CBRE vs CIGI vs IHS Stock Comparison

Cbre, Colliers International and IHS Holding Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CBRE Cbre Group, Inc.
$121.67 -9.7% 1M -24.5% 1Y
Market cap
$35.94B
P/E
26.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$45.01B
Div. yield
–
Commercial Real Estate Services Real Estate
3 wins
IHS IHS Holding Ltd
$8.49 +0.6% 1M +24.1% 1Y
Market cap
$2.84B
P/E
20.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.55B
Div. yield
–
Tower REITs Real Estate
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

IHS Holding leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (IHS Holding 7, Cbre 3, Colliers International 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCBRECIGIIHSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $35.94B $4.77B $2.84B CBRE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 26.0x 79.1x 20.0x IHS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 16.2x 11.8x 11.5x IHS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +14.8% +15.2% +6.8% CIGI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 3.1% 1.0% 9.1% IHS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.1% 6.8% 20.5% IHS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.3x 3.8x — CBRE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -24.5% -44.0% +24.1% IHS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.0%/yr -8.8%/yr -12.5%/yr CBRE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 34.5% 37.6% 25.4% IHS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 45/100 68/100 IHS

Percentile Scorecard

CBRECIGIIHS

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCBRECIGIIHS
Valuation 41 #11 of 18 47 #10 of 18 100 #1 of 11
Growth 67 #6 of 16 53 #8 of 16 22 #8 of 10
Profitability 80 #4 of 16 67 #6 of 16 100 #1 of 10
Financial Health 44 #10 of 17 13 #15 of 17 50 #6 of 11
Shareholder Returns – – –
Overall 58 45 68
  • CBRE ranked among 19 companies in Real Estate Services
  • CIGI ranked among 19 companies in Real Estate Services
  • IHS ranked among 11 companies in Infrastructure REITs

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCBRECIGIIHSSPY
1 month -9.7%+2.9%+0.6% -0.2%
3 months -17.3%-10.4%+2.9% +3.9%
6 months -17.2%-15.8%+2.9% +8.2%
Year to date -24.3%-36.7%+13.8% +12.9%
1 year -24.5%-44.0%+24.1% +12.3%
3 years +83.9%+5.6%+78.7% +87.4%
3 years, per year +22.5%+1.8%+21.4% +23.3%
5 years +15.9%-36.9%-48.6% +67.9%
5 years, per year +3.0%-8.8%-12.5% +10.9%
10 years +357.6%+134.4%— +261.1%
10 years, per year +16.4%+8.9%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCBRECIGIIHSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 34.5%37.6%25.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 35.9%39.4%26.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.930.880.48 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.71-1.170.95 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -40.4%-49.3%-85.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -29.1%-44.0%-2.7% -1.2%
52-week high $171.61$166.27$8.73 $779.14
52-week low $121.67$85.88$6.24 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCBRECIGIIHS
P/E now vs peer median 25.5xmedian 21.2x 78.4xmedian 21.2x 20.0xmedian 24.2x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 0.7x 0.8xmedian 0.7x 1.8xmedian 6.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 13.6xmedian 9.8x 11.1xmedian 9.8x —median 15.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 98.6xmedian 12.3x 11.3xmedian 12.3x 4.2xmedian 18.2x
P/B now vs peer median 3.9xmedian 1.8x 3.1xmedian 1.8x -15.6xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.71median 0.52 1.67median 0.52 0.72median 0.72

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCBRECIGIIHS
Revenue $45.01B $5.96B $1.55B
Gross profit $8.33B $2.38B $867.30M
Operating income $2.06B $373.62M $706.10M
Net income $1.52B $211.66M $133.30M
Free cash flow $356.00M $419.51M $675.20M
EPS (diluted) $4.74 $1.18 $0.43
Cash & equivalents $1.68B $265.19M $1.09B
Total debt $8.85B $2.69B $12.65B
Shares (diluted) 291.61M 51.08M 333.06M
Enterprise value $29.24B $3.84B -$728.54M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCBRECIGIIHS
P/E 25.5x 78.4x 20.0x
P/FCF 98.6x 11.3x 4.2x
P/Operating cash flow 25.0x 14.8x 3.2x
P/S 0.8x 0.8x 1.8x
P/B 3.9x 3.1x -15.6x
P/Tangible book 5.6x 66.6x -6.1x
EV/EBITDA 13.6x 11.1x –
EV/EBIT 20.5x 19.2x 6.9x
EV/Revenue 0.9x 1.2x 3.1x
EV/FCF 118.7x 17.1x 7.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 30.1x 22.3x 5.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.71 1.67 0.72

