Head-To-Head Review: CBRE Group (NYSE:CBRE) and FTAI Infrastructure (NASDAQ:FIP)

FTAI Infrastructure (NASDAQ:FIP) and CBRE Group (NYSE:CBRE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares FTAI Infrastructure and CBRE Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FTAI Infrastructure	$502.52 million	0.98	-$107.17 million	($4.51)	-0.92
CBRE Group	$40.55 billion	1.02	$1.16 billion	$4.39	32.09

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for FTAI Infrastructure and CBRE Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FTAI Infrastructure	1	0	3	0	2.50
CBRE Group	0	1	8	0	2.89

FTAI Infrastructure presently has a consensus target price of $9.94, indicating a potential upside of 138.88%. CBRE Group has a consensus target price of $178.86, indicating a potential upside of 26.95%. Given FTAI Infrastructure’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe FTAI Infrastructure is more favorable than CBRE Group.

Profitability

This table compares FTAI Infrastructure and CBRE Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FTAI Infrastructure	-68.58%	-147.01%	-7.66%
CBRE Group	3.11%	24.08%	7.29%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

87.4% of FTAI Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of CBRE Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of FTAI Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of CBRE Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

FTAI Infrastructure has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CBRE Group has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CBRE Group beats FTAI Infrastructure on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About FTAI Infrastructure

FTAI Infrastructure Inc. focuses on acquiring, developing, and operating assets and businesses that represent infrastructure for customers in the transportation, energy, and industrial products industries in North America. The company operates through five segments: Railroad, Jefferson Terminal, Repauno, Power and Gas, and Sustainability and Energy Transition. It operates a multi-modal crude oil and refined products terminal, and other related assets. The company also has a 1,630-acre deep-water port located along the Delaware River with an underground storage cavern, a multipurpose dock, a rail-to-ship transloading system, and multiple industrial development opportunities; and a 1,660-acre multi-modal port located along the Ohio River with rail, dock, and multiple industrial development opportunities, including a power plant under construction. In addition, it operates six freight railroads and one switching facility. FTAI Infrastructure Inc. was incorporated in 2021 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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.