CWK vs VTR vs CBRE Stock Comparison

Cushman & Wakefield, Ventas and Cbre Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CWK Cushman & Wakefield Ltd.
$11.90 -2.2% 1M -30.3% 1Y
Market cap
$2.84B
P/E
41.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.82B
Div. yield
–
Commercial Real Estate Services Real Estate
1 win
VTR Ventas, Inc.
$87.43 +0.9% 1M +24.2% 1Y
Market cap
$40.73B
P/E
155.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.44B
Div. yield
0.02%
Healthcare REITs Real Estate
6 wins
CBRE Cbre Group, Inc.
$122.89 -8.8% 1M -24.6% 1Y
Market cap
$35.24B
P/E
25.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$45.01B
Div. yield
–
Commercial Real Estate Services Real Estate
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Ventas leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Ventas 6, Cbre 4, Cushman & Wakefield 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCWKVTRCBRELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.84B $40.73B $35.24B VTR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 41.1x 155.0x 25.5x CBRE
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.8x 153.4x 16.4x CWK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.0% +21.5% +14.8% VTR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.6% 4.1% 3.1% VTR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 7.0% 3.2% 9.1% CBRE
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.7x 5.3x 2.3x CBRE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -30.3% +24.2% -24.6% VTR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -8.2%/yr +9.8%/yr +3.5%/yr VTR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 45.6% 23.0% 34.5% VTR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 38/100 41/100 58/100 CBRE

Percentile Scorecard

CWKVTRCBRE

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

AxisCWKVTRCBRE
Valuation 65 #7 of 18 2 #142 of 145 41 #11 of 18
Growth 27 #12 of 16 83 #25 of 142 67 #6 of 16
Profitability 40 #10 of 16 50 #69 of 136 80 #4 of 16
Financial Health 19 #14 of 17 57 #61 of 139 44 #10 of 17
Shareholder Returns – 15 #111 of 131 –
Overall 38 41 58
  • CWK ranked among 19 companies in Real Estate Services
  • VTR ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • CBRE ranked among 19 companies in Real Estate Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCWKVTRCBRESPY
1 month -2.2%+0.9%-8.8% -0.8%
3 months -9.3%-12.7%-14.6% +3.5%
6 months -17.3%+3.2%-16.0% +7.0%
Year to date -26.5%+13.0%-23.6% +12.2%
1 year -30.3%+24.2%-24.6% +13.0%
3 years +78.1%+109.9%+85.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year +21.2%+28.1%+22.9% +23.1%
5 years -34.7%+59.2%+18.7% +68.6%
5 years, per year -8.2%+9.8%+3.5% +11.0%
10 years —+28.5%+341.9% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+2.5%+16.0% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCWKVTRCBRESPY
Volatility, 1Y 45.6%23.0%34.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 46.2%23.4%36.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.54-0.260.93 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.661.05-0.71 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -71.8%-43.4%-40.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -30.8%-13.0%-28.4% -1.8%
52-week high $17.20$100.52$171.61 $779.14
52-week low $11.03$69.78$122.89 $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.

MultipleCWKVTRCBRE
P/E now vs peer median 40.4xmedian 21.2x 162.8xmedian 27.4x 25.7xmedian 21.2x
P/S now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 0.7x 7.0xmedian 4.2x 0.8xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.4xmedian 9.8x 24.1xmedian 14.2x 13.7xmedian 9.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median -340.3xmedian 12.3x -16.7xmedian 23.2x 99.5xmedian 12.3x
P/B now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 1.8x 3.1xmedian 1.3x 3.9xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 0.51median 0.51 4.04median 2.11 0.72median 0.51

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 monthsCWKVTRCBRE
Revenue $10.82B $6.44B $45.01B
Gross profit $1.96B – $8.33B
Operating income $477.30M – $2.06B
Net income $69.10M $272.97M $1.52B
Free cash flow -$8.20M -$2.69B $356.00M
EPS (diluted) $0.29 $0.53 $4.74
Cash & equivalents $500.50M $198.96M $1.68B
Total debt $2.66B $12.69B $8.85B
Shares (diluted) 236.30M 497.72M 291.61M
Enterprise value $317.71M $39.42B $28.54B

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
MetricCWKVTRCBRE
P/E 40.4x 162.8x 25.7x
P/FCF -340.3x -16.7x 99.5x
P/Operating cash flow 50.2x 24.9x 25.3x
P/S 0.3x 7.0x 0.8x
P/B 1.4x 3.1x 3.9x
P/Tangible book 2.0x 3.1x 5.7x
EV/EBITDA 8.4x 24.1x 13.7x
EV/EBIT 10.4x 68.3x 20.7x
EV/Revenue 0.5x 8.9x 0.9x
EV/FCF -603.4x -21.3x 119.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 89.0x 31.8x 30.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.51 4.04 0.72

