CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE) today reported financial results
for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024.
Key Highlights:
- Revenue up 9%; net revenue up 11%
- Resilient Business(1) net revenue increased 14%, bolstered by
Turner & Townsend’s 18% growth
- Advisory transaction revenue - leasing and capital markets -
rose 5%, supported by growth of 13% in U.S. leasing revenue and 20%
in mortgage origination fees
- GAAP EPS down 34% to $0.42; Core EPS down 2% to $0.81
- Deployed $1.3 billion of capital year-to-date across M&A
and REI co-investments
- Both net cash flow from operations and free cash flow improved
by approximately $300 million; free cash flow conversion was nearly
90%
- Now expect slightly over $1 billion of free cash flow for the
full year
- Increased full-year Core EPS outlook to a range of $4.70 to
$4.90 – up from $4.25 to $4.65
“CBRE had a successful second quarter for three reasons. First,
revenue, profitability and cash flow exceeded our expectations,
with outperformance across all three business segments. Second, we
made several sizable capital investments consistent with our
strategy to invest in cyclically resilient or secularly favored
elements of our business. And third, we made quick, material
progress on the cost challenges we identified last quarter,” said
Bob Sulentic, chair and chief executive officer of CBRE.
Consolidated Financial Results
Overview
The following table presents highlights of CBRE performance
(dollars in millions, except per share data; totals may not add due
to rounding):
% Change
Q2 2024
Q2 2023
USD
LC (2)
Operating Results
Revenue
$
8,391
$
7,720
8.7
%
9.4
%
Net revenue (3)
4,971
4,478
11.0
%
11.7
%
GAAP net income
130
201
(35.5
)%
(31.8
)%
GAAP EPS
0.42
0.64
(34.2
)%
(30.4
)%
Core adjusted net income (4)
248
258
(3.8
)%
(1.0
)%
Core EBITDA (5)
505
504
0.3
%
1.7
%
Core EPS (4)
0.81
0.82
(1.9
)%
1.0
%
Cash Flow Results
Cash flow provided by (used in)
operations
$
287
$
(11
)
N/M
Less: Capital expenditures
67
75
(10.6
)%
Free cash flow (6)
$
220
$
(86
)
N/M
Advisory Services
Segment
The following table presents highlights of the Advisory Services
segment performance (dollars in millions; totals may not add due to
rounding):
% Change
Q2 2024
Q2 2023
USD
LC
Revenue
$
2,218
$
2,042
8.6
%
9.3
%
Net revenue
2,195
2,021
8.6
%
9.3
%
Segment operating profit (7)
344
315
9.2
%
10.4
%
Segment operating profit on revenue margin
(8)
15.5
%
15.5
%
— pts
0.1 pts
Segment operating profit on net revenue
margin (8)
15.7
%
15.6
%
0.1 pts
0.2 pts
Note: all percent changes cited are vs. second-quarter 2023,
except where noted.
Property Leasing
- Global leasing revenue rose 9% (same local currency), exceeding
expectations.
- Growth was driven by the Americas, with leasing revenue up 12%
(13% local currency), including 13% in the United States.
- Asia-Pacific (APAC) leasing revenue rose 3% (7% local
currency), with solid growth across most of the region.
- In Europe, the Middle East & Africa (EMEA), leasing revenue
fell 3% (4% local currency) with growth in the Netherlands, Poland
and Spain offset by weakness elsewhere in the region.
- Globally, office leasing once again increased by double digits,
led by the United States. New York office leasing was a key driver
in the quarter.
- U.S. leasing showed continued momentum in July.
Capital Markets
- Property sales revenue began to stabilize. Global sales revenue
declined 3% (2% local currency), less pronounced than
expected.
- EMEA once again paced global activity with sales revenue up 3%
(same local currency), led by double-digit growth in the United
Kingdom, where property values have largely reset.
- In contrast, sales revenue fell 4% (same local currency) in the
Americas and 5% (up 1% local currency) in APAC. Greater China,
India and Singapore showed solid growth in the quarter.
- Among property types, industrial and multifamily sales showed
global growth.
- Mortgage origination revenue jumped 38% (same local currency),
led by a 20% increase in loan origination fees reflecting
refinancing activity with debt funds, as well as higher interest
earnings on escrow balances.
Other Advisory Business Lines
- Loan servicing revenue rose 7% (6% local currency). The
servicing portfolio increased to more than $425 billion, up 3% for
the quarter and 7% from a year ago.
- Property management net revenue increased 16% (same local
currency), fueled by the onboarding of the Brookfield 65 million
sq. ft. U.S. office portfolio.
- Valuations revenue edged up 2% (3% local currency). Growth was
strongest in Continental Europe.
Global Workplace Solutions
(GWS) Segment
The following table presents highlights of the GWS segment
performance (dollars in millions; totals may not add due to
rounding):
% Change
Q2 2024
Q2 2023
USD
LC
Revenue
$
5,944
$
5,426
9.5
%
10.3
%
Net revenue
2,547
2,205
15.5
%
16.3
%
Segment operating profit
258
233
10.8
%
12.0
%
Segment operating profit on revenue
margin
4.3
%
4.3
%
— pts
0.1 pts
Segment operating profit on net revenue
margin
10.1
%
10.6
%
(0.4 pts)
(0.4 pts)
Note: all percent changes cited are vs. second-quarter 2023,
except where noted.
