CBRE Group Valuation

Is CBRE undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CBRE when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CBRE ($129.16) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($186.85)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CBRE is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CBRE?

Key metric: As CBRE is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CBRE. This is calculated by dividing CBRE's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CBRE's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio40.6x
EarningsUS$958.00m
Market CapUS$38.85b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CBRE's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CBRE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average66.3x
CSGP CoStar Group
167x42.2%US$29.3b
BEKE KE Holdings
38.9x21.0%US$22.2b
JLL Jones Lang LaSalle
25.1x18.0%US$12.0b
CWK Cushman & Wakefield
34.1x26.8%US$3.0b
CBRE CBRE Group
40.6x20.7%US$38.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CBRE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.6x) compared to the peer average (66.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CBRE's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Real Estate Industry?

8 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FPH Five Point Holdings
4.8xn/aUS$532.04m
STHO Star Holdings
1.5xn/aUS$124.01m
STSR Strategic Student & Senior Housing Trust
2.5xn/aUS$41.23m
XIN Xinyuan Real Estate
0.3xn/aUS$12.74m
CBRE 40.6xIndustry Avg. 27.3xNo. of Companies8PE020406080100+
8 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CBRE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.6x) compared to the US Real Estate industry average (27.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CBRE's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CBRE PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio40.6x
Fair PE Ratio40.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CBRE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.4x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CBRE forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$129.16
US$145.64
+12.8%
14.0%US$176.00US$112.00n/a11
Dec ’25US$139.99
US$133.10
-4.9%
11.9%US$160.00US$112.00n/a10
Nov ’25US$130.18
US$132.30
+1.6%
10.9%US$155.00US$110.00n/a10
Oct ’25US$123.75
US$119.20
-3.7%
8.4%US$130.00US$98.00n/a10
Sep ’25US$115.14
US$115.70
+0.5%
10.1%US$130.00US$95.00n/a10
Aug ’25US$112.39
US$112.40
+0.009%
9.4%US$129.00US$95.00n/a10
Jul ’25US$85.97
US$103.33
+20.2%
8.0%US$122.00US$90.00n/a9
Jun ’25US$88.07
US$103.33
+17.3%
8.0%US$122.00US$90.00n/a9
May ’25US$86.27
US$104.11
+20.7%
7.4%US$120.00US$90.00n/a9
Apr ’25US$94.98
US$99.63
+4.9%
7.7%US$110.00US$85.00n/a8
Mar ’25US$92.98
US$95.75
+3.0%
7.6%US$105.00US$85.00n/a8
Feb ’25US$86.19
US$94.25
+9.4%
7.0%US$105.00US$85.00n/a8
Jan ’25US$93.09
US$89.25
-4.1%
5.4%US$95.00US$79.00n/a8
Dec ’24US$81.41
US$86.50
+6.3%
6.8%US$95.00US$78.00US$139.998
Nov ’24US$70.19
US$88.75
+26.4%
8.2%US$98.00US$78.00US$130.188
Oct ’24US$73.86
US$92.88
+25.7%
4.8%US$100.00US$86.00US$123.758
Sep ’24US$86.02
US$93.88
+9.1%
3.9%US$100.00US$89.00US$115.148
Aug ’24US$83.01
US$92.88
+11.9%
3.7%US$100.00US$89.00US$112.398
Jul ’24US$80.71
US$87.88
+8.9%
7.0%US$101.00US$80.00US$85.978
Jun ’24US$75.02
US$88.78
+18.3%
7.0%US$101.00US$80.00US$88.079
May ’24US$76.40
US$87.67
+14.7%
7.7%US$101.00US$80.00US$86.279
Apr ’24US$72.81
US$90.44
+24.2%
8.3%US$103.00US$80.00US$94.989
Mar ’24US$84.39
US$93.00
+10.2%
8.9%US$103.00US$80.00US$92.989
Feb ’24US$85.17
US$91.67
+7.6%
8.4%US$101.00US$80.00US$86.199
Jan ’24US$76.96
US$92.75
+20.5%
12.4%US$116.00US$80.00US$93.098
Dec ’23US$79.54
US$91.38
+14.9%
13.0%US$116.00US$80.00US$81.418

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 02:05
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

CBRE Group, Inc. is covered by 22 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Ross SmotrichBarclays
Michael FunkBofA Global Research
Nathan SchmidtCFRA Equity Research