Buyback yield (TTM)
4.41%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
4.41%
5Y share count change
-11.1%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$1.76B
Cumulative buybacks
$5.53B
Key takeaways
- CBRE Group (CBRE) repurchased about $1.76B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 11.1% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 10.48× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +80.9% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 196% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for CBRE Group (CBRE)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for CBRE Group (CBRE)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for CBRE Group (CBRE)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for CBRE Group (CBRE)
Latest: $968.00M
Overview
2025's annual buyback spend for CBRE Group (CBRE) came in at $968.00M – surged 54.4% year-over-year.
Through 2020–2025 (5 years), CBRE Group buyback spend delivered a +80.9% annualised rate; with mixed annual results across the window.
Between 2022 and 2025, CBRE Group buyback spend plunged 47.7%, falling from $1.85B to $968.00M.
The highest annual buyback spend of $1.85B was reported in 2022. The lowest in the available history was $0.00 in 2002.
CBRE Group Buyback Spend 2025: $968.00M
CBRE Group posted buyback spend of $968.00M in 2025, surged 54.4% from 2024.
CBRE Group Buyback Spend 2024: $627.00M
In 2024, CBRE Group reported buyback spend of $627.00M, declined 5.7% below 2023.
CBRE Group Buyback Spend 2023: $665.00M
CBRE Group buyback spend in 2023 was $665.00M, plunged 64.1% below 2022.
CBRE Group Buyback Spend 2022: $1.85B
2022's buyback spend for CBRE Group came in at $1.85B, surged 402.0% from 2021. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
CBRE Group Buyback Spend 2021: $368.60M
CBRE Group buyback spend in 2021 was $368.60M.
See more financial history for CBRE Group (CBRE).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $968.00M | $120.00M | $848.00M | 2.03% | 0.30B | -2.4% | |
| 2024 | $627.00M | $0.00 | $627.00M | 1.56% | 0.31B | -1.4% | |
| 2023 | $665.00M | $0.00 | $665.00M | 2.34% | 0.31B | -4.6% | |
| 2022 | $1.85B | $0.00 | $1.85B | 7.65% | 0.33B | -3.5% | |
| 2021 | $368.60M | $0.00 | $368.60M | 1.02% | 0.34B | +0.4% | |
| 2020 | $50.03M | $0.00 | $50.03M | 0.24% | 0.34B | -0.6% | |
| 2019 | $145.14M | $0.00 | $145.14M | 0.71% | 0.34B | -0.8% | |
| 2018 | $161.03M | $0.00 | $161.03M | 1.18% | 0.34B | +0.7% | |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.34B | +0.7% | |
| 2016 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.34B | +0.6% | |
| 2015 | $24.52M | $0.00 | $24.52M | 0.21% | 0.34B | +0.7% | |
| 2014 | $16.68M | $0.00 | $16.68M | 0.15% | 0.33B | +0.7% | |
| 2013 | $16.63M | $0.00 | $16.63M | 0.19% | 0.33B | +1.4% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.33B | +1.0% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.32B | +1.5% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.32B | +13.9% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.28B | +33.0% | |
| 2008 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.21B | -10.4% | |
| 2007 | $635.00M | $0.00 | $635.00M | 14.51% | 0.23B | -0.1% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.24B | +2.3% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.23B | +7.4% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.21B | +40.1% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $13.71M | −$13.71M | — | 0.15B | +20.7% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $15.93M | −$15.93M | — | 0.13B | +178.8% | |
| 2001 | $100.00K | $43.56M | −$43.46M | 0.04% | 0.05B | — |
- 2025$968.00M
- 2024$627.00M
- 2023$665.00M
- 2022$1.85B
- 2021$368.60M
- 2020$50.03M
- 2019$145.14M
- 2018$161.03M
- 2017$0.00
- 2016$0.00
- 2015$24.52M
- 2014$16.68M
- 2013$16.63M
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$0.00
- 2007$635.00M
- 2006$0.00
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$0.00
- 2002$0.00
- 2001$100.00K
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for CBRE Group (CBRE)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 10.48×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for CBRE Group (CBRE)
How CBRE Group splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
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Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $897.00M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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