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CBRE Group

CBRE
43
Real Estate - Services · Real Estate
Also trades as: 0HQP.L
Price
$148.18
+0.73 (+0.50%)
Market Cap
$42.91B
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Winston Score
43
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 9, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

Share count falling — buybacks

11.5% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 339.7M (2021) → 300.8M (2025)

CBRE Group is the world's largest commercial real estate services company. It helps businesses and investors buy, sell, lease, and manage office buildings, warehouses, shopping centers, and other commercial properties. Its customers include large corporations looking for office space, landlords who need their buildings managed, and investors who want help buying or selling real estate assets.

CBRE makes money through fees and commissions — it earns a cut when a deal closes, charges ongoing fees to manage properties, and sells advisory and valuation services. The company operates in over 100 countries, generating roughly $35 billion in annual revenue, which gives it a significant scale advantage over smaller regional competitors. Its main risk is sensitivity to the real estate cycle — when interest rates rise or the economy slows, deal volumes drop and clients delay decisions, which can quickly squeeze revenue and margins.

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+15.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-1.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.7%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$2.3B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

CBRE Group is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 15%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
18.6%
Thin — 18.6% gross margin
Operating Margin
3.3%
Thin — 3.3% operating margin
ROCE
2.9%
Weak — 2.9% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+14.5%
Fast-growing sales (+14.5% YoY)
EPS YoY
+23.0%
Earnings growing fast (+23.0% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
94%
Modest — 94% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
2.1%
Thin free cash flow (2.1%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.48
Conservative — low debt load (0.48)
Interest Cover
8.04x
Comfortably covers interest (8.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
33.8x
Pricey — P/E 33.8

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward
+19.0
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (33.8 → 14.8)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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