- Facilities management net revenue increased 18% (19% local
currency), paced by strength in the Local business. Organic net
revenue, which excludes contributions from companies acquired since
July 1, 2023, was also up by double digits.
- Project management net revenue rose 11% (12% local currency),
with continued strong growth from Turner & Townsend.
- Net operating margin improved 20 basis points compared with
first-quarter 2024 reflecting the early benefit of recent cost
actions but was below the prior-year second quarter level.
Real Estate Investments (REI)
Segment
The following table presents highlights of the REI segment
performance (dollars in millions):
% Change
Q2 2024
Q2 2023
USD
LC
Revenue
$
232
$
256
(9.2
)%
(9.2
)%
Segment operating profit
10
33
(69.8
)%
(68.4
)%
Note: all percent changes cited are vs. second-quarter 2023,
except where noted.
Investment Management
- Total revenue slipped 2% (1% local currency).
- Operating profit increased 4% (5% local currency) to
approximately $39 million, largely due to higher co-investment
returns.
- Assets Under Management (AUM) totaled $142.5 billion, a
decrease of $1.5 billion from first-quarter 2024. The decrease was
primarily driven by lower asset values as well as adverse foreign
currency movement.
Real Estate Development
- Global development operating loss(9) totaled approximately $26
million. As expected, asset sales activity was limited in the
period.
- The in-process portfolio ended second-quarter 2024 at $18.8
billion, unchanged from first-quarter 2024. The pipeline increased
$0.3 billion during the quarter to $13.1 billion.
Corporate and Other
Segment
- Non-core operating loss totaled $13 million, primarily due to
the lower value of the company’s investment in Altus Power, Inc.
(NYSE:AMPS), reflecting a decline in its share price during the
quarter.
- Core corporate operating loss increased by approximately $29
million, primarily due to a resetting of incentive compensation,
which had been reduced in last year’s second quarter.
Capital Allocation
Overview
- Free Cash Flow – During the second quarter of 2024, free
cash flow was $220 million. This reflected cash provided by
operating activities of $287 million, adjusted for total capital
expenditures of $67 million.(10) Cash flow conversion improved to
64% on a trailing 12-month basis, the third consecutive
increase.
- Stock Repurchase Program – The company repurchased
approximately 0.6 million shares for $48.4 million ($87.25 average
price per share) during the second quarter. There was approximately
$1.4 billion of capacity remaining under the company’s authorized
stock repurchase program as of June 30, 2024.
- Acquisitions and Investments – During the second
quarter, CBRE made acquisitions totaling approximately $290.9
million in cash and non-cash consideration, primarily for Direct
Line Global, a leading provider of technical facilities management
services for data center owners and operators. Direct Line Global
serves the world’s largest global technology companies across the
hyperscale, co-location and enterprise markets. CBRE also acquired
a provider of local facilities management technical services in
Canada. During the quarter, CBRE also announced plans to combine
its project management business with its Turner & Townsend
subsidiary. The combined business, which will be reported as a
separate business segment beginning in 2025, will create a premier
project, program and cost management business with more than 20,000
employees serving clients in over 60 countries.
Leverage and Financing
Overview
- Leverage – CBRE’s net leverage ratio (net debt(11) to
trailing twelve-month core EBITDA) was 1.58x as of June 30, 2024,
which is substantially below the company’s primary debt covenant of
4.25x. The net leverage ratio is computed as follows (dollars in
millions):
As of
June 30, 2024
Total debt
$
4,247
Less: Cash (12)
928
Net debt (11)
$
3,319
Divided by: Trailing twelve-month Core
EBITDA
$
2,103
Net leverage ratio
1.58x
- Liquidity – As of June 30, 2024, the company had
approximately $3.7 billion of total liquidity, consisting of $927.7
million in cash, plus the ability to borrow an aggregate of
approximately $2.7 billion under its revolving credit facilities,
net of any outstanding letters of credit.
Conference Call Details
The company’s second quarter earnings webcast and conference
call will be held today, Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 8:30 a.m.
Eastern Time. Investors are encouraged to access the webcast via
this link or they can click this link beginning at
8:15 a.m. Eastern Time for automated access to the conference
call.
Alternatively, investors may dial into the conference call using
these operator-assisted phone numbers: 877.407.8037 (U.S.) or
201.689.8037 (International). A replay of the call will be
available starting at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 25, 2024. The
replay is accessible by dialing 877.660.6853 (U.S.) or 201.612.7415
(International) and using the access code: 13747576#. A transcript
of the call will be available on the company's Investor Relations
website at https://ir.cbre.com.
About CBRE Group,
Inc.
CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500
company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial
real estate services and investment firm (based on 2023 revenue).
