CBRE Group, Inc. (CBRE) vs Cushman & Wakefield PLC (CWK)

CBRE Group, Inc. and Cushman & Wakefield PLC are both Real Estate Services companies. CBRE Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $39.5B against $2.9B — 13.7× the size. CBRE Group, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 30.6× against 41.9×. CBRE Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 14.9% against 11.0%. CBRE Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.98% vs 0.64%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.60% vs 7.14%). Across the 22 metrics below, CBRE Group, Inc. leads on 16 and Cushman & Wakefield PLC on 6.

Valuation

Metric CBRE CWK Real Estate Services median
P/E 30.58 41.93 16.25
P/S 0.90 0.26 1.12
P/B 4.50 1.41 1.32
Price to free cash flow 26.89 11.44 13.29
EV/EBITDA 14.52 7.39 10.22
EV/Sales 0.99 0.46 1.16
Earnings yield 3.27% 2.38% 0.99%
Free cash flow yield 3.72% 8.74% (0.97%)

Profitability

Metric CBRE CWK Real Estate Services median
Gross margin 18.57% 18.13% 26.81%
Operating margin 4.53% 4.41% 0.00%
Net margin 2.98% 0.64% 0.11%
Free cash flow margin 2.56% 2.30% 0.00%
Return on equity 15.04% 3.52% 0.94%
Return on assets 4.47% 0.91% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 9.60% 7.14% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CBRE CWK Real Estate Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 14.93% 11.04% 4.33%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 22.61% (32.14%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.22% 5.58% 4.05%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 9.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CBRE CWK Real Estate Services median
Debt to equity 0.67 1.31 0.08
Current ratio 1.14 1.08 1.95
Net debt to EBITDA 1.16 3.02 0.54

Dividend

Metric CBRE CWK Real Estate Services median
Dividend yield 1.18% — 1.33%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric CBRE CWK Real Estate Services median
Market cap 39.52b 2.88b 218.52m

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