Cushman & Wakefield
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

2025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
14.4011.249.258.40
Price/Sales ratio
0.320.300.420.40
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$1.05$1.34$1.63$1.8

Historical Multiples (2015 – 2023)

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
-6.76-7.43-14.64-13.2722.24K-14.8519.8314.29-69.2211.1811.11K
Price/Sales ratio
0.760.510.460.300.500.410.520.270.250.210.46
Price/Book Value ratio
N/A5.476.401.813.412.993.421.691.461.323.20
Price/Cash Flow ratio
-73.49-9.63733.74-1.12K16.52-85.719.0257.1916.1044.74-552.31
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
-36.62-7.82-25.88-28.5423.54-41.3410.00-1.75K24.21-1.37K-8.90
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
N/A0.850.291.24-222.300.00-0.09-0.640.58-0.53-111.42
Dividend Yield
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
19.24%18.46%18.54%19.19%20.21%17.70%20.66%19.31%17.40%19.31%18.95%
Operating Profit Margin
-9.78%-4.75%-2.45%0.15%2.14%0.77%5.29%5.29%2.16%5.38%1.14%
Pretax Profit Margin
-12.61%-7.38%-4.92%-2.56%0.48%-2.25%3.62%3.34%-0.31%3.34%-1.03%
Net Profit Margin
-11.29%-6.98%-3.18%-2.26%0.00%-2.81%2.66%1.94%-0.37%1.94%-1.12%
Effective Tax Rate
10.64%5.29%35.31%11.85%99.53%-24.85%26.44%41.89%-18%41.89%70.71%
Return on Assets
N/A-7.64%-3.80%-2.83%0.00%-3.00%3.16%2.47%-0.45%2.47%-1.41%
Return On Equity
N/A-73.59%-43.75%-13.66%0.01%-20.14%17.26%11.82%-2.11%12.34%-6.82%
Return on Capital Employed
N/A-7.28%-4.44%0.27%3.86%1.15%9.10%9.62%3.82%9.78%2.07%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/AN/A1.341.231.39N/AN/AN/A1.151.31
Quick Ratio
N/A1.130.971.341.231.391.161.151.161.051.31
Cash ratio
N/A0.230.200.430.350.520.310.260.320.260.43
Days of Sales Outstanding
N/A77.3470.0372.1176.6474.1169.7752.8170.9767.7575.38
Days of Inventory outstanding
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Operating Cycle
N/A77.3470.0372.1176.6474.1169.7752.8170.9716.7075.38
Days of Payables Outstanding
N/A45.8746.9053.9059.8759.6154.2053.6753.8853.6759.74
Cash Conversion Cycle
N/A31.4723.1218.2116.7614.4915.57-0.8517.0814.0815.63
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
N/A0.460.490.410.370.440.410.410.410.790.39
Debt Equity Ratio
N/A4.505.641.972.042.992.251.961.933.782.00
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
N/A0.810.840.660.660.740.680.650.640.680.66
Total Debt to Capitalization
N/A0.810.840.660.670.740.690.660.650.680.66
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/A0.071.32N/AN/AN/AN/A6.300.69
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
N/A-0.120.00-0.000.10-0.010.160.010.040.010.04
Company Equity Multiplier
N/A9.6311.504.815.506.705.444.784.634.786.10
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
-0.01-0.050.00-0.000.03-0.000.050.000.010.000.01
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
2.001.23-28.3439.270.702.070.90-0.030.66-0.031.38
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
N/A-0.120.00-0.000.10-0.010.160.010.040.010.04
Short Term Coverage Ratio
N/A-9.430.07-0.056.85-0.9612.950.981.010.982.94
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A