The company has more than 130,000 employees (including Turner &
Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries.
CBRE serves a diverse range of clients with an integrated suite of
services, including facilities, transaction and project management;
property management; investment management; appraisal and
valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales;
mortgage services and development services. Please visit our
website at www.cbre.com. We routinely post important
information on our website, including corporate and investor
presentations and financial information. We intend to use our
website as a means of disclosing material, non-public information
and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation
FD. Such disclosures will be included in the Investor Relations
section of our website at https://ir.cbre.com. Accordingly,
investors should monitor such portion of our website, in addition
to following our press releases, Securities and Exchange Commission
filings and public conference calls and webcasts.
Safe Harbor and
Footnotes
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements
regarding the economic outlook, the company’s future growth
momentum, operations and business outlook. These forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may cause the company’s actual results and performance
in future periods to be materially different from any future
results or performance suggested in forward-looking statements in
this press release. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of
the date of this press release and, except to the extent required
by applicable securities laws, the company expressly disclaims any
obligation to update or revise any of them to reflect actual
results, any changes in expectations or any change in events. If
the company does update one or more forward-looking statements, no
inference should be drawn that it will make additional updates with
respect to those or other forward-looking statements. Factors that
could cause results to differ materially include, but are not
limited to: disruptions in general economic, political and
regulatory conditions and significant public health events,
particularly in geographies or industry sectors where our business
may be concentrated; volatility or adverse developments in the
securities, capital or credit markets, interest rate increases and
conditions affecting the value of real estate assets, inside and
outside the United States; poor performance of real estate
investments or other conditions that negatively impact clients’
willingness to make real estate or long-term contractual
commitments and the cost and availability of capital for investment
in real estate; foreign currency fluctuations and changes in
currency restrictions, trade sanctions and import/export and
transfer pricing rules; our ability to compete globally, or in
specific geographic markets or business segments that are material
to us; our ability to identify, acquire and integrate accretive
companies; costs and potential future capital requirements relating
to companies we may acquire; integration challenges arising out of
companies we may acquire; increases in unemployment and general
slowdowns in commercial activity; trends in pricing and risk
assumption for commercial real estate services; the effect of
significant changes in capitalization rates across different
property types; a reduction by companies in their reliance on
outsourcing for their commercial real estate needs, which would
affect our revenues and operating performance; client actions to
restrain project spending and reduce outsourced staffing levels;
our ability to further diversify our revenue model to offset
cyclical economic trends in the commercial real estate industry;
our ability to attract new occupier and investor clients; our
ability to retain major clients and renew related contracts; our
ability to leverage our global services platform to maximize and
sustain long-term cash flow; our ability to continue investing in
our platform and client service offerings; our ability to maintain
expense discipline; the emergence of disruptive business models and
technologies; negative publicity or harm to our brand and
reputation; the failure by third parties we do business with to
comply with service level agreements or regulatory or legal
requirements; the ability of our investment management business to
maintain and grow assets under management and achieve desired
investment returns for our investors, and any potential related
litigation, liabilities or reputational harm possible if we fail to
do so; our ability to manage fluctuations in net earnings and cash
flow, which could result from poor performance in our investment
programs, including our participation as a principal in real estate
investments; the ability of our indirect subsidiary, CBRE Capital
Markets, Inc., to periodically amend, or replace, on satisfactory
terms, the agreements for its warehouse lines of credit; declines
in lending activity of U.S. GSEs, regulatory oversight of such
activity and our mortgage servicing revenue from the commercial
real estate mortgage market; changes in U.S. and international law
and regulatory environments (including relating to anti-corruption,
anti-money laundering, trade sanctions, tariffs, currency controls
and other trade control laws), particularly in Asia, Africa,
Russia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, due to the level of
political instability in those regions; litigation and its
financial and reputational risks to us; our exposure to liabilities
in connection with real estate advisory and property management
activities and our ability to procure sufficient insurance coverage
on acceptable terms; our ability to retain, attract and incentivize
key personnel; our ability to manage organizational challenges
associated with our size; liabilities under guarantees, or for
construction defects, that we incur in our development services
business; variations in historically customary seasonal patterns
that cause our business not to perform as expected; our leverage
under our debt instruments as well as the limited restrictions
therein on our ability to incur additional debt, and the potential
increased borrowing costs to us from a credit-ratings downgrade;
our and our employees’ ability to execute on, and adapt to,
information technology strategies and trends; cybersecurity threats
or other threats to our information technology networks, including
the potential misappropriation of assets or sensitive information,
corruption of data or operational disruption; our ability to comply
with laws and regulations related to our global operations,
including real estate licensure, tax, labor and employment laws and
regulations, fire and safety building requirements and regulations,
as well as data privacy and protection regulations and ESG matters,
and the anti-corruption laws and trade sanctions of the U.S. and
other countries; changes in applicable tax or accounting
requirements; any inability for us to implement and maintain
effective internal controls over financial reporting; the effect of
implementation of new accounting rules and standards or the
impairment of our goodwill and intangible assets; and the
performance of our equity investments in companies that we do not
control.
