CBRE Group (CBRE) reported $10.26 billion in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 13.5%. EPS of $1.61 for the same period compares to $1.20 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $9.92 billion, representing a surprise of +3.37%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +9.52%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.47.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how CBRE performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Investment Management AUM: $155.80 billion compared to the $159.26 billion average estimate based on two analysts.
- Total revenue- Real Estate Investments: $211 million versus $268.27 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -30.1% change.
- Revenue- Pass through costs also recognized as revenue: $4.21 billion compared to the $4.18 billion average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +13.3% year over year.
- Pass-through costs also recognized as revenue- Project Management: $1.11 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $994.03 million.
- Revenue- Building Operations & Experience: $5.79 billion compared to the $5.76 billion average estimate based on three analysts.
- Revenue- Project Management: $2.03 billion versus $1.84 billion estimated by three analysts on average.
- Pass-through costs also recognized as revenue- Building Operations & Experience: $3.09 billion versus $3.16 billion estimated by three analysts on average.
- Revenue- Corporate, Other and Eliminations: $-9 million compared to the $-40.2 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +28.6% year over year.
- Total revenue- Advisory Services: $2.24 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $2.04 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -6.7%.
- Revenue- Pass through costs also recognized as revenue- Advisory Services: $13 million compared to the $16.44 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -45.8% year over year.
- Operating income- Building Operations & Experience: $177 million compared to the $243.31 million average estimate based on four analysts.
- Total segment operating profit (loss)- Advisory Services: $374 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $418.46 million.
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Shares of CBRE have returned +4.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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