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CBRE Group scores average on business quality (5.2 of 10). Here is why, in plain words, and what our sealed record shows.
Why it matters
- What CBRE Group does
CBRE Group operates as the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, generating revenue through leasing, property management, and advisory services paid by institutional landlords and corporate tenants. The company is leaning into expanding its recurring-fee business lines to smooth out transactional volatility inherent in commercial property markets.
- What it does best
CBRE dominates global commercial real estate advisory through sheer scale, managing vast portfolios that smaller rivals like JLL with an operating margin of 4.9% struggle to match. This global footprint creates deep switching costs for institutional landlords who rely on its proprietary data platforms.
- The main risk
Net debt climbed to $6.0B alongside rising debt-to-equity of 0.88, leaving the balance sheet increasingly vulnerable if commercial property transaction volumes freeze during macro downturns.
Quality, check by check
Scored against its own industry, from company filings.
Operating margin of 2.8% and FCF margin sits with a sector percentile of 41, reflecting thin margins typical of agency models that do not scale efficiently on earnings.
Scale forms its primary moat, locking in large corporate occupiers and institutional landlords who depend on its worldwide network, supported by a top-decile revenue growth percentile of 88.
Revenue growth reached 13.4%, sitting in the 88th percentile of its sector, driven by strong underlying activity compared to historical levels.
Total debt sits at $7.8B against $1.9B in cash, while free cash flow pulled back to $938M, indicating a softer financial position overall.
Insiders
Executives and directors, from SEC Form 4 filings we read ourselves. Open market trades only; grants, option exercises and pre-planned sales left out.
No open market buys or unplanned sales by executives or directors.
Our sealed record on CBRE
Verdicts appear here 30 days after we publish them; members see today's. Each one is in the nightly ledger, fingerprinted the night it was made.
The first sealed verdicts appear here on Oct 11, 2026.
Questions
CBRE Group scores average on the Cluenex quality check (5.2 of 10), measured against its own industry. Profitability is weak, moat fair, growth fast and financial health fair.
In the last 90 days of SEC Form 4 filings: No open market buys or unplanned sales by executives or directors.
Oct 22, 2026.
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Cite this page: Cluenex, “CBRE Group (CBRE)”, https://cluenex.com/stocks/cbre/, data as of Oct 10, 2026.