Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated vs NEWMARK GROUP, INC., two Real Estate Services stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where JLL and NMRK diverge most: on debt / equity, JLL reads 0.09 and NMRK reads 0.50; on fcf yield, JLL reads 8.2% and NMRK reads 1.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's JLL price has a different growth bar priced in than NMRK (+15.8% implied for JLL vs +21.2% for NMRK); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What JLL's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What NMRK's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | JLL | NMRK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $355.50 | $15.00 |
| Market cap | $16.7B | $3.8B |
| Sector | Real Estate Services | Real Estate Services |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +15.8% | +21.2% |
| P/E | 17.0 | 18.5 |
| P/B | 2.19 | 2.29 |
| P/S | 0.61 | 1.11 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.3 | 9.7 |
| Revenue growth | +11.2% | +22.1% |
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 3.2% |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Return on equity | 13.1% | 8.9% |
| Return on assets | 5.7% | 2.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 12.4% | 9.2% |
| FCF yield | 8.2% | 1.8% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.09 | 0.50 |
| Current ratio | 1.13 | 1.08 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.30 | 1.71 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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