CBRE Group (NYSE:CBRE) & Anywhere Real Estate (NYSE:HOUS) Head-To-Head Review

Anywhere Real Estate (NYSE:HOUS) and CBRE Group (NYSE:CBRE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Anywhere Real Estate and CBRE Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Anywhere Real Estate	1	3	0	0	1.75
CBRE Group	0	2	8	0	2.80

Anywhere Real Estate currently has a consensus price target of $9.13, suggesting a potential downside of 5.70%. CBRE Group has a consensus price target of $170.78, suggesting a potential upside of 8.72%. Given CBRE Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CBRE Group is more favorable than Anywhere Real Estate.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

97.6% of Anywhere Real Estate shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of CBRE Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Anywhere Real Estate shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CBRE Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Anywhere Real Estate and CBRE Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Anywhere Real Estate	$5.69 billion	0.19	-$128.00 million	($0.98)	-9.87
CBRE Group	$35.77 billion	1.31	$968.00 million	$3.57	44.00

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

Profitability

This table compares Anywhere Real Estate and CBRE Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Anywhere Real Estate	-1.87%	-4.57%	-1.24%
CBRE Group	2.86%	18.89%	6.58%

Volatility & Risk

Anywhere Real Estate has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CBRE Group has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CBRE Group beats Anywhere Real Estate on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Anywhere Real Estate

Anywhere Real Estate Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides residential real estate services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Anywhere Brands, Anywhere Advisors, and Anywhere Integrated Services. The Anywhere Brands segment franchises the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, Century 21, Coldwell Banker, Coldwell Banker Commercial, Corcoran, ERA, and Sotheby's International Realty brand names. This segment also includes global relocation services under Cartus brand name; and lead generation activities. The Anywhere Advisors segment operates a full-service residential real estate brokerage business under the Coldwell Banker, Corcoran, and Sotheby's International Realty brand names to assist home buyers and sellers in the listing, marketing, selling, and finding homes. This segment also operates real estate auction joint venture. The Anywhere Integrated Services segment provides full-service title, escrow, and settlement services to consumers, real estate companies, corporations, and financial institutions primarily in support of residential real estate transactions. This segment also originates and markets its mortgage lending services to other real estate brokerage companies. The company was formerly known as Realogy Holdings Corp. and changed its name to Anywhere Real Estate Inc. in June 2022. Anywhere Real Estate Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Madison, New Jersey.

About CBRE Group

CBRE Group, Inc. operates as a commercial real estate services and investment company in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. 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, accounting, and financial services on a contractual basis for owners of and investors in office, industrial, and retail properties; and valuation services that include market value appraisals, litigation support, discounted cash flow analyses, and feasibility studies, as well as consulting services, such as property condition reports, hotel advisory, and environmental consulting. The Global Workplace Solutions segment provides facilities management, including day-to-day management of client-occupied space, headquarters, regional offices, administrative offices, data centers and other critical facilities, manufacturing and laboratory facilities, and distribution facilities and retail space; and project management services comprising building consulting, program, and project and cost management services under the Turner & Townsend brand name. The Real Estate Investments segment offers investment management services under the CBRE Investment Management brand to pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, foundations, endowments, and other institutional investors; and development services, such as real estate development and investment activities under the Trammell Crow Company and Telford Homes brands to users and investors in commercial real estate, and for their own account. CBRE Group, Inc. was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.