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCBRECIGIIHS
Revenue growth (1Y) 14.8% 15.2% 6.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 13.0% 10.8% -10.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 12.3% 14.8% 3.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 10.9% 11.2% -3.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 19.4% 3.2% -9.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 34.0% 9.4% 16.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 14.4% -5.4% 32.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 34.9% 14.6% 27.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 15.8% 5.3% 28.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 35.9% 47.0% 27.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -16.4% 14.1% -8.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 47.1% 4.6% -5.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -62.4% 20.1% -10.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 132.9% 4.6% 6.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCBRECIGIIHS
Gross margin 18.5% 40.0% 55.8%
EBITDA margin 6.9% 10.8% –
Operating margin 4.6% 6.3% 45.5%
Pretax margin 4.3% 5.0% 44.9%
Net margin 3.1% 1.0% 9.1%
FCF margin 0.8% 7.0% 43.5%
Operating cash flow margin 3.1% 5.4% 56.5%
Return on equity 17.1% 13.8% –
Return on assets 4.9% 3.9% 3.0%
Return on invested capital 9.1% 6.8% 20.5%
Return on capital employed 10.7% 10.2% 21.5%
Asset turnover 1.5x 1.1x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.9x 1.5x 6.6x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 0.8% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCBRECIGIIHS
Debt / assets 28.2% 46.0% 71.3%
Debt / equity 1.0x 1.7x -17.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.3x 3.8x –
Debt / FCF 24.9x 6.4x 4.6x
Liabilities / assets 71.2% 73.5% 104.2%
Equity / assets 28.8% 26.5% -4.2%
Interest coverage – – 2.1x
Current ratio 1.2x 1.2x 1.9x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.9x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.1x 0.9x
Altman Z-score 3.11 1.94 -0.58

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCBRECIGIIHS
Dividend yield – 0.3% –
Net buyback yield 4.1% – –
Shareholder yield 4.1% 0.3% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – 7.2% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 3.6% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 6.5% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 4.5% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCBRECIGIIHS
Forward P/E 16.2xFY2026 11.8xFY2026 11.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.50FY2026 $7.88FY2026 $0.74FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +17.6%FY2026 +20.7%FY2026 +76.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.0% +0.1% +6.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $45.64BFY2026 $6.33BFY2026 $1.87BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.6%FY2026 +14.6%FY2026 +18.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.2% +14.7% -4.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCBRECIGIIHS
Held by institutions 96.9% 71.7% 47.7%
Institutions holding 1,067 189 120
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.6% -3.8% +0.7%
Institutions buying 518 92 53
Institutions selling 405 64 45
Buyers to sellers 1.28 1.44 1.18

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CBRECIGIIHS
CBRE 1.00 0.71 0.05
CIGI 0.71 1.00 0.09
IHS 0.05 0.09 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CBRE, CIGI and IHS?

Cbre (CBRE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cbre (CBRE) $35.94B, Colliers International (CIGI) $4.77B, IHS Holding (IHS) $2.84B.

Which stock is cheaper, CBRE, CIGI and IHS?

IHS Holding (IHS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cbre (CBRE) 26.0x, Colliers International (CIGI) 79.1x, IHS Holding (IHS) 20.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, IHS Holding (IHS) is cheapest (Cbre (CBRE) 16.2x, Colliers International (CIGI) 11.8x, IHS Holding (IHS) 11.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Colliers International (CIGI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cbre (CBRE) +14.8%, Colliers International (CIGI) +15.2%, IHS Holding (IHS) +6.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

IHS Holding (IHS) has the highest net margin (Cbre (CBRE) 3.1%, Colliers International (CIGI) 1.0%, IHS Holding (IHS) 9.1%). On return on invested capital, IHS Holding (IHS) leads (Cbre (CBRE) 9.1%, Colliers International (CIGI) 6.8%, IHS Holding (IHS) 20.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year IHS Holding (IHS) returned the most: Cbre (CBRE) -24.5%, Colliers International (CIGI) -44.0%, IHS Holding (IHS) +24.1%. Over five years, Cbre (CBRE) compounded fastest (Cbre (CBRE) +3.0%/yr, Colliers International (CIGI) -8.8%/yr, IHS Holding (IHS) -12.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Cbre (CBRE) 0.00%, Colliers International (CIGI) 0.00%, IHS Holding (IHS) 0.00%. Cbre (CBRE) and IHS Holding (IHS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, IHS Holding (IHS) has been the steadiest (Cbre (CBRE) 34.5%, Colliers International (CIGI) 37.6%, IHS Holding (IHS) 25.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CBRE, CIGI and IHS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, IHS Holding (IHS) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.