CIGI vs IHS vs SPG Stock Comparison

Colliers International, IHS Holding and Simon Property Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
IHS IHS Holding Ltd
$8.48 +1.3% 1M +24.2% 1Y
Market cap
$2.83B
P/E
19.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.55B
Div. yield
–
Tower REITs Real Estate
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Simon Property leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Simon Property 6, IHS Holding 3, Colliers International 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCIGIIHSSPGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $4.90B $2.83B $70.61B SPG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 81.3x 19.9x 15.1x SPG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 12.2x 11.5x 31.4x IHS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +15.2% +6.8% +10.9% CIGI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 1.0% 9.1% 70.5% SPG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.8% 20.5% 15.6% IHS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.8x — 5.7x CIGI
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -41.1% +24.2% +24.2% SPG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -8.0%/yr -12.8%/yr +8.0%/yr SPG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 37.7% 25.3% 19.2% SPG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 42/100 69/100 55/100 IHS

Percentile Scorecard

CIGIIHSSPG

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

AxisCIGIIHSSPG
Valuation 47 #10 of 18 100 #1 of 11 22 #114 of 145
Growth 47 #9 of 16 22 #8 of 10 82 #26 of 143
Profitability 67 #6 of 16 88 #2 of 9 100 #1 of 136
Financial Health 7 #15 of 16 67 #4 of 10 26 #102 of 138
Shareholder Returns – – 46 #71 of 131
Overall 42 69 55
  • CIGI ranked among 19 companies in Real Estate Services
  • IHS ranked among 11 companies in Infrastructure REITs
  • SPG ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCIGIIHSSPGSPY
1 month +6.7%+1.3%+5.6% +0.7%
3 months -3.3%+3.4%-6.4% +3.7%
6 months -8.1%+3.3%+5.9% +7.1%
Year to date -34.7%+13.7%+16.5% +12.8%
1 year -41.1%+24.2%+24.2% +11.9%
3 years +6.8%+72.0%+104.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year +2.2%+19.8%+27.0% +22.8%
5 years -33.9%-49.6%+47.2% +67.6%
5 years, per year -8.0%-12.8%+8.0% +10.9%
10 years +169.1%—+18.0% +262.0%
10 years, per year +10.4%—+1.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCIGIIHSSPGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 37.7%25.3%19.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 39.6%26.6%18.0% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.880.480.19 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.090.951.27 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -49.3%-85.7%-48.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -41.1%-2.9%-8.9% -1.2%
52-week high $162.99$8.73$236.69 $779.14
52-week low $85.88$6.24$173.35 $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.

MultipleCIGIIHSSPG
P/E now vs peer median 81.0xmedian 21.0x 20.0xmedian 24.7x 14.9xmedian 25.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 0.7x 1.8xmedian 6.4x 11.1xmedian 4.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.4xmedian 10.7x —median 15.4x 20.9xmedian 14.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.7xmedian 13.5x 4.2xmedian 18.7x 29.5xmedian 23.5x
P/B now vs peer median 3.2xmedian 1.9x -15.6xmedian 5.2x 12.2xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median 1.72median 0.56 0.72median 0.68 0.50median 1.86

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 monthsCIGIIHSSPG
Revenue $5.96B $1.55B $6.65B
Gross profit $2.38B $867.30M –
Operating income $373.62M $706.10M $3.21B
Net income $211.66M $133.30M $5.45B
Free cash flow $419.51M $675.20M $2.51B
EPS (diluted) $1.18 $0.43 $14.43
Cash & equivalents $265.19M $1.09B $542.96M
Total debt $2.69B $12.65B $28.25B
Shares (diluted) 51.08M 333.06M 324.96M
Enterprise value $3.97B -$730.21M $66.46B

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
MetricCIGIIHSSPG
P/E 81.0x 20.0x 14.9x
P/FCF 11.7x 4.2x 29.5x
P/Operating cash flow 15.2x 3.2x 17.9x
P/S 0.8x 1.8x 11.1x
P/B 3.2x -15.6x 12.2x
P/Tangible book 68.7x -6.1x 12.2x
EV/EBITDA 11.4x – 20.9x
EV/EBIT 19.6x 6.9x 31.7x
EV/Revenue 1.2x 3.1x 15.3x
EV/FCF 17.5x 7.2x 40.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 22.7x 5.5x 24.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.72 0.72 0.50

