Cbre (CBRE) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Cbre (CBRE) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 10.59% in Q1 2026, up 5.13% quarter-over-quarter from 10.07% in Q4 2025, and up 36.0% on a YoY basis from 7.79% in Q1 2025.

Cbre (CBRE) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cbre's Return on Capital Employed history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 10.59% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 36.0% year-over-year to 10.59%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 10.59% (up 36.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 11.45%, up 148.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 10.59% for Q1 2026 at Cbre, up from 10.07% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 14.8% in Q3 2022 to a low of 6.18% in Q3 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 10.11% across 5 years, with a median of 9.83% in 2025.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed surged 405 bps in 2022, then slumped 861 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 12.47% in 2022, then slumped by 36 bps to 8.04% in 2023, then rose by 15 bps to 9.21% in 2024, then climbed by 9 bps to 10.07% in 2025, then advanced by 5 bps to 10.59% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 10.59% (Q1 2026), 10.07% (Q4 2025), and 10.16% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 IHS Holding 45.03 Bn 44.04 Bn 231.80 14,944,925.92%
2 Cbre 38.54 Bn 37.33 Bn 1.85 Bn 10.59%
3 Costar 14.00 Bn 12.72 Bn 701.00 Mn -0.27%
4 Jones Lang Lasalle 13.85 Bn 13.53 Bn - 11.31%
5 KE Holdings 7.04 Bn 4.80 Bn 661.06 Mn -
6 Compass 5.66 Bn 5.19 Bn 2.31 Bn -10.11%
7 Opendoor Technologies 4.24 Bn 4.17 Bn 72.00 Mn -18.92%
8 Cushman & Wakefield 3.11 Bn 2.51 Bn 420.70 Mn 8.90%
9 Newmark 2.67 Bn 2.62 Bn - 9.10%
10 Kennedy-Wilson Holdings 1.53 Bn 1.38 Bn 83.20 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 10.59%
Dec 31, 2025 10.07%
Sep 30, 2025 10.16%
Jun 30, 2025 9.83%
Mar 31, 2025 10.23%
Dec 31, 2024 9.21%
Sep 30, 2024 8.98%
Jun 30, 2024 8.39%
Mar 31, 2024 8.83%
Dec 31, 2023 8.04%
Sep 30, 2023 6.18%
Jun 30, 2023 7.27%
Mar 31, 2023 9.72%
Dec 31, 2022 12.47%
Sep 30, 2022 14.80%
Jun 30, 2022 14.39%
Mar 31, 2022 12.63%
Dec 31, 2021 13.11%
Sep 30, 2021 12.77%
Jun 30, 2021 11.27%