Additional information concerning factors that may influence the
company’s financial information is discussed under “Risk Factors,”
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations,” “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures
About Market Risk” and “Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking
Statements” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2023, our latest quarterly report on Form 10-Q, as
well as in the company’s press releases and other periodic filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Such filings are
available publicly and may be obtained on the company’s website at
www.cbre.com or upon written request from CBRE’s Investor Relations
Department at investorrelations@cbre.com.
The terms “net revenue,” “core adjusted net income,” “core
EBITDA,” “core EPS,” “business line operating profit (loss),”
“segment operating profit on revenue margin,” “segment operating
profit on net revenue margin,” “net debt” and “free cash flow,” all
of which CBRE uses in this press release, are non-GAAP financial
measures under SEC guidelines, and you should refer to the
footnotes below as well as the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”
section in this press release for a further explanation of these
measures. We have also included in that section reconciliations of
these measures in specific periods to their most directly
comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance
with GAAP for those periods.
Totals may not sum in tables in millions included in this
release due to rounding.
Note: We have not reconciled the (non-GAAP) core earnings per
share forward-looking guidance included in this release to the most
directly comparable GAAP measure because this cannot be done
without unreasonable effort due to the variability and low
visibility with respect to costs related to acquisitions, carried
interest incentive compensation and financing costs, which are
potential adjustments to future earnings. We expect the variability
of these items to have a potentially unpredictable, and a
potentially significant, impact on our future GAAP financial
results.
(1)
Net revenue from Resilient Businesses
includes facilities management, project management, property
management, loan servicing, valuations and investment management
business fees. Net revenue from Transactional Businesses includes
sales, leasing, mortgage origination, carried interest and
incentive fees in the investment management business, and
development fees.
(2)
Local currency percentage change is
calculated by comparing current-period results at prior-period
exchange rates versus prior-period results.
(3)
Net revenue is gross revenue less costs
largely associated with subcontracted vendor work performed for
clients. These costs are reimbursable by clients and generally have
no margin.
(4)
Core adjusted net income and core earnings
per diluted share (or core EPS) exclude the effect of select items
from GAAP net income and GAAP earnings per diluted share as well as
adjust the provision for (benefit from) income taxes and impact on
non-controlling interest for such charges. Adjustments during the
periods presented included non-cash depreciation and amortization
expense related to certain assets attributable to acquisitions and
restructuring activities, interest expense related to indirect tax
settlement, certain carried interest incentive compensation expense
(reversal) to align with the timing of associated revenue, costs
incurred related to legal entity restructuring, write-off of
financing costs on extinguished debt, integration and other costs
related to acquisitions, asset impairments, costs associated with
efficiency and cost-reduction initiatives, and charges related to
indirect tax settlement. It also removes the fair value changes and
related tax impact of certain strategic non-core non-controlling
equity investments that are not directly related to our business
segments (including venture capital “VC” related investments).
(5)
Core EBITDA represents earnings, inclusive
of non-controlling interest, before net interest expense, write-off
of financing costs on extinguished debt, income taxes, depreciation
and amortization, asset impairments, adjustments related to certain
carried interest incentive compensation expense (reversal) to align
with the timing of associated revenue, costs incurred related to
legal entity restructuring, integration and other costs related to
acquisitions, costs associated with efficiency and cost-reduction
initiatives, charges related to indirect tax settlement. It also
removes the fair value changes, on a pre-tax basis, of certain
strategic non-core non-controlling equity investments that are not
directly related to our business segments (including venture
capital “VC” related investments).
(6)
Free cash flow is calculated as cash flow
provided by operations, less capital expenditures (reflected in the
investing section of the consolidated statement of cash flows).
(7)
Segment operating profit (loss) is the
measure reported to the chief operating decision maker (CODM) for
purposes of making decisions about allocating resources to each
segment and assessing performance of each segment. Segment
operating profit represents earnings, inclusive of non-controlling
interest, before net interest expense, write-off of financing costs
on extinguished debt, income taxes, depreciation and amortization
and asset impairments, as well as adjustments related to the
following: certain carried interest incentive compensation expense
(reversal) to align with the timing of associated revenue, costs
incurred related to legal entity restructuring, integration and
other costs related to acquisitions, costs associated with
efficiency and cost-reduction initiatives, and charges related to
indirect tax settlement.
(8)
Segment operating profit on revenue and
net revenue margins represent segment operating profit divided by
revenue and net revenue, respectively.
(9)
Represents line of business
profitability/losses, as adjusted.
(10)
For the three months ended June 30, 2024,
the company incurred capital expenditures of $66.8 million
(reflected in the investing section of the condensed consolidated
statement of cash flows) and received tenant concessions from
landlords of $5.9 million (reflected in the operating section of
the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows).
(11)
Net debt is calculated as total debt
(excluding non-recourse debt) less cash and cash equivalents.
(12)
Cash represents cash and cash equivalents
(excluding restricted cash).
CBRE GROUP, INC.
