CWK vs SPG vs AMT Stock Comparison

Cushman & Wakefield, Simon Property and American Tower Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CWK Cushman & Wakefield Ltd.
$12.63 +6.4% 1M -25.0% 1Y
Market cap
$3.05B
P/E
44.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.82B
Div. yield
–
Commercial Real Estate Services Real Estate
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Simon Property leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Simon Property 6, Cushman & Wakefield 3, American Tower 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCWKSPGAMTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.05B $70.16B $86.69B AMT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 44.2x 15.0x 26.2x SPG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.3x 30.7x 27.2x CWK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.0% +10.9% +5.3% CWK
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.6% 70.5% 30.1% SPG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 7.0% 15.6% 9.1% SPG
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.7x 5.7x 5.1x CWK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -25.0% +19.5% +0.6% SPG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -7.2%/yr +7.6%/yr -8.2%/yr SPG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 45.8% 19.1% 28.3% SPG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 38/100 56/100 62/100 AMT

Percentile Scorecard

CWKSPGAMT

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

AxisCWKSPGAMT
Valuation 65 #7 of 18 23 #112 of 145 40 #7 of 11
Growth 27 #12 of 16 84 #24 of 142 89 #2 of 10
Profitability 40 #10 of 16 100 #1 of 135 78 #3 of 10
Financial Health 19 #14 of 17 28 #98 of 136 40 #7 of 11
Shareholder Returns – 47 #70 of 131 –
Overall 38 56 62
  • CWK ranked among 19 companies in Real Estate Services
  • SPG ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • AMT ranked among 11 companies in Infrastructure REITs

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCWKSPGAMTSPY
1 month +6.4%+3.3%+9.3% +0.9%
3 months -6.6%-10.4%+2.5% +5.9%
6 months -9.5%+5.6%+3.2% +8.5%
Year to date -22.0%+14.1%+4.7% +13.3%
1 year -25.0%+19.5%+0.6% +12.4%
3 years +89.1%+102.1%+6.9% +88.1%
3 years, per year +23.7%+26.4%+2.2% +23.5%
5 years -31.3%+44.1%-34.8% +68.2%
5 years, per year -7.2%+7.6%-8.2% +11.0%
10 years —+15.5%+58.3% +263.4%
10 years, per year —+1.5%+4.7% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureCWKSPGAMTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 45.8%19.1%28.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 46.4%18.1%28.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.550.20-0.06 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.551.020.02 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -71.8%-48.8%-46.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -26.6%-10.8%-5.3% -0.9%
52-week high $17.20$236.69$194.12 $779.14
52-week low $11.03$173.35$161.11 $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.

MultipleCWKSPGAMT
P/E now vs peer median 42.8xmedian 20.9x 14.6xmedian 25.8x 25.8xmedian 24.2x
P/S now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 0.7x 10.9xmedian 4.0x 7.8xmedian 6.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.7xmedian 9.8x 20.5xmedian 14.2x 17.3xmedian 15.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median -361.2xmedian 13.1x 28.9xmedian 23.0x 21.5xmedian 18.2x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 1.8x 11.9xmedian 1.3x 8.7xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.54median 0.54 0.49median 1.91 0.39median 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 monthsCWKSPGAMT
Revenue $10.82B $6.65B $11.01B
Gross profit $1.96B – $10.87B
Operating income $477.30M $3.21B $4.94B
Net income $69.10M $5.45B $3.38B
Free cash flow -$8.20M $2.51B $3.96B
EPS (diluted) $0.29 $14.43 $7.11
Cash & equivalents $500.50M $542.96M $1.87B
Total debt $2.66B $28.25B $37.58B
Shares (diluted) 236.30M 324.96M 465.76M
Enterprise value $533.36M $66.01B $79.97B

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
MetricCWKSPGAMT
P/E 42.8x 14.6x 25.8x
P/FCF -361.2x 28.9x 21.5x
P/Operating cash flow 53.3x 17.5x 14.9x
P/S 0.3x 10.9x 7.8x
P/B 1.5x 11.9x 8.7x
P/Tangible book 2.1x 11.9x -21.6x
EV/EBITDA 8.7x 20.5x 17.3x
EV/EBIT 10.7x 31.2x 24.5x
EV/Revenue 0.5x 15.1x 11.0x
EV/FCF -624.3x 39.9x 30.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 92.1x 24.2x 21.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.54 0.49 0.39

