Jones Lang LaSalle

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$372.14
−$2.23 (−0.60%)Today 1M +24.84%
After hours$372.140.00%

Updated Nov 11, 4:00 PM ET · Regular session · May be delayed

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Diluted earnings per share from the latest filed annual.
$374.37
Prior regular-session close from the quote source.
$367.23–$375.42
Regular-session low and high so far today.
382.8K
Regular-session shares traded · Nov 11, 4:00 PM ET.
Feb 17 projected
Projected for 2027-02-17 from the company’s own results filings (SEC 8-K Item 2.02). The company has not confirmed the date.
$259.83–$395.79
52-week trading low and high returned by the quote source.

Understand the Business

Why the Stock Moved

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The core investment thesis

Own JLL if JLL leverages a global, integrated commercial real estate services platform plus LaSalle investment management and growing proptech capabilities to win large, recurring client mandates and convert scale into fee-rich, cash-generative growth.

JLL price history

Latest price$372.14Today−$2.23 (-0.60%)
JLL +24.61%S&P 500 -2.42%Since first plotted close
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Investment thesis

What must happen next

4 MATERIAL PROPOSITIONS
  • JLL’s global scale and integrated service offering will keep winning large, multi-year client mandates and produce sustained top-line growth.StrengtheningMateriality: High

    Revenue grew from $20,760,800,000 (2023) to $23,432,900,000 (2024) to $26,115,600,000 (2025) (fields: revenue, annual). If true, revenue growth will continue to feed operating leverage, investment-management mandates and higher valuation; if false, reliance on transactional work will leave revenue volatile and valuation vulnerable.

    Watch: Large clients insource real estate functions or shift to lower-cost competitors (e.g., CBRE, Colliers) reducing mandate size.

    Supporting sources

    Source notes are factual paraphrases; read the original disclosures below.

    Revenue grew from $20,760,800,000 (2023) to $23,432,900,000 (2024) to $26,115,600,000 (2025) (fields: revenue, annual).

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  • LaSalle Investment Management will remain a higher-margin, fee-generating engine that boosts consolidated operating income and margin resilience versus pure services.StrengtheningMateriality: High

    Operating income increased from $576,500,000 (2023) to $868,100,000 (2024) to $1,098,000,000 (2025) (fields: operating_income, annual). Sustained AUM and fees justify premium multiples and stabilize profits; if LaSalle’s fees or AUM decline, consolidated margins and cash generation will fall.

    Watch: A prolonged downturn in real-estate markets reduces AUM/valuations and performance fees.

    Supporting sources

    Source notes are factual paraphrases; read the original disclosures below.

    Operating income increased from $576,500,000 (2023) to $868,100,000 (2024) to $1,098,000,000 (2025) (fields: operating_income, annual).

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  • Monetizing proptech and embedding Software & Technology Solutions into Real Estate Management Services will raise productivity, create switching costs and improve cash conversion.HoldingMateriality: Medium

    Operating cash flow rose from $575,800,000 (2023) to $785,300,000 (2024) to $1,194,100,000 (2025) (fields: operating_cash_flow, annual). Successful tech monetization turns labor-heavy services into higher-margin, more recurring revenue; failure wastes capital and risks impairments.

    Watch: Failure to convert proptech into paid products or to scale deployments across clients, leading to repeated impairments or capex without revenue.

    Supporting sources

    Source notes are factual paraphrases; read the original disclosures below.

    Operating cash flow rose from $575,800,000 (2023) to $785,300,000 (2024) to $1,194,100,000 (2025) (fields: operating_cash_flow, annual).

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  • JLL’s improving cash generation and operating performance will support durable EPS growth and shareholder-friendly capital allocation (buybacks/dividends) rather than dilution.StrengtheningMateriality: Medium

    Diluted EPS rose from $4.67 (2023) to $11.30 (2024) to $16.40 (2025) (fields: eps_diluted, annual). If true, EPS growth will compound returns and justify present valuation; if false, EPS gains could be temporary or offset by dilution/poor allocation.

    Watch: Large acquisitions funded with equity or material share-based compensation causing dilution.

    Supporting sources

    Source notes are factual paraphrases; read the original disclosures below.

    Diluted EPS rose from $4.67 (2023) to $11.30 (2024) to $16.40 (2025) (fields: eps_diluted, annual).

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Full investment case & evidence

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Original research

JLL’s global scale and integrated service offering will keep winning large, multi-year client mandates and produce sustained top-line growth. If true, revenue growth will continue to feed operating leverage, investment-management mandates and higher valuation; if false, reliance on transactional work will leave revenue volatile and valuation vulnerable.

LaSalle Investment Management will remain a higher-margin, fee-generating engine that boosts consolidated operating income and margin resilience versus pure services. Sustained AUM and fees justify premium multiples and stabilize profits; if LaSalle’s fees or AUM decline, consolidated margins and cash generation will fall.

Monetizing proptech and embedding Software & Technology Solutions into Real Estate Management Services will raise productivity, create switching costs and improve cash conversion. Successful tech monetization turns labor-heavy services into higher-margin, more recurring revenue; failure wastes capital and risks impairments.

