XEL vs IX vs CBRE Stock Comparison

Xcel Energy, Orix and Cbre Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
XEL Xcel Energy Inc
$78.05 +10.5% 1M -2.9% 1Y
Market cap
$48.66B
P/E
21.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.62B
Div. yield
–
Regulated Electric Utilities Utilities
3 wins
IX Orix Corp
$36.44 -6.8% 1M +44.8% 1Y
Market cap
$40.87B
P/E
10.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$55.33B
Div. yield
–
Specialty Finance Financial Services
4 wins
CBRE Cbre Group, Inc.
$123.36 -9.6% 1M -24.9% 1Y
Market cap
$35.49B
P/E
25.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$45.01B
Div. yield
–
Commercial Real Estate Services Real Estate
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Orix leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Orix 4, Cbre 4, Xcel Energy 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionXELIXCBRELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $48.66B $40.87B $35.49B XEL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 21.8x 10.2x 25.7x IX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.2x 7.9x 16.4x IX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.7% +2.8% +14.8% CBRE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.3% 7.3% 3.1% XEL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 4.5% 3.0% 9.1% CBRE
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 6.4x — 2.3x CBRE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -2.9% +44.8% -24.9% IX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.6%/yr +14.0%/yr +3.5%/yr IX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 19.2% 28.7% 34.5% XEL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 16/100 50/100 61/100 CBRE

Percentile Scorecard

XELIXCBRE

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

AxisXELIXCBRE
Valuation 5 #64 of 67 56 #75 of 170 41 #11 of 18
Growth 14 #56 of 65 74 #43 of 165 67 #6 of 16
Profitability 28 #47 of 65 58 #65 of 155 80 #4 of 16
Financial Health 32 #45 of 66 53 #77 of 163 44 #10 of 17
Shareholder Returns 0 #67 of 67 10 #124 of 137 71 #3 of 8
Overall 16 50 61
  • XEL ranked among 67 companies in Regulated Utilities
  • IX ranked among 175 companies in Lending and Credit
  • 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

PeriodXELIXCBRESPY
1 month +10.5%-6.8%-9.6% -1.0%
3 months -4.4%-9.6%-11.6% +2.9%
6 months -1.4%+19.9%-16.8% +6.4%
Year to date +5.7%+24.7%-23.3% +11.4%
1 year -2.9%+44.8%-24.9% +13.1%
3 years +32.1%+101.7%+84.6% +79.4%
3 years, per year +9.7%+26.4%+22.7% +21.5%
5 years +19.1%+92.2%+18.7% +67.7%
5 years, per year +3.6%+14.0%+3.5% +10.9%
10 years +95.4%+158.8%+343.3% +255.2%
10 years, per year +6.9%+10.0%+16.1% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureXELIXCBRESPY
Volatility, 1Y 19.2%28.7%34.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 19.4%28.1%35.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.020.990.92 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.151.56-0.72 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -37.4%-39.0%-40.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -7.0%-11.8%-28.1% -2.5%
52-week high $83.91$41.31$171.61 $779.14
52-week low $69.39$24.22$123.36 $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.

MultipleXELIXCBRE
P/E now vs peer median 21.8xmedian 20.8x 10.1xmedian 11.0x 25.8xmedian 20.5x
P/S now vs peer median 3.3xmedian 2.8x 0.7xmedian 2.6x 0.8xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 14.8xmedian 13.1x —median 13.1x 13.8xmedian 9.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median -6.3xmedian 36.7x —median 6.9x 99.9xmedian 12.3x
P/B now vs peer median 2.0xmedian 1.7x 1.4xmedian 0.7x 3.9xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 5.11median 2.27 0.39median 0.31 0.72median 0.50

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 monthsXELIXCBRE
Revenue $14.62B $55.33B $45.01B
Gross profit – $13.35B $8.33B
Operating income $2.79B $3.05B $2.06B
Net income $2.23B $4.10B $1.52B
Free cash flow -$7.69B – $356.00M
EPS (diluted) $3.56 $3.58 $4.74
Cash & equivalents $2.01B $5.98B $1.68B
Total debt $39.46B $38.96B $35.74B
Shares (diluted) 627.00M 1.12B 291.61M
Enterprise value $43.57B $9.59B $28.79B