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCWKVTRCBRE
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.0% 21.5% 14.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.3% 14.7% 13.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 8.2% – 12.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 4.5% – 10.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 14.2% – 19.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 22.3% – 34.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -66.4% 36.8% 14.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 81.0% 48.3% 34.9%
EPS growth (1Y) -67.0% 26.7% 15.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 79.4% 40.3% 35.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -65.0% 18.2% -16.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -0.9% 17.1% 47.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -106.5% -66.6% -62.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -35.8% -91.1% 132.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCWKVTRCBRE
Gross margin 18.1% – 18.5%
EBITDA margin 5.5% 36.9% 6.9%
Operating margin 4.4% – 4.6%
Pretax margin 0.9% 3.3% 4.3%
Net margin 0.6% 4.1% 3.1%
FCF margin -0.1% -41.8% 0.8%
Operating cash flow margin 0.5% 28.0% 3.1%
Return on equity 3.5% 2.0% 17.1%
Return on assets 0.9% 1.0% 4.9%
Return on invested capital 7.0% 3.2% 9.1%
Return on capital employed 9.2% – 10.7%
Asset turnover 1.4x 0.2x 1.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x 6.6x 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 0.7% 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCWKVTRCBRE
Debt / assets 35.2% 42.8% 28.2%
Debt / equity 1.3x 0.9x 1.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.7x 5.3x 2.3x
Debt / FCF -324.2x -4.7x 24.9x
Liabilities / assets 73.2% 50.4% 71.2%
Equity / assets 26.8% 49.6% 28.8%
Interest coverage 2.2x 1.3x –
Current ratio 1.1x – 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.9x – 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.2x – 0.1x
Altman Z-score 1.81 – 3.12

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCWKVTRCBRE
Dividend yield – 2.3% –
Net buyback yield – -8.8% 4.1%
Shareholder yield – -6.4% 4.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 339.8% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – -34.5% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 17.2% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 8.7% –

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.

ConsensusCWKVTRCBRE
Forward P/E 7.8xFY2026 153.4xFY2026 16.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.52FY2026 $0.57FY2026 $7.50FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +334.3%FY2026 +5.6%FY2026 +17.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.5% +77.2% +12.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $11.53BFY2026 $7.11BFY2026 $45.64BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.0%FY2026 +21.9%FY2026 +12.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.4% +4.4% +16.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCWKVTRCBRE
Held by institutions 96.0% 100.0% 96.9%
Institutions holding 310 949 1,067
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.0% +5.1% +0.6%
Institutions buying 170 524 518
Institutions selling 99 286 405
Buyers to sellers 1.72 1.83 1.28

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.

CWKVTRCBRE
CWK 1.00 0.04 0.83
VTR 0.04 1.00 0.04
CBRE 0.83 0.04 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CWK, VTR and CBRE?

Ventas (VTR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) $2.84B, Ventas (VTR) $40.73B, Cbre (CBRE) $35.24B.

Which stock is cheaper, CWK, VTR and CBRE?

Cbre (CBRE) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) 41.1x, Ventas (VTR) 155.0x, Cbre (CBRE) 25.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) is cheapest (Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) 7.8x, Ventas (VTR) 153.4x, Cbre (CBRE) 16.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ventas (VTR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) +11.0%, Ventas (VTR) +21.5%, Cbre (CBRE) +14.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ventas (VTR) has the highest net margin (Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) 0.6%, Ventas (VTR) 4.1%, Cbre (CBRE) 3.1%). On return on invested capital, Cbre (CBRE) leads (Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) 7.0%, Ventas (VTR) 3.2%, Cbre (CBRE) 9.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ventas (VTR) returned the most: Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) -30.3%, Ventas (VTR) +24.2%, Cbre (CBRE) -24.6%. Over five years, Ventas (VTR) compounded fastest (Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) -8.2%/yr, Ventas (VTR) +9.8%/yr, Cbre (CBRE) +3.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) 0.00%, Ventas (VTR) 0.02%, Cbre (CBRE) 0.00%. Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) and Cbre (CBRE) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ventas (VTR) has been the steadiest (Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) 45.6%, Ventas (VTR) 23.0%, Cbre (CBRE) 34.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CWK, VTR and CBRE?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ventas (VTR) 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.