OPERATING RESULTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND 2023
(in millions, except share and
per share data)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended June
30,
Six Months Ended June
30,
2024
2023
2024
2023
Revenue:
Net revenue
$
4,971
$
4,478
$
9,415
$
8,658
Pass-through costs also recognized as
revenue
3,420
3,242
6,911
6,473
Total revenue
8,391
7,720
16,326
15,131
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue
6,793
6,179
13,268
12,186
Operating, administrative and other
1,191
1,089
2,302
2,297
Depreciation and amortization
161
155
319
316
Total costs and expenses
8,145
7,423
15,889
14,799
Gain on disposition of real estate
—
9
13
12
Operating income
246
306
450
344
Equity (loss) income from unconsolidated
subsidiaries
(15
)
(8
)
(73
)
134
Other income
6
6
15
8
Interest expense, net of interest
income
63
43
99
71
Income before provision for income
taxes
174
261
293
415
Provision for income taxes
32
55
3
84
Net income
142
206
290
331
Less: Net income attributable to
non-controlling interests
12
5
34
13
Net income attributable to CBRE Group,
Inc.
$
130
$
201
$
256
$
318
Basic income per share:
Net income per share attributable to CBRE
Group, Inc.
$
0.42
$
0.65
$
0.84
$
1.02
Weighted average shares outstanding for
basic income per share
306,745,116
310,857,203
306,276,871
310,662,324
Diluted income per share:
Net income per share attributable to CBRE
Group, Inc.
$
0.42
$
0.64
$
0.83
$
1.01
Weighted average shares outstanding for
diluted income per share
308,035,211
314,282,247
308,269,040
314,821,615
Core EBITDA
$
505
$
504
$
930
$
1,036
CBRE GROUP, INC.
SEGMENT RESULTS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
JUNE 30, 2024
(in millions, totals may not
add due to rounding)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended June 30,
2024
Advisory
Services
Global Workplace
Solutions
Real Estate
Investments
Corporate (1)
Total Core
Other
Total
Consolidated
Revenue:
Net revenue
$
2,195
$
2,547
$
232
$
(3
)
$
4,971
$
—
$
4,971
Pass-through costs also recognized as
revenue
23
3,397
—
—
3,420
—
3,420
Total revenue
2,218
5,944
232
(3
)
8,391
—
8,391
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue
1,359
5,377
57
—
6,793
—
6,793
Operating, administrative and other
515
354
169
153
1,191
—
1,191
Depreciation and amortization
63
81
3
14
161
—
161
Total costs and expenses
1,937
5,812
229
167
8,145
—
8,145
Operating income (loss)
281
132
3
(170
)
246
—
246
Equity income (loss) from unconsolidated
subsidiaries
—
3
4
—
7
(22
)
(15
)
Other (loss) income
—
(1
)
(1
)
(1
)
(3
)
9
6
Add-back: Depreciation and
amortization
63
81
3
14
161
—
161
Adjustments:
Costs associated with efficiency and
cost-reduction initiatives
—
30
—
37
67
—
67
Charges related to indirect tax
settlement
—
—
—
13
13
—
13
Carried interest incentive compensation
expense to align with the timing of associated revenue
—
—
1
—
1
—
1
Integration and other costs related to
acquisitions
—
13
—
—
13
—
13
Total segment operating profit (loss)
$
344
$
258
$
10
$
(107
)
$
(13
)
$
492
Core EBITDA
$
505
_______________
(1)
Includes elimination of inter-segment
revenue.
CBRE GROUP, INC.
SEGMENT
RESULTS—(CONTINUED)
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
JUNE 30, 2023
(in millions, totals may not
add due to rounding)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended June 30,
2023
Advisory
Services
Global Workplace
Solutions
Real Estate
Investments
Corporate (1)
Total Core
Other
Total
Consolidated
Revenue:
Net revenue
$
2,021
$
2,205
$
256
$
(4
)
$
4,478
$
—
$
4,478
Pass-through costs also recognized as
revenue
21
3,221
—
—
3,242
—
3,242
Total revenue
2,042
5,426
256
(4
)
7,720
—
7,720
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue
1,234
4,897
51
(3
)
6,179
—
6,179
Operating, administrative and other
498
307
177
107
1,089
—
1,089
Depreciation and amortization
72
65
3
15
155
—
155
Total costs and expenses
1,804
5,269
231
119
7,423
—
7,423
Gain on disposition of real estate
—
—
9
—
9
—
9
Operating income (loss)
238
157
34
(123
)
306
—
306
Equity income (loss) from unconsolidated
subsidiaries
1
—
(3
)
—
(2
)
(6
)
(8
)
Other income (loss)
2
2
—
3
7
(1
)
6
Add-back: Depreciation and
amortization
72
65
3
15
155
—
155
Adjustments:
Costs associated with efficiency and
cost-reduction initiatives
2
1
—
—
3
—
3
Integration and other costs related to
acquisitions
—
8
—
28
36
—
36
Carried interest incentive compensation
reversal to align with the timing of associated revenue
—
—
(1
)
—
(1
)
—
(1
)
Total segment operating profit (loss)
$
315
$
233
$
33
$
(77
)
$
(7
)
$
497
Core EBITDA
$
504
_______________
(1)
Includes elimination of inter-segment
revenue.