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
MetricXELIXCBRE
P/E 21.8x 10.1x 25.8x
P/FCF -6.3x – 99.9x
P/Operating cash flow 10.2x – 25.4x
P/S 3.3x 0.7x 0.8x
P/B 2.0x 1.4x 3.9x
P/Tangible book 2.0x 1.4x 5.7x
EV/EBITDA 14.8x – 13.8x
EV/EBIT 30.9x 24.2x 20.8x
EV/Revenue 5.9x 1.3x 0.9x
EV/FCF -11.2x – 120.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 18.1x – 30.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 5.11 0.39 0.72

Growth

14 metrics
MetricXELIXCBRE
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.7% 2.8% 14.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.4% 7.3% 13.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 1,837% 12.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -24.8% 10.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 11.0% 24.1% 19.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 4.6% 7.6% 34.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 7.7% 62.7% 14.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 8.8% 23.4% 34.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 1.0% 64.4% 15.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 4.3% 25.9% 35.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 5.8% – -16.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 2.7% – 47.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -97.2% – -62.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -112.8% – 132.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricXELIXCBRE
Gross margin – 24.1% 18.5%
EBITDA margin 39.9% – 6.9%
Operating margin 19.1% 5.5% 4.6%
Pretax margin 13.7% 11.1% 4.3%
Net margin 15.3% 7.3% 3.1%
FCF margin -52.6% – 0.8%
Operating cash flow margin 32.6% – 3.1%
Return on equity 9.3% 14.1% 17.1%
Return on assets 2.6% 3.6% 4.9%
Return on invested capital 4.5% 3.0% 9.1%
Return on capital employed 3.6% – 10.7%
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.5x 1.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.1x – 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% – 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricXELIXCBRE
Debt / assets 45.3% 34.6% 28.2%
Debt / equity 1.6x 1.3x 1.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 6.4x – 2.3x
Debt / FCF -5.1x – 24.9x
Liabilities / assets 72.4% 73.8% 71.2%
Equity / assets 27.6% 26.2% 28.8%
Interest coverage 1.7x 2.4x –
Current ratio 0.7x – 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.4x – 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.2x – 0.1x
Altman Z-score 0.86 – 3.12

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricXELIXCBRE
Dividend yield 3.0% 1.1% –
Net buyback yield -4.5% – 4.1%
Shareholder yield -1.6% 1.1% 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.

ConsensusXELIXCBRE
Forward P/E 18.2xFY2026 7.9xFY2026 16.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.29FY2026 $4.59FY2026 $7.50FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +12.9%FY2026 +80.7%FY2026 +17.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +2.3% -27.7% +13.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $16.57BFY2026 $22.87BFY2026 $45.90BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.9%FY2026 +8.2%FY2026 +13.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.7% -3.2% +15.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersXELIXCBRE
Held by institutions 95.4% 3.3% 96.9%
Institutions holding 1,284 318 1,067
Change in shares held, QoQ +7.3% +9.5% +0.6%
Institutions buying 663 209 518
Institutions selling 386 57 405
Buyers to sellers 1.72 3.67 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.

XELIXCBRE
XEL 1.00 0.09 0.07
IX 0.09 1.00 0.15
CBRE 0.07 0.15 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, XEL, IX and CBRE?

Xcel Energy (XEL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Xcel Energy (XEL) $48.66B, Orix (IX) $40.87B, Cbre (CBRE) $35.49B.

Which stock is cheaper, XEL, IX and CBRE?

Orix (IX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Xcel Energy (XEL) 21.8x, Orix (IX) 10.2x, Cbre (CBRE) 25.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Orix (IX) is cheapest (Xcel Energy (XEL) 18.2x, Orix (IX) 7.9x, 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?

Cbre (CBRE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Xcel Energy (XEL) +4.7%, Orix (IX) +2.8%, Cbre (CBRE) +14.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Xcel Energy (XEL) has the highest net margin (Xcel Energy (XEL) 15.3%, Orix (IX) 7.3%, Cbre (CBRE) 3.1%). On return on invested capital, Cbre (CBRE) leads (Xcel Energy (XEL) 4.5%, Orix (IX) 3.0%, Cbre (CBRE) 9.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Orix (IX) returned the most: Xcel Energy (XEL) -2.9%, Orix (IX) +44.8%, Cbre (CBRE) -24.9%. Over five years, Orix (IX) compounded fastest (Xcel Energy (XEL) +3.6%/yr, Orix (IX) +14.0%/yr, Cbre (CBRE) +3.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Xcel Energy (XEL) has been the steadiest (Xcel Energy (XEL) 19.2%, Orix (IX) 28.7%, Cbre (CBRE) 34.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, XEL, IX 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, Orix (IX) leads on 4. 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.