JONES LANG LASALLE INC 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 9.7% and NMRK reads 26.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's JLL price has a different growth bar priced in than NMRK (+8.3% implied for JLL vs +12.2% 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 | $300.01 | $12.12 |
| Market cap | $14.1B | $3.1B |
| Sector | Real Estate Services | Real Estate Services |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +8.3% | +12.2% |
| P/E | 14.4 | 15.0 |
| P/B | 1.85 | 1.76 |
| P/S | 0.51 | 0.85 |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.5 | 7.9 |
| Revenue growth | +11.2% | +21.4% |
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 4.5% |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 4.1% |
| Return on equity | 13.1% | 8.5% |
| Return on assets | 5.7% | 2.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 12.4% | 7.5% |
| FCF yield | 9.7% | 26.1% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.09 | 0.50 |
| Current ratio | 1.13 | 1.09 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.14 | 1.65 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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