CBRE GROUP, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE
SHEETS
(in millions)
(Unaudited)
June 30, 2024
December 31, 2023
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$
928
$
1,265
Restricted cash
105
106
Receivables, net
6,304
6,370
Warehouse receivables (1)
973
675
Contract assets
454
443
Prepaid expenses
342
333
Income taxes receivable
190
159
Other current assets
357
315
Total Current Assets
9,653
9,666
Property and equipment, net
895
907
Goodwill
5,667
5,129
Other intangible assets, net
2,385
2,081
Operating lease assets
1,032
1,030
Investments in unconsolidated
subsidiaries
1,309
1,374
Non-current contract assets
92
75
Real estate under development
380
300
Non-current income taxes receivable
77
78
Deferred tax assets, net
338
361
Other assets, net
1,634
1,547
Total Assets
$
23,462
$
22,548
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
$
3,568
$
3,562
Compensation and employee benefits
payable
1,230
1,459
Accrued bonus and profit sharing
974
1,556
Operating lease liabilities
244
242
Contract liabilities
311
298
Income taxes payable
128
217
Warehouse lines of credit (which fund
loans that U.S. Government Sponsored Enterprises have committed to
purchase) (1)
961
666
Revolving credit facility
940
—
Other short-term borrowings
7
16
Current maturities of long-term debt
28
9
Other current liabilities
238
218
Total Current Liabilities
8,629
8,243
Long-term debt, net of current
maturities
3,272
2,804
Non-current operating lease
liabilities
1,091
1,089
Non-current income taxes payable
—
30
Non-current tax liabilities
148
157
Deferred tax liabilities, net
248
255
Other liabilities
885
903
Total Liabilities
14,273
13,481
Equity:
CBRE Group, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity:
Class A common stock
3
3
Additional paid-in capital
—
—
Accumulated earnings
9,384
9,188
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(1,031
)
(924
)
Total CBRE Group, Inc. Stockholders’
Equity
8,356
8,267
Non-controlling interests
833
800
Total Equity
9,189
9,067
Total Liabilities and Equity
$
23,462
$
22,548
(1)
Represents loan receivables, the majority
of which are offset by borrowings under related warehouse line of
credit facilities.
CBRE GROUP, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in millions)
(Unaudited)
Six Months Ended June
30,
2024
2023
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING
ACTIVITIES:
Net income
$
290
$
331
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
319
316
Amortization of financing costs
3
2
Gains related to mortgage servicing
rights, premiums on loan sales and sales of other assets
(60
)
(45
)
Gain on disposition of real estate
assets
(13
)
—
Net realized and unrealized gains,
primarily from investments
(2
)
(3
)
Provision for doubtful accounts
9
6
Net compensation expense for equity
awards
69
39
Equity loss (income) from unconsolidated
subsidiaries
73
(134
)
Distribution of earnings from
unconsolidated subsidiaries
30
183
Proceeds from sale of mortgage loans
4,129
4,356
Origination of mortgage loans
(4,408
)
(4,894
)
Increase in warehouse lines of credit
295
549
Tenant concessions received
13
7
Purchase of equity securities
(28
)
(8
)
Proceeds from sale of equity
securities
46
8
Increase in real estate under
development
(6
)
(37
)
Decrease (increase) in receivables,
prepaid expenses and other assets (including contract and lease
assets)
110
(101
)
Decrease in accounts payable and accrued
expenses and other liabilities (including contract and lease
liabilities)
(77
)
(313
)
Decrease in compensation and employee
benefits payable and accrued bonus and profit sharing
(788
)
(811
)
Increase in net income taxes
receivable/payable
(153
)
(157
)
Other operating activities, net
(56
)
(50
)
Net cash used in operating activities
(205
)
(756
)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING
ACTIVITIES:
Capital expenditures
(135
)
(135
)
Acquisition of businesses, including net
assets acquired and goodwill, net of cash acquired
(1,051
)
(166
)
Contributions to unconsolidated
subsidiaries
(73
)
(60
)
Distributions from unconsolidated
subsidiaries
29
21
Acquisition and development of real estate
assets
(136
)
—
Proceeds from disposition of real estate
assets
6
—
Other investing activities, net
53
(30
)
Net cash used in investing activities
(1,307
)
(370
)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING
ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from revolving credit
facility
2,505
3,206
Repayment of revolving credit facility
(1,565
)
(2,801
)
Proceeds from notes payable on real
estate
12
—
Proceeds from issuance of 5.500% senior
notes
495
—
Proceeds from issuance of 5.950% senior
notes
—
975
Repurchase of common stock
(47
)
(130
)
Acquisition of businesses (cash paid for
acquisitions more than three months after purchase date)
(16
)
(68
)
Units repurchased for payment of taxes on
equity awards
(97
)
(50
)
Non-controlling interest contributions
17
2
Non-controlling interest distributions
(30
)
(1
)
Other financing activities, net
(32
)
(58
)
Net cash provided by financing
activities
1,242
1,075
Effect of currency exchange rate changes
on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash
(68
)
3
NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH
(338
)
(48
)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND
RESTRICTED CASH, AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD
1,371
1,405
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND
RESTRICTED CASH, AT END OF PERIOD
$
1,033
$
1,357
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW
INFORMATION:
Cash paid during the period
for:
Interest
$
170
$
91
Income tax payments, net
$
244
$
303
Non-cash investing and financing
activities:
Deferred and/or contingent
consideration
$
15
$
—
Non-GAAP Financial
Measures
The following measures are considered “non-GAAP financial
measures” under SEC guidelines:
(i)
Net revenue
(ii)
Core EBITDA
(iii)
Business line operating profit/loss
(iv)
Segment operating profit on revenue and
net revenue margins
(v)
Free cash flow
(vi)
Net debt
(vii)
Core net income attributable to CBRE
Group, Inc. stockholders, as adjusted (which we also refer to as
“core adjusted net income”)
(viii)
Core EPS
These measures are not recognized measurements under United
States generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). When
analyzing our operating performance, investors should use these
measures in addition to, and not as an alternative for, their most
directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in
accordance with GAAP. Because not all companies use identical
calculations, our presentation of these measures may not be
comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.
