CBRE Group (CBRE) Competitors

Colliers International Group (NASDAQ:CIGI) and CBRE Group (NYSE:CBRE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CIGI or CBRE?

CBRE Group has higher revenue and earnings than Colliers International Group. CBRE Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colliers International Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Colliers International Group	$4.82B	1.66	$161.73M	$2.20	73.70
CBRE Group	$35.77B	1.32	$968M	$3.57	44.45

Which has more risk and volatility, CIGI or CBRE?

Colliers International Group has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CBRE Group has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CIGI or CBRE?

Colliers International Group currently has a consensus target price of $168.40, indicating a potential upside of 3.87%. CBRE Group has a consensus target price of $158.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.43%. Given Colliers International Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Colliers International Group is more favorable than CBRE Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Colliers International Group	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
CBRE Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Is CIGI or CBRE more profitable?

CBRE Group has a net margin of 2.86% compared to Colliers International Group's net margin of 2.17%. Colliers International Group's return on equity of 20.82% beat CBRE Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Colliers International Group	2.17%	20.82%	4.44%
CBRE Group	2.86%	18.89%	6.58%

Does the media favor CIGI or CBRE?

In the previous week, CBRE Group had 33 more articles in the media than Colliers International Group. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for CBRE Group and 8 mentions for Colliers International Group. CBRE Group's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Colliers International Group's score of 1.01 indicating that CBRE Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Colliers International Group	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CBRE Group	32 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CIGI or CBRE?

80.1% of Colliers International Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of CBRE Group shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of Colliers International Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CBRE Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

CBRE Group beats Colliers International Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.