Company Analysis

Cbre Group, Inc. (CBRE)

NYSE: CBRE · Real Estate · Dallas, TX · filing with the SEC since 2001
Grade6.3
◀ Past 7.4● Present 6.7▶ Future 4.9

The grade of Cbre Group, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.3/10
◀ Past7.425% of the headline
● Present6.745% of the headline
▶ Future4.930% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.4/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 32 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Cbre Group, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+9.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cbre Group, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $17 billion in fiscal 2016 to $41 billion in fiscal 2025, up 9.9% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 0% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span9.9%top 47% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 29% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 17% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.3%top 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 2.8% a year. 60% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 9 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 78th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Cbre Group, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 2.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 60% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 9 sales (9 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 2% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.7/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 13%: 13¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 70%: owes 70¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 31 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Cbre Group, Inc. earned about 13 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 25 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 70 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 24% of its family
  • return on equitytop 15% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 6% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 33% of 30 in its family; net margin 2.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 67th percentile among 30 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cbre Group, Inc.'s standing among 30 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $41 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 2% by size; a net margin of 2.9% ranks in the bottom 42%; revenue growth of 9.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 40% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$40.55Btop 2% of its family
  • net margin2.9%bottom 42% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth9.6%top 40% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 50% of 20 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2012.

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cbre Group, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Sulentic, Robert E (Chair & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2012-12-27, 13.9 years (top 18% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.3 years (bottom 42%); 12 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (bottom 27%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge12 in three years among 17 peoplebottom 27% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.3 yearsbottom 42% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record13.9 yearstop 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 39% of 29 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 39th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Cbre Group, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1.9 billion against debt of $5.0 billion leaves -10.3% of its assets as net cash, top 47% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 2.9% of revenue (bottom 47%); a gross margin of 18.7% (bottom 17%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-10.3%top 47% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue2.9%bottom 47% of its family
  • gross margin18.7%bottom 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 46% of 29 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cbre Group, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 9.6% a year over the last three filed years against 9.9% over all 10, slowing (bottom 43% of its family); the newest year grew 13.4% (top 36%); capital spending grew 12.1% a year (bottom 32%) (its annual reports). Cbre Group, Inc. reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Building Operations Experience at $23 billion, Advisory Services at $8.8 billion, Project Management at $7.7 billion, and 1 more. 3 of 4 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 57% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-0.3 points a yearbottom 43% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth13.4%top 36% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending12.1%bottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 44% of 29 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cbre Group, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $41 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 5.3% above the $39 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 47% of its family); net income of $1.2 billion against a prior three-year average of $1.1 billion (top 43%); a net margin of 2.9% against 3.5% before (top 43%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace5.3%top 47% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+3%top 43% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.6 pointstop 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton CBRE · research, not advice