JLL vs SMRT vs CBRE Stock Comparison

Jones Lang Lasalle, SmartRent and Cbre Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
JLL Jones Lang Lasalle Inc
$333.33 +6.1% 1M +6.8% 1Y
Market cap
$15.23B
P/E
14.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$28.20B
Div. yield
–
Commercial Real Estate Services Real Estate
8 wins
SMRT SmartRent, Inc.
$1.36 +13.3% 1M -2.2% 1Y
Market cap
$260.59M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$151.20M
Div. yield
–
Real Estate Software Technology
CBRE Cbre Group, Inc.
$123.70 -5.1% 1M -22.4% 1Y
Market cap
$35.67B
P/E
25.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$45.01B
Div. yield
–
Commercial Real Estate Services Real Estate
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Jones Lang Lasalle leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Jones Lang Lasalle 8, Cbre 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionJLLSMRTCBRELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $15.23B $260.59M $35.67B CBRE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 14.0x -13.3x 25.9x JLL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.9x — 16.5x JLL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.4% -2.8% +14.8% CBRE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 3.9% -13.0% 3.1% JLL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 11.7% — 9.1% JLL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.8x — 2.3x JLL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +6.8% -2.2% -22.4% JLL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +5.2%/yr -36.5%/yr +3.5%/yr JLL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 37.5% 60.2% 34.5% CBRE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 83/100 50/100 58/100 JLL

Percentile Scorecard

JLLSMRTCBRE

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

AxisJLLSMRTCBRE
Valuation 94 #2 of 18 44 #50 of 89 41 #11 of 18
Growth 93 #2 of 16 83 #15 of 81 67 #6 of 16
Profitability 87 #3 of 16 33 #51 of 76 80 #4 of 16
Financial Health 56 #8 of 17 67 #32 of 94 44 #10 of 17
Shareholder Returns – 22 #41 of 52 –
Overall 83 50 58
  • JLL ranked among 19 companies in Real Estate Services
  • SMRT ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software
  • 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

PeriodJLLSMRTCBRESPY
1 month +6.1%+13.3%-5.1% +0.9%
3 months -1.9%+37.4%-16.4% +5.9%
6 months -1.6%+1.5%-13.2% +8.5%
Year to date -0.9%-32.7%-23.1% +13.3%
1 year +6.8%-2.2%-22.4% +12.4%
3 years +170.4%-41.9%+87.0% +88.1%
3 years, per year +39.3%-16.6%+23.2% +23.5%
5 years +29.1%-89.6%+18.9% +68.2%
5 years, per year +5.2%-36.5%+3.5% +11.0%
10 years +245.6%—+376.5% +263.4%
10 years, per year +13.2%—+16.9% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureJLLSMRTCBRESPY
Volatility, 1Y 37.5%60.2%34.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 37.9%56.2%36.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.981.320.93 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.18-0.04-0.65 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.5%-94.9%-40.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -15.1%-35.8%-27.9% -0.9%
52-week high $392.79$2.12$171.61 $779.14
52-week low $280.16$0.95$121.67 $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.

MultipleJLLSMRTCBRE
P/E now vs peer median 14.0xmedian 20.9x -13.3xmedian 40.6x 25.9xmedian 20.9x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 0.7x 1.7xmedian 2.4x 0.8xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 9.5xmedian 9.8x -12.3xmedian 18.3x 13.8xmedian 9.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 13.7xmedian 13.1x -247.7xmedian 20.5x 100.2xmedian 13.1x
P/B now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 1.8x 1.2xmedian 1.8x 4.0xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 0.20median 0.54 -0.39median 1.74 0.72median 0.54

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 monthsJLLSMRTCBRE
Revenue $28.20B $151.20M $45.01B
Gross profit – $54.98M $8.33B
Operating income $1.39B -$22.56M $2.06B
Net income $1.09B -$19.60M $1.52B
Free cash flow $1.11B -$1.05M $356.00M
R&D – $23.23M –
EPS (diluted) $23.47 $-0.10 $4.74
Cash & equivalents $514.30M $92.66M $1.68B
Total debt $1.96B – $8.85B
Shares (diluted) 46.69M 192.41M 291.61M
Enterprise value $13.36B -$135.46M $29.43B