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCWKSPGAMT
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.0% 10.9% 5.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.3% 7.5% 6.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 8.2% – 5.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 4.5% – 6.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 14.2% 4.0% 3.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 22.3% 6.9% 16.9%
Net income growth (1Y) -66.4% 130.6% 12.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 81.0% 30.0% 74.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -67.0% 129.8% 13.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 79.4% 29.7% 66.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -65.0% 7.1% 9.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -0.9% 2.9% 6.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -106.5% -3.4% 7.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -35.8% -4.8% 11.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCWKSPGAMT
Gross margin 18.1% – 98.7%
EBITDA margin 5.5% 73.3% 63.6%
Operating margin 4.4% 48.3% 44.8%
Pretax margin 0.9% 32.9% 35.3%
Net margin 0.6% 70.5% 30.1%
FCF margin -0.1% 37.7% 36.0%
Operating cash flow margin 0.5% 62.3% 51.8%
Return on equity 3.5% 87.0% 33.8%
Return on assets 0.9% 13.6% 5.4%
Return on invested capital 7.0% 15.6% 9.1%
Return on capital employed 9.2% – 9.1%
Asset turnover 1.4x 0.2x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x 0.8x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% – 1.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCWKSPGAMT
Debt / assets 35.2% 71.3% 59.7%
Debt / equity 1.3x 4.7x 3.8x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.7x 5.7x 5.1x
Debt / FCF -324.2x 11.3x 9.5x
Liabilities / assets 73.2% 84.7% 84.5%
Equity / assets 26.8% 15.3% 15.5%
Interest coverage 2.2x 3.1x 3.5x
Current ratio 1.1x – 0.4x
Quick ratio 0.9x – 0.3x
Cash ratio 0.2x – 0.2x
Altman Z-score 1.83 – 1.17

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCWKSPGAMT
Dividend yield – 4.2% 3.8%
Net buyback yield – 0.2% 1.0%
Shareholder yield – 4.5% 4.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusCWKSPGAMT
Forward P/E 8.3xFY2026 30.7xFY2026 27.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.52FY2026 $6.87FY2026 $6.75FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +334.3%FY2026 -51.5%FY2026 +25.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.5% +8.4% -0.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $11.53BFY2026 $7.17BFY2026 $11.51BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.0%FY2026 +12.8%FY2026 +8.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.4% -8.0% +4.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCWKSPGAMT
Held by institutions 96.0% 93.2% 94.4%
Institutions holding 310 1,358 1,743
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.0% +3.8% +2.5%
Institutions buying 170 679 860
Institutions selling 99 463 657
Buyers to sellers 1.72 1.47 1.31

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.

CWKSPGAMT
CWK 1.00 0.36 0.08
SPG 0.36 1.00 0.27
AMT 0.08 0.27 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CWK, SPG and AMT?

American Tower (AMT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) $3.05B, Simon Property (SPG) $70.16B, American Tower (AMT) $86.69B.

Which stock is cheaper, CWK, SPG and AMT?

Simon Property (SPG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) 44.2x, Simon Property (SPG) 15.0x, American Tower (AMT) 26.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) is cheapest (Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) 8.3x, Simon Property (SPG) 30.7x, American Tower (AMT) 27.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) +11.0%, Simon Property (SPG) +10.9%, American Tower (AMT) +5.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Simon Property (SPG) has the highest net margin (Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) 0.6%, Simon Property (SPG) 70.5%, American Tower (AMT) 30.1%). On return on invested capital, Simon Property (SPG) leads (Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) 7.0%, Simon Property (SPG) 15.6%, American Tower (AMT) 9.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Simon Property (SPG) returned the most: Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) -25.0%, Simon Property (SPG) +19.5%, American Tower (AMT) +0.6%. Over five years, Simon Property (SPG) compounded fastest (Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) -7.2%/yr, Simon Property (SPG) +7.6%/yr, American Tower (AMT) -8.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Simon Property (SPG) has been the steadiest (Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) 45.8%, Simon Property (SPG) 19.1%, American Tower (AMT) 28.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CWK, SPG and AMT?

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.