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCIGIIHSSPG
Revenue growth (1Y) 15.2% 6.8% 10.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 10.8% -10.9% 7.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 14.8% 3.6% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.2% -3.2% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 3.2% -9.2% 4.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 9.4% 16.2% 6.9%
Net income growth (1Y) -5.4% 32.8% 130.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 14.6% 27.8% 30.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 5.3% 28.0% 129.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 47.0% 27.9% 29.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 14.1% -8.4% 7.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 4.6% -5.6% 2.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 20.1% -10.7% -3.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 4.6% 6.3% -4.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCIGIIHSSPG
Gross margin 40.0% 55.8% –
EBITDA margin 10.8% – 73.3%
Operating margin 6.3% 45.5% 48.3%
Pretax margin 5.0% 44.9% 32.9%
Net margin 1.0% 9.1% 70.5%
FCF margin 7.0% 43.5% 37.7%
Operating cash flow margin 5.4% 56.5% 62.3%
Return on equity 13.8% – 87.0%
Return on assets 3.9% 3.0% 13.6%
Return on invested capital 6.8% 20.5% 15.6%
Return on capital employed 10.2% 21.5% –
Asset turnover 1.1x 0.3x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x 6.6x 0.8x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCIGIIHSSPG
Debt / assets 46.0% 71.3% 71.3%
Debt / equity 1.7x -17.0x 4.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.8x – 5.7x
Debt / FCF 6.4x 4.6x 11.3x
Liabilities / assets 73.5% 104.2% 84.7%
Equity / assets 26.5% -4.2% 15.3%
Interest coverage – 2.1x 3.1x
Current ratio 1.2x 1.9x –
Quick ratio 0.9x 1.1x –
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.9x –
Altman Z-score 1.96 -0.58 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCIGIIHSSPG
Dividend yield 0.3% – 4.1%
Net buyback yield – – 0.2%
Shareholder yield 0.3% – 4.4%
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.

ConsensusCIGIIHSSPG
Forward P/E 12.2xFY2026 11.5xFY2026 31.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.88FY2026 $0.74FY2026 $6.87FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +20.7%FY2026 +76.2%FY2026 -51.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +0.1% +6.8% +8.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.33BFY2026 $1.87BFY2026 $7.17BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +14.6%FY2026 +18.4%FY2026 +12.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +14.7% -4.4% -8.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCIGIIHSSPG
Held by institutions 71.7% 47.7% 93.2%
Institutions holding 189 120 1,359
Change in shares held, QoQ -3.8% +0.7% +3.8%
Institutions buying 92 53 680
Institutions selling 64 45 463
Buyers to sellers 1.44 1.18 1.47

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.

CIGIIHSSPG
CIGI 1.00 0.09 0.28
IHS 0.09 1.00 0.01
SPG 0.28 0.01 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CIGI, IHS and SPG?

Simon Property (SPG) is the largest by market capitalisation: Colliers International (CIGI) $4.90B, IHS Holding (IHS) $2.83B, Simon Property (SPG) $70.61B.

Which stock is cheaper, CIGI, IHS and SPG?

Simon Property (SPG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Colliers International (CIGI) 81.3x, IHS Holding (IHS) 19.9x, Simon Property (SPG) 15.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, IHS Holding (IHS) is cheapest (Colliers International (CIGI) 12.2x, IHS Holding (IHS) 11.5x, Simon Property (SPG) 31.4x). 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: Colliers International (CIGI) +15.2%, IHS Holding (IHS) +6.8%, Simon Property (SPG) +10.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Simon Property (SPG) has the highest net margin (Colliers International (CIGI) 1.0%, IHS Holding (IHS) 9.1%, Simon Property (SPG) 70.5%). On return on invested capital, IHS Holding (IHS) leads (Colliers International (CIGI) 6.8%, IHS Holding (IHS) 20.5%, Simon Property (SPG) 15.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Simon Property (SPG) returned the most: Colliers International (CIGI) -41.1%, IHS Holding (IHS) +24.2%, Simon Property (SPG) +24.2%. Over five years, Simon Property (SPG) compounded fastest (Colliers International (CIGI) -8.0%/yr, IHS Holding (IHS) -12.8%/yr, Simon Property (SPG) +8.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

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

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Simon Property (SPG) has been the steadiest (Colliers International (CIGI) 37.7%, IHS Holding (IHS) 25.3%, Simon Property (SPG) 19.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Simon Property (SPG) leads on 6. 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.