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
MetricJLLSMRTCBRE
P/E 14.0x -13.3x 25.9x
P/FCF 13.7x -247.7x 100.2x
P/Operating cash flow 11.2x -369.1x 25.4x
P/S 0.5x 1.7x 0.8x
P/B 1.9x 1.2x 4.0x
P/Tangible book 2.1x 1.3x 5.7x
EV/EBITDA 9.5x -12.3x 13.8x
EV/EBIT 12.0x -7.4x 20.8x
EV/Revenue 0.6x 1.1x 1.0x
EV/FCF 15.0x -159.6x 120.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 12.3x -237.9x 30.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.20 -0.39 0.72

Growth

14 metrics
MetricJLLSMRTCBRE
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.4% -2.8% 14.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 11.2% -9.9% 13.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 10.3% 12.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 31.6% 10.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 44.5% 71.0% 19.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 37.1% 33.4% 34.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 73.0% 72.9% 14.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 68.3% 34.9% 34.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 79.7% 73.4% 15.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 70.8% 34.1% 35.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 22.1% 98.4% -16.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 44.6% 77.1% 47.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 21.6% 97.8% -62.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 66.4% 73.9% 132.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricJLLSMRTCBRE
Gross margin – 36.4% 18.5%
EBITDA margin 6.2% -9.0% 6.9%
Operating margin 4.9% -14.9% 4.6%
Pretax margin 4.8% -13.1% 4.3%
Net margin 3.9% -13.0% 3.1%
FCF margin 3.9% -0.7% 0.8%
Operating cash flow margin 4.8% -0.5% 3.1%
Return on equity 14.2% -8.6% 17.1%
Return on assets 6.1% -6.6% 4.9%
Return on invested capital 11.7% – 9.1%
Return on capital employed 13.6% -8.9% 10.7%
Asset turnover 1.6x 0.5x 1.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 0.0x 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue – 6.7% 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricJLLSMRTCBRE
Debt / assets 10.7% – 28.2%
Debt / equity 0.3x – 1.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.8x – 2.3x
Debt / FCF 1.8x – 24.9x
Liabilities / assets 57.2% 23.3% 71.2%
Equity / assets 42.8% 76.7% 28.8%
Interest coverage – -59.4x –
Current ratio 1.1x 3.8x 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.4x 3.1x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.1x 2.2x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 3.33 1.00 3.13

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricJLLSMRTCBRE
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 4.1% -0.4% 4.1%
Shareholder yield 4.1% -0.4% 4.1%
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.

ConsensusJLLSMRTCBRE
Forward P/E 13.9xFY2026 – 16.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $23.99FY2026 $-0.10FY2026 $7.50FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +27.6%FY2026 – +17.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +10.6% – +12.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $30.87BFY2026 $154.91MFY2026 $45.64BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +18.2%FY2026 +13.1%FY2026 +12.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.4% +28.9% +16.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersJLLSMRTCBRE
Held by institutions 93.2% 64.9% 96.9%
Institutions holding 661 130 1,067
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.2% +3.0% +0.6%
Institutions buying 317 72 518
Institutions selling 264 33 405
Buyers to sellers 1.20 2.18 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.

JLLSMRTCBRE
JLL 1.00 0.16 0.85
SMRT 0.16 1.00 0.15
CBRE 0.85 0.15 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, JLL, SMRT and CBRE?

Cbre (CBRE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) $15.23B, SmartRent (SMRT) $260.59M, Cbre (CBRE) $35.67B.

Which stock is cheaper, JLL, SMRT and CBRE?

Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) 14.0x, SmartRent (SMRT) -13.3x, Cbre (CBRE) 25.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) is cheapest (Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) 13.9x, Cbre (CBRE) 16.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Cbre (CBRE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) +11.4%, SmartRent (SMRT) -2.8%, Cbre (CBRE) +14.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) has the highest net margin (Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) 3.9%, SmartRent (SMRT) -13.0%, Cbre (CBRE) 3.1%). On return on invested capital, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) leads (Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) 11.7%, Cbre (CBRE) 9.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) returned the most: Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) +6.8%, SmartRent (SMRT) -2.2%, Cbre (CBRE) -22.4%. Over five years, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) compounded fastest (Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) +5.2%/yr, SmartRent (SMRT) -36.5%/yr, Cbre (CBRE) +3.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cbre (CBRE) has been the steadiest (Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) 37.5%, SmartRent (SMRT) 60.2%, Cbre (CBRE) 34.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, JLL, SMRT 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, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) leads on 8. 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.