Our management generally uses these non-GAAP financial measures
to evaluate operating performance and for other discretionary
purposes. The company believes these measures provide a more
complete understanding of ongoing operations, enhance comparability
of current results to prior periods and may be useful for investors
to analyze our financial performance because they eliminate the
impact of selected charges that may obscure trends in the
underlying performance of our business. The company further uses
certain of these measures, and believes that they are useful to
investors, for purposes described below.
With respect to net revenue, net revenue is gross revenue less
costs largely associated with subcontracted vendor work performed
for clients. We believe that investors may find this measure useful
to analyze the company’s overall financial performance because it
excludes costs reimbursable by clients that generally have no
margin, and as such provides greater visibility into the underlying
performance of our business.
With respect to Core EBITDA, business line operating
profit/loss, and segment operating profit on revenue and net
revenue margins, the company believes that investors may find these
measures useful in evaluating our operating performance compared to
that of other companies in our industry because their calculations
generally eliminate the accounting effects of strategic
acquisitions, which would include impairment charges of goodwill
and intangibles created from such acquisitions, the effects of
financings and income tax and the accounting effects of capital
spending. All of these measures may vary for different companies
for reasons unrelated to overall operating performance. In the case
of Core EBITDA, this measure is not intended to be a measure of
free cash flow for our management’s discretionary use because it
does not consider cash requirements such as tax and debt service
payments. The Core EBITDA measure calculated herein may also differ
from the amounts calculated under similarly titled definitions in
our credit facilities and debt instruments, which amounts are
further adjusted to reflect certain other cash and non-cash charges
and are used by us to determine compliance with financial covenants
therein and our ability to engage in certain activities, such as
incurring additional debt. The company also uses segment operating
profit and core EPS as significant components when measuring our
operating performance under our employee incentive compensation
programs.
With respect to free cash flow, the company believes that
investors may find this measure useful to analyze the cash flow
generated from operations after accounting for cash outflows to
support operations and capital expenditures. With respect to net
debt, the company believes that investors use this measure when
calculating the company’s net leverage ratio.
With respect to core EBITDA, core EPS and core adjusted net
income, the company believes that investors may find these measures
useful to analyze the underlying performance of operations without
the impact of strategic non-core equity investments (Altus Power,
Inc. and certain other investments) that are not directly related
to our business segments. These can be volatile and are often
non-cash in nature.
Core net income attributable to CBRE Group, Inc. stockholders,
as adjusted (or core adjusted net income), and core EPS, are
calculated as follows (in millions, except share and per share
data):
Three Months Ended June
30,
Six Months Ended June
30,
2024
2023
2024
2023
Net income attributable to CBRE Group,
Inc.
$
130
$
201
$
256
$
318
Adjustments:
Non-cash depreciation and amortization
expense related to certain assets attributable to acquisitions and
restructuring activities
47
40
87
90
Interest expense related to indirect tax
settlement
8
—
8
—
Impact of adjustments on non-controlling
interest
(6
)
(8
)
(6
)
(18
)
Net fair value adjustments on strategic
non-core investments
13
7
84
33
Costs associated with efficiency and
cost-reduction initiatives
67
3
97
141
Charges related to indirect tax
settlement
13
—
13
—
Carried interest incentive compensation
expense (reversal) to align with the timing of associated
revenue
1
(1
)
15
6
Costs incurred related to legal entity
restructuring
—
—
2
—
Integration and other costs related to
acquisitions (1)
13
36
8
54
Tax impact of adjusted items and strategic
non-core investments
(38
)
(20
)
(75
)
(76
)
Core net income attributable to CBRE
Group, Inc., as adjusted
$
248
$
258
$
489
$
548
Core diluted income per share attributable
to CBRE Group, Inc., as adjusted
$
0.81
$
0.82
$
1.59
$
1.74
Weighted average shares outstanding for
diluted income per share
308,035,211
314,282,247
308,269,040
314,821,615
Core EBITDA is calculated as follows (in millions, totals may
not add due to rounding):
Three Months Ended June
30,
Six Months Ended June
30,
2024
2023
2024
2023
Net income attributable to CBRE Group,
Inc.