JLL’s improving cash generation and operating performance will support durable EPS growth and shareholder-friendly capital allocation (buybacks/dividends) rather than dilution. If true, EPS growth will compound returns and justify present valuation; if false, EPS gains could be temporary or offset by dilution/poor allocation.

All standing thesis claims
Original report summary

JLL leverages a global, integrated commercial real estate services platform plus LaSalle investment management and growing proptech capabilities to win large, recurring client mandates and convert scale into fee-rich, cash-generative growth.

Evidence assessed Nov 6, 2026. Expand each conclusion for its evidence and what would change it. Thesis evidence—not a buy or sell recommendation.

Bull case and bear case

Bull case and bear case for Jones Lang Lasalle

Where the evidence on Jones Lang Lasalle stands: Holding on the latest evidence (Nov 6, 2026). Of its 4 thesis points, 3 strengthening and 1 holding.

Bull case: what the evidence supports

  • JLL’s global scale and integrated service offering will keep winning large, multi-year client mandates and produce sustained top-line growth.

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  • LaSalle Investment Management will remain a higher-margin, fee-generating engine that boosts consolidated operating income and margin resilience versus pure services.

    sec.gov ↗

  • Monetizing proptech and embedding Software & Technology Solutions into Real Estate Management Services will raise productivity, create switching costs and improve cash conversion.

    sec.gov ↗

  • JLL’s improving cash generation and operating performance will support durable EPS growth and shareholder-friendly capital allocation (buybacks/dividends) rather than dilution.

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Bear case: what would count against it

  • Large clients insource real estate functions or shift to lower-cost competitors (e.g., CBRE, Colliers) reducing mandate size.

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  • A prolonged downturn in real-estate markets reduces AUM/valuations and performance fees.

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  • Failure to convert proptech into paid products or to scale deployments across clients, leading to repeated impairments or capex without revenue.

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Thesis-Break Engine

What has broken in Jones Lang Lasalle’s thesis

Each break OptimistFi flagged on Jones Lang Lasalle, dated — with what has historically followed the same kind of break across the market, not a forecast for Jones Lang Lasalle.

peers+15%-20%-2%12 mo agonow+6 mo
Daily price, then where similar breaks led across the market: the typical -2% path vs comparable companies over six months, inside the middle-half range (+15% to -20%). A base rate, not a forecast.
  • CEO / officer changecondition set before this filing

    Across all companies, this kind of break has happened 16,849 times before. Those stocks trailed comparable companies by a median of 2% over the next six months, and 38% of them trailed it by 10 points or more.

How the Thesis-Break Engine works →Historical outcomes are measured against comparable companies after past breaks of the same kind, across all companies. Not a prediction.

MARKET + FINANCIAL SNAPSHOT

The numbers behind the thesis

Sourced from filings and market data

What Changed

  1. Mixed
    Director or principal officer change.

    Jones Lang Lasalle filed an SEC 8-K on 2026-11-04: Director or principal officer change. It is a dated development that tests the current thesis.

  2. Mixed
    Other material event.

    Jones Lang Lasalle filed an SEC 8-K on 2026-10-30: Other material event. It is a dated development that tests the current thesis.

  3. Mixed
    Reported results of operations (earnings release).

    Jones Lang Lasalle filed an SEC 8-K on 2026-10-28: Reported results of operations (earnings release). It is a dated development that tests the current thesis.

Risks / falsifiers

What could break the thesis

  • Large clients insource real estate functions or shift to lower-cost competitors (e.g., CBRE, Colliers) reducing mandate size.
  • A prolonged downturn in real-estate markets reduces AUM/valuations and performance fees.
  • Failure to convert proptech into paid products or to scale deployments across clients, leading to repeated impairments or capex without revenue.
  • Large acquisitions funded with equity or material share-based compensation causing dilution.

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Financial statements

JLL income statement

Annual filed results · USD · Oldest to newest. Margins are calculated from the reported figures.

JLL: quick answers

When does Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) report earnings next?
Jones Lang Lasalle's next results are projected for February 17, 2027, from the dates of its own results filings with the SEC. The company has not confirmed the date. It last reported on October 28, 2026. Earnings calendar
What is JLL's short interest?
As of October 30, 2026, 1.5M JLL shares were sold short, 3.19% of its shares outstanding, up 8.8% from the count before. At the stock's average daily volume that is 2.6 days to cover. FINRA publishes the count twice a month. JLL short interest history
Have members of Congress traded JLL?
22 trades in JLL have been disclosed under the STOCK Act by members of Congress, the President or senior officials, none in reports made public in the last 90 days. Every disclosed JLL trade
Which well-known investors own JLL?
1 of the 37 well-known funds tracked here reported JLL shares in their latest 13F filing. By share of the fund's portfolio: Bridgewater Associates (Ray Dalio), 0.0%. Fund portfolios

JLL in well-known investors’ portfolios

1 of 37 funds reported JLL shares in their latest 13F filing. A 13F shows quarter-end positions and arrives up to 45 days later.

FundOf its portfolioValueChangeQuarter
Ray DalioBridgewater Associates0.00%$1.1M−61.5%Q2 2026

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