NYSE$CBRE
CBRE Group Inc · Q1 2023 earnings
Q1 2023 earnings · · Investor relations
Briefing
CBRE's first quarter results were slightly better than expected, but still significantly down from last year. The company maintains its earnings outlook for full-year 2023.
CBRE Group, Inc. reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023. GAAP EPS declined 68% to $0.37, and Core EPS declined 34% to $0.92. Revenue was $7.411 billion, a 1.1% increase year-over-year.
- First quarter results were slightly better than expected, led by resilient business elements and cost management.
- Full-year 2023 earnings outlook maintained, with core earnings per share expected to decline by low-to-mid double digits, but exceed the prior peak in 2024.
- Cyclically resilient businesses, including Global Workplace Solutions, loan servicing, and property management, rose nearly 10% and are expected to generate over 50% of business segment operating profit.
- GWS had its strongest first quarter for new business since 2019, with pipeline rising to a record level.
Headline financials
Revenue & EPS history
CBRE · Revenue · Quarterly
$7.41B
Revenue by segment
CBRE · $2.08B total across 2 segments · Q1 2023
- Advisory Services$1.85B-17.5%89.2%
- Real Estate Investments$224M-21.2%10.8%
Forward guidance
CBRE is maintaining its earnings outlook for full-year 2023, with core earnings per share expected to decline by low-to-mid double digits this year, but then exceed the prior peak in 2024.
Tailwinds
- Benefits from the diversification of the business.
- Intense focus on cost management.
- Expectation that a recession this year will be moderate.
- Eventual easing of the Fed’s monetary policy will spur a rebound in economic activity in 2024.
- GWS pipeline rose to a record level with growth across nearly all key client sectors.
Headwinds
- Pressure on transactional businesses is expected to intensify further this year.
- Uncertainty in the outlook is higher than 60 days ago.
- Non-core operating loss totaled $26 million, primarily due to the lower fair-value of the company’s investment in Altus Power, Inc.
- Sales revenue fell 41% due to severely constrained capital availability and especially difficult comparisons with first-quarter 2022.
- Most debt capital sources sharply curtailed their lending activity.
Historical earnings impact
How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.
Avg. return before/after earnings
Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2023
+1.3%
Avg return
Earnings day
+1.5%
Avg return
5 days after
+2.9%
Avg return
30 days after
59%
41 / 69 earnings
Positive
+14.8%
Q3 2020
Best reaction
-8.8%
Q4 2025
Worst reaction
| Quarter | Report date | Reaction (Day 0) | +5 days | +30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | -0.4% | -4.3% | -14.5% | |
| Q4 2025 | -8.8% | -5.5% | -10.5% | |
| Q3 2025 | +0.1% | -2.6% | -4.3% | |
| Q2 2025 | +7.8% | +5.0% | +10.5% | |
| Q1 2025 | +0.8% | -0.2% | -0.8% | |
| Q4 2024 | +1.8% | +2.2% | -10.7% | |
| Q3 2024 | +7.7% | +6.3% | +10.0% | |
| Q2 2024 | +12.5% | +13.9% | +19.1% | |
| Q1 2024 | -0.5% | -0.3% | +1.5% | |
| Q4 2023 | +7.2% | +4.7% | +7.3% | |
| Q3 2023 | +1.6% | +5.6% | +18.9% | |
| Q2 2023 | -6.7% | -6.1% | -6.5% | |
| Q1 2023 | +9.6% | +7.4% | +8.0% | |
| Q4 2022 | -1.1% | -0.9% | -19.9% | |
| Q3 2022 | -2.6% | +0.2% | +6.4% | |
| Q2 2022 | +0.4% | -0.3% | -7.7% | |
| Q1 2022 | -5.1% | -8.2% | -6.6% | |
| Q4 2021 | +2.7% | -0.5% | -6.0% | |
| Q3 2021 | +0.5% | -1.4% | -5.2% | |
| Q2 2021 | +6.0% | +5.7% | +5.1% | |
| Q1 2021 | +3.1% | +3.4% | +6.2% | |
| Q4 2020 | +2.6% | +0.7% | +1.6% | |
| Q3 2020 | +14.8% | +18.2% | +39.2% | |
| Q2 2020 | -4.4% | -1.0% | +10.6% | |
| Q1 2020 | +9.0% | -2.5% | +41.6% | |
| Q4 2019 | -1.4% | +1.4% | -31.1% | |
| Q3 2019 | -1.9% | -0.7% | +5.3% | |
| Q2 2019 | +0.9% | -2.7% | -1.4% | |
| Q1 2019 | -2.8% | -3.8% | -1.5% | |
| Q4 2018 | +3.4% | +4.6% | +5.9% | |
| Q3 2018 | +3.6% | +6.3% | +8.4% | |
| Q2 2018 | -0.7% | -0.5% | -2.1% | |
| Q1 2018 | +0.3% | +1.0% | +0.6% | |
| Q4 2017 | -1.5% | +3.8% | +11.9% | |
| Q3 2017 | +3.9% | +4.6% | +10.2% | |
| Q2 2017 | -1.9% | -1.6% | -7.8% | |
| Q1 2017 | +3.6% | +4.1% | -0.5% | |
| Q4 2016 | +9.2% | +12.3% | +15.3% | |
| Q3 2016 | -6.7% | -7.0% | +5.8% | |
| Q2 2016 | -1.4% | -1.9% | +2.7% | |
| Q1 2016 | -3.2% | — | — | |
| Q4 2015 | +0.3% | — | — | |
| Q3 2015 | +8.9% | — | — | |
| Q2 2015 | -0.4% | — | — | |
| Q1 2015 | -0.8% | — | — | |
| Q4 2014 | +3.3% | — | — | |
| Q3 2014 | +1.3% | — | — | |
| Q2 2014 | -4.0% | — | — | |
| Q1 2014 | +9.9% | — | — | |
| Q4 2013 | -3.5% | — | — | |
| Q3 2013 | +0.3% | — | — | |
| Q2 2013 | -2.4% | — | — | |
| Q1 2013 | -1.7% | — | — | |
| Q4 2012 | +8.7% | — | — | |
| Q3 2012 | -1.3% | — | — | |
| Q2 2012 | +2.6% | — | — | |
| Q1 2012 | +3.7% | — | — | |
| Q4 2011 | +3.1% | — | — | |
| Q3 2011 | -5.8% | — | — | |
| Q2 2011 | +1.0% | — | — | |
| Q1 2010 | -2.7% | — | — | |
| Q1 2011 | +2.4% | — | — | |
| Q4 2008 | -1.8% | — | — | |
| Q4 2010 | -1.8% | — | — | |
| Q3 2009 | +1.5% | — | — | |
| Q3 2010 | +1.5% | — | — | |
| Q2 2009 | +1.8% | — | — | |
| Q2 2010 | +1.8% | — | — | |
| Q4 2009 | +1.8% | — | — |
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