William Blair Has Negative Forecast for CWK Q1 Earnings

Cushman & Wakefield plc (NYSE:CWK) – William Blair reduced their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Cushman & Wakefield in a research note issued on Thursday, February 20th. William Blair analyst S. Sheldon now anticipates that the company will earn $0.02 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.06. The consensus estimate for Cushman & Wakefield’s current full-year earnings is $1.20 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Cushman & Wakefield’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.24 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.25 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.59 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.10 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.40 EPS.

CWK has been the subject of several other research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Cushman & Wakefield from $14.00 to $17.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, December 16th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered shares of Cushman & Wakefield from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $18.00 to $14.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 2nd. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price target on shares of Cushman & Wakefield from $14.50 to $13.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 21st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $15.00.

Cushman & Wakefield Trading Up 1.1 %

Shares of Cushman & Wakefield stock opened at $11.88 on Monday. Cushman & Wakefield has a 1 year low of $9.24 and a 1 year high of $16.11. The firm has a market cap of $2.73 billion, a PE ratio of 21.59 and a beta of 1.34. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $13.00 and a 200-day moving average price of $13.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.67, a current ratio of 1.15 and a quick ratio of 1.18.

Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE:CWK) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $0.48 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.45 by $0.03. Cushman & Wakefield had a net margin of 1.39% and a return on equity of 12.62%. The firm had revenue of $2.63 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.67 billion.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in Cushman & Wakefield by 6.3% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 13,700,599 shares of the company’s stock valued at $179,204,000 after buying an additional 806,684 shares in the last quarter. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. increased its position in shares of Cushman & Wakefield by 9.6% during the fourth quarter. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. now owns 12,474,380 shares of the company’s stock valued at $163,164,000 after buying an additional 1,094,260 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its holdings in shares of Cushman & Wakefield by 6.8% in the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 11,586,407 shares of the company’s stock worth $151,551,000 after buying an additional 736,955 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of Cushman & Wakefield by 9.8% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,463,595 shares of the company’s stock valued at $115,359,000 after acquiring an additional 756,966 shares during the period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Cushman & Wakefield by 7.5% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 5,696,370 shares of the company’s stock valued at $77,656,000 after acquiring an additional 395,652 shares during the period. 95.56% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Cushman & Wakefield

Cushman & Wakefield Plc engages in the provision of commercial real estate services. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Asia Pacific (APAC). The Americas segment consists of operations located in the United States, Canada and key markets in Latin America.