Compass vs Jones Lang LaSalle
COMP and JLL side by side, both in real estate. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How COMP and JLL compare
Jones Lang LaSalle is the larger company, worth 2.4 times as much as Compass ($16.6B against $6.8B).
On earnings, Jones Lang LaSalle is cheaper: it trades at 17.2× trailing earnings, against 150× for Compass.
Compass grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (67.8% versus 11.2% for Jones Lang LaSalle).
Jones Lang LaSalle scores higher on the StockData Score (9 against 6 for Compass), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | COMP | JLL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.8B | $16.6B |
| Share price | $9.00 | $359.79 |
| Change, 1 year | 18.3% | 18.6% |
| Change, 5 years | −27.4% | 34.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 2.27 | 1.30 |
| Employees | 3,200 | 113K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 | 9 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 150× | 17.2× (better) |
| P/S | 0.6× | 0.6× (better) |
| P/B | 2.3× | 2.2× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 98.2× | 11.4× (better) |
| P/FCF | 53.1× | – |
| PEG | – | 2.36 |
| FCF yield | 1.9% | – |
| Fair value | $1.17 | $334.47 |
| Margin of safety | −668% | −7.6% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 67.8% (better) | 11.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 13.3% (better) | 9.5% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 79.3% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 16.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | −2.6% | 4.7% (better) |
| Net margin | 0.63% | – |
| FCF margin | 1.2% | – |
| Return on equity | 3.6% | – |
| Return on invested capital | −7.3% | 13.7% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.05 | 0.12 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 25.91 | 0.30 (better) |
| Interest coverage | −3.4× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.06 | 1.13 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.49 | 3.48 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | – | 3.4% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 3.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 93.5% | 93.9% |
| Held by insiders | 6.8% | 1.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$3.7M (better) | −$16.3M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.7% | 2.5% |
Go deeper
- COMP stock overview
- COMP income statement
- COMP valuation and score
- JLL stock overview
- JLL income statement
- JLL valuation and score
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