$
130
$
201
$
256
$
318
Net income attributable to non-controlling
interests
12
5
34
13
Net income
142
206
290
331
Adjustments:
Depreciation and amortization
161
155
319
316
Interest expense, net of interest
income
63
43
99
71
Provision for income taxes
32
55
3
84
Costs associated with efficiency and
cost-reduction initiatives
67
3
97
141
Charges related to indirect tax
settlement
13
—
13
—
Carried interest incentive compensation
expense (reversal) to align with the timing of associated
revenue
1
(1
)
15
6
Costs incurred related to legal entity
restructuring
—
—
2
—
Integration and other costs related to
acquisitions (1)
13
36
8
54
Net fair value adjustments on strategic
non-core investments
13
7
84
33
Core EBITDA
$
505
$
504
$
930
$
1,036
(1)
During the first quarter of 2024, we
incurred integration and other costs related to acquisitions of
$17.5 million in deal and integration costs, offset by reversal of
$21.7 million in previously recognized transaction-related bonus
expense due to change in estimate.
Core EBITDA for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2024
is calculated as follows (in millions):
Trailing Twelve Months
Ended June 30, 2024
Net income attributable to CBRE Group,
Inc.
$
924
Net income attributable to non-controlling
interests
62
Net income
986
Adjustments:
Depreciation and amortization
625
Interest expense, net of interest
income
177
Provision for income taxes
169
Costs incurred related to legal entity
restructuring
15
Integration and other costs related to
acquisitions (1)
16
Carried interest incentive compensation
expense to align with the timing of associated revenue
2
Costs associated with efficiency and
cost-reduction initiatives
115
Charges related to indirect tax
settlement
13
One-time gain associated with remeasuring
an investment in an unconsolidated subsidiary to fair value as of
the date the remaining controlling interest was acquired
(34
)
Net fair value adjustments on strategic
non-core investments
19
Core EBITDA
$
2,103
_______________
(1)
During the first quarter of 2024, we
incurred integration and other costs related to acquisitions of
$17.5 million in deal and integration costs, offset by reversal of
$21.7 million in previously recognized transaction-related bonus
expense due to change in estimate.
Revenue includes client reimbursed pass-through costs largely
associated with employees that are dedicated to client facilities
and subcontracted vendor work performed for clients. Reimbursement
related to subcontracted vendor work generally has no margin and
has been excluded from net revenue. Reconciliations are shown below
(dollars in millions):
Three Months Ended June
30,
2024
2023
Consolidated
Revenue
$
8,391
$
7,720
Less: Pass-through costs also recognized
as revenue
3,420
3,242
Net revenue
$
4,971
$
4,478
Three Months Ended June
30,
2024
2023
Property
Management Revenue
Revenue
$
555
$
481
Less: Pass-through costs also recognized
as revenue
23
21
Net revenue
$
532
$
460
Three Months Ended June
30,
2024
2023
GWS
Revenue
Revenue
$
5,944
$
5,426
Less: Pass-through costs also recognized
as revenue
3,397
3,221
Net revenue
$
2,547
$
2,205
Three Months Ended June
30,
2024
2023
Facilities
Management Revenue
Revenue
$
4,127
$
3,686
Less: Pass-through costs also recognized
as revenue
2,430
2,247
Net revenue
$
1,697
$
1,439
Three Months Ended June
30,
2024
Facilities
Management Revenue from acquisitions since July 1,
2023
Revenue
$
106
Less: Pass-through costs also recognized
as revenue
8
Net revenue
$
98
Three Months Ended June
30,
2024
2023
Project
Management Revenue
Revenue
$
1,817
$
1,740
Less: Pass-through costs also recognized
as revenue
967
974
Net revenue
$
850
$
766
Three Months Ended June
30,
2024
2023
Turner &
Townsend
Revenue
$
528
$
442
Less: Pass-through costs also recognized
as revenue
84
65
Net revenue
$
444
$
377
Three Months Ended June
30,
2024
2023
Net revenue from
Resilient Business lines (1)
Revenue
$
6,898
$
6,302
Less: Pass-through costs also recognized
as revenue
3,420
3,242
Net revenue
$
3,478
$
3,060
Below represents a reconciliation of REI business line operating
profitability/loss to REI segment operating profit (in
millions):
Three Months Ended June
30,
Real Estate
Investments
2024
2023
Investment management operating profit
$
39
$
38
Global real estate development operating
loss
(26
)
(9
)
Segment overhead (and related
adjustments)
(3
)
4
Real estate investments segment operating
profit
$
10
$
33
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