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CBRE (CBRE) Q2 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimates

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CBRE Group (CBRE - Free Report) reported $9.75 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 16.2%. EPS of $1.19 for the same period compares to $0.81 a year ago.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of +4.14% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $9.37 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.05, the EPS surprise was +13.33%.

While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.

As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.

Here is how CBRE performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
  • Investment Management AUM: $155.30 billion versus $151.54 billion estimated by two analysts on average.
  • Revenue- Pass through costs also recognized as revenue: $4.09 billion versus $3.95 billion estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +19.5% change.
  • Total revenue- Real Estate Investments: $215 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $246.71 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -16%.
  • Revenue- Corporate, Other and Eliminations: $-7 million versus $103.24 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +133.3% change.
  • Total revenue- Advisory Services: $2 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $1.85 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -2.3%.
  • Revenue- Pass through costs also recognized as revenue- Advisory Services: $13 million compared to the $14.18 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -43.5% year over year.
  • Revenue- Building Operations & Experience: $5.76 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $5.36 billion.
  • Revenue- Project Management: $1.79 billion versus $1.66 billion estimated by two analysts on average.
  • Pass-through costs also recognized as revenue- Building Operations & Experience: $3.13 billion compared to the $2.95 billion average estimate based on two analysts.
  • Pass-through costs also recognized as revenue- Project Management: $939 million compared to the $897.6 million average estimate based on two analysts.
  • Total segment operating profit (loss)- Advisory Services: $380 million compared to the $326.52 million average estimate based on five analysts.
  • Operating income- Building Operations & Experience: $172 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $235.29 million.

View all Key Company Metrics for CBRE here>>>

Shares of CBRE have returned +4.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.

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