CBRE Group, Inc. · CBRE · FY2026 Q2 · Calendar Q3 2026

CBRE raises EPS outlook as infrastructure and data centers lead growth

The quarter supports a constructive earnings-growth case for CBRE: infrastructure and data-center demand remained strong, leasing was resilient and guidance increased. The thesis still depends on execution, project capacity, capital allocation discipline and demand holding up against rates and macro uncertainty.

Reported Before market openNYSEReal Estate $40.86B market cap
100quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $1.56 Consensus $1.47
EPS surprise +6.1% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $11.23B Consensus $11.18B
Revenue surprise +0.4% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move +0.5% Event window
SPY move -1.5% Same window
Abnormal move +2.0% Stock minus SPY
Volume 2.2× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +1.7% Up to 20 sessions
CBRESPY benchmark

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What changed

Compared with the prior quarter, CBRE reported broader growth and lifted full-year core EPS guidance to $7.80-$7.90. Infrastructure and data-center services strengthened, while management added detail on AI deployment, the Turner & Townsend partnership and a longer-term data-center ambition.

Guidance delta

Full-year 2026 core EPS guidance rose to $7.80-$7.90 from the prior quarter's $7.60-$7.80 range.

Key takeaways

  • Core EPS rose 30% year over year, while revenue increased 16%.
  • Infrastructure revenue grew more than 45% and data-center services revenue grew about 30%.
  • Management cited AI-enabled services, M&A, buybacks and a data-center expansion plan as important longer-term priorities.

Management priorities

  • Scale data-center and critical-infrastructure services, targeting a $10 billion business and more than $1 billion of EBITDA by 2030.
  • Embed AI across transactions, project management and facilities management.
  • Balance infrastructure and technology-services M&A with share repurchases and monetize remaining U.S. land-bank sites as conditions allow.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
CBRE EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q1 '24 estimate $0.69 Q1 '24 actual $0.78, beat Q2 '24 estimate $0.71 Q2 '24 actual $0.81, beat Q3 '24 estimate $1.06 Q3 '24 actual $1.20, beat Q2 '25 estimate $1.07 Q2 '25 actual $1.19, beat Q3 '25 estimate $1.46 Q3 '25 actual $1.61, beat Q4 '25 estimate $2.68 Q4 '25 actual $2.73, beat Q1 '26 estimate $1.13 Q1 '26 actual $1.61, beat Q2 '26 estimate $1.47 Q2 '26 actual $1.56, beat Q3 '26 estimate $1.95 Q4 '26 estimate $2.79 Q1 '27 estimate $1.52
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy20 ratings
Bullish1365.0%
Neutral630.0%
Bearish15.0%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$136.41Current
$107Low
$150.7Average
$185High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Sep 23, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Barclays Overweight OverweightMaintainAug 17, 2026
UBS Buy BuyMaintainJul 30, 2026
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Outperform OutperformMaintainJul 30, 2026
Evercore ISI Group Outperform OutperformMaintainJul 30, 2026
Morgan Stanley Overweight OverweightMaintainOct 7, 2025
JP Morgan Overweight OverweightMaintainAug 26, 2025
Raymond James Outperform OutperformMaintainJul 24, 2025
Jefferies Buy HoldUpgradeJan 2, 2025
Citigroup Buy BuyMaintainNov 25, 2024
Goldman Sachs Buy BuyMaintainApr 11, 2023
Wolfe Research Outperform OutperformMaintainMar 10, 2022
CFRA Sell HoldDowngradeMay 8, 2020
Compass Point Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 11, 2019
Bank of America Neutral BuyDowngradeJan 3, 2019
B of A Securities Neutral BuyDowngradeJan 3, 2019
JMP Securities Market Perform Market OutperformDowngradeJan 24, 2018
Wedbush Outperform OutperformMaintainOct 6, 2016
Keefe Bruyette & Woods Perform Market PerformMaintainMay 16, 2016
Sterne Agee CRT Buy BuyMaintainAug 26, 2015
S&P Capital IQ Hold BuyDowngradeAug 1, 2012
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $136.41. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$183$152.83 +34.2%Aug 17, 2026
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$175$147.52 +28.3%Jul 30, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$180$143.88 +32.0%Jul 28, 2026
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$169$136.05 +23.9%Jun 30, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$178$140.05 +30.5%May 5, 2026
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$179$148.55 +31.2%Apr 24, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$175$145.94 +28.3%Apr 14, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$185$147.01 +35.6%Feb 22, 2026
Raymond JamesPatrick O\'Shaughnessy$180$133.87 +32.0%Feb 12, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$192$164.25 +40.8%Jan 13, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$175$164.2 +28.3%Oct 24, 2025
UBSAlex Kramm$165$152.46 +21.0%Oct 10, 2025
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$185$164.98 +35.6%Aug 25, 2025
Raymond JamesPatrick O'Shaughnessy$152$141.02 +11.4%Jan 24, 2025
Evercore ISISteve Sakawa$132$120.84 -3.2%Oct 4, 2024
CFRACatherine Seifert$115$111.22 -15.7%Jul 29, 2024
Evercore ISISteve Sakawa$123$109.37 -9.8%Jul 26, 2024
Raymond JamesPatrick O'Shaughnessy$124$106.92 -9.1%Jul 25, 2024
UBSAlex Kramm$95$87.08 -30.4%Jul 3, 2024
JefferiesPeter Abramowitz$107$96.2 -21.6%Apr 10, 2024
Evercore ISISteve Sakawa$104$94.98 -23.8%Apr 2, 2024
Raymond JamesAnalyst unavailable$113$83.27 -17.2%Aug 5, 2022
Raymond JamesAnalyst unavailable$111$83.92 -18.6%Apr 26, 2022
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

CBRE Group, Inc. operates as a commercial real estate services and investment company in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company operates through Advisory Services, Building Operations and Experience, Project Management, and Real Estate Investments segments. The Advisory Services segment offers strategic advice and execution to owners, investors, and occupiers of real estate in connection with leasing of offices, and industrial and retail space; clients fully integrated property sales services under the CBRE Capital Markets brand; clients commercial mortgage and structured financing services; originates and sells commercial mortgage loans; property management services, such as marketing, building engineering, lease administration, accounting, investment reporting services, financial services on a contractual basis for owners of and investors in office, industrial, and retail properties; and valuation services…

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  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-07-29T15:04:48.849708+00:00
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