
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 43.64B | 40.55B | 35.77B | 31.95B | 30.83B | 27.75B |
| Gross Profit | 7.71B | 6.07B | 7.02B | 6.30B | 6.62B | 6.17B |
| EBITDA | 2.98B | 2.55B | 2.15B | 1.80B | 2.03B | 2.09B |
| Net Income | 1.30B | 1.16B | 968.00M | 986.00M | 1.41B | 1.84B |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 30.47B | 30.88B | 24.38B | 22.55B | 20.51B | 22.07B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 1.49B | 1.86B | 1.11B | 1.26B | 1.32B | 2.43B |
| Total Debt | 10.58B | 9.99B | 5.69B | 4.83B | 3.49B | 4.20B |
| Total Liabilities | 21.30B | 21.25B | 15.19B | 13.48B | 11.91B | 12.71B |
| Stockholders Equity | 8.40B | 8.88B | 8.41B | 8.27B | 7.85B | 8.53B |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 938.00M | 1.19B | 1.49B | 229.00M | 1.46B | 2.23B |
| Operating Cash Flow | 1.36B | 1.56B | 1.80B | 534.00M | 1.72B | 2.44B |
| Investing Cash Flow | -1.37B | -1.63B | -1.60B | -729.00M | -917.20M | -1.56B |
| Financing Cash Flow | 1.83B | 796.00M | -221.00M | 148.00M | -1.77B | -286.38M |
CBRE Group Technical Analysis
Negative
150.36
Price Trends
142.43
Negative
138.93
Negative
144.37
Negative
Market Momentum
-3.70
Positive
40.67
Neutral
49.47
Neutral
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For CBRE, the sentiment is Negative. The current price of 150.36 is above the 20-day moving average (MA) of 134.47, above the 50-day MA of 142.43, and above the 200-day MA of 144.37, indicating a bearish trend. The MACD of -3.70 indicates Positive momentum. The RSI at 40.67 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 49.47 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Negative sentiment for CBRE.
CBRE Group Risk Analysis
CBRE Group disclosed 32 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. CBRE Group reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
CBRE Group Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (65)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
70 Outperform | $37.88B | 29.79 | 15.16% | ― | 14.53% | 22.31% | |
69 Neutral | $13.80B | 14.09 | 13.57% | 0.53% | 11.17% | 79.36% | |
68 Neutral | $1.07B | 77.12 | 2.44% | 1.77% | 11.89% | ― | |
67 Neutral | $2.20B | 14.62 | 10.45% | 1.49% | 23.06% | 88.89% | |
65 Neutral | $2.17B | 12.19 | 3.79% | 4.94% | 3.15% | 1.96% | |
62 Neutral | $12.02B | 161.51 | 0.90% | ― | 21.96% | -28.75% | |
62 Neutral | $2.73B | 39.82 | 3.50% | ― | 11.04% | -66.92% |
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