At a glance
Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated is worth $15.23B, about 20 times its fiscal 2025 earnings. Revenue grew 11.4% to $26.12B in fiscal 2025, with 3.0% kept as profit; over 5 years it has grown 9.5% a year. It pays no dividend; it spent $1.30B buying back its shares over FY2021–FY2025. The stock returned +6.8% over the past year with dividends reinvested and +4.7% a year over five years, against +11.5% and +11.7% for the S&P 500. At its worst it fell 50.9% in the 2020 crash (S&P 500: 33.7%) and 45.8% in the 2022 bear market (S&P 500: 24.5%), and was back at its earlier high 11 months and 25 months after the lows.
The business in plain English
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) is a commercial real estate services and investment management company. It had $26.1 billion of revenue in 2025 and, as of December 31, 2025, had more than 113,000 employees in over 80 countries. Its clients are property owners, tenants, investors and developers, from corporations to not-for-profits and governments, across offices, warehouses, hotels, apartments, shops and data centers.
Real Estate Management Services is the core, at 76.6% of 2025 revenue. JLL runs facilities for large companies, usually under three- to seven-year contracts, and manages buildings for owners. As of December 31, 2025, it looked after about 2.8 billion square feet of workplaces and 2.9 billion square feet of property. Many contracts reimburse JLL for on-site staff and subcontractors on top of base and performance fees. That helps explain why profit is small next to revenue: operating margin, or operating profit as a share of revenue, was 4.2% in 2025.
Leasing Advisory, at 11.5% of revenue, finds tenants for landlords and space for tenants, usually for a percentage of the lease's value. It completed about 19,500 landlord deals and 23,500 tenant deals in 2025. Capital Markets Services contributed 9.3%, LaSalle Investment Management, which invests for clients, 1.7%, and Software and Technology Solutions 0.9%. That last unit joined Real Estate Management Services on January 1, 2026.
Price history
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JLL +6.8% over the year to Oct 28, 2026, total return with dividends reinvested.
How it makes money
By business segment
| Real Estate Management Services | $20.00B | 76.6% |
| Leasing Advisory | $3.01B | 11.5% |
| Capital Markets Services | $2.42B | 9.3% |
| Investment Management | $450.1M | 1.7% |
| Software and Technology Solutions | $232.3M | 0.9% |
Latest results
- In Q3 FY2026 (ended Sep 30, 2026), revenue was $7.28B, up 11.8% from a year earlier, and net income was $319.8M (+43.5%).
- For fiscal 2025, revenue was $26.12B (+11.4% year over year; +9.5% a year from FY2020 to FY2025) with a 3% net margin.
Financial health check
| Revenue growth a year (FY2020–FY2025) | +9.5% good |
|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.2% weak |
| Return on equity (FY2025) | 10.6% watch |
| Return on assets (FY2025) | 4.4% watch |
| Net cash (cash minus debt) | $-1.38B weak |
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | $16.59B | $402.5M | — |
| FY2021 | $19.37B | $961.6M | — |
| FY2022 | $20.86B | $654.5M | — |
| FY2023 | $20.76B | $225.4M | — |
| FY2024 | $23.43B | $546.8M | — |
| FY2025 | $26.12B | $792.1M | — |
Valuation snapshot
| Market value | $15.23B |
|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 20.3 |
| Dividend yield | 0% |
Rank among 1514 US companies
Market value at each year end
Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated’s market value went from $4.57B at the end of 2016 to $15.23B on Oct 28, 2026, about 3.3 times as much; since the end of 2025 it is down 4%.
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| Year end | Market value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2026 | $15.23B | -4.1% |
| 2025 | $15.88B | +32.2% |
| 2024 | $12.01B | +33.7% |
| 2023 | $8.99B | +18.8% |
| 2022 | $7.56B | -44.4% |
| 2021 | $13.59B | +78.6% |
| 2020 | $7.61B | -15.2% |
| 2019 | $8.97B | +55.5% |
| 2018 | $5.77B | -14.6% |
| 2017 | $6.76B | +47.9% |
| 2016 | $4.57B |
Price behavior
| YTD | 1 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JLL price data to Oct 28, 2026 | -0.9% | +6.8% | +39.3% | +4.7% | +13.4% |
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| Year | Price data |
|---|---|
| 2026 (to date) | -0.9% |
| 2025 | +32.9% |
| 2024 | +34.0% |
| 2023 | +18.5% |
| 2022 | -40.8% |
| 2021 | +81.5% |
| 2020 | -14.8% |
| 2019 | +38.5% |
| 2018 | -14.5% |
| 2017 | +48.2% |
| 2016 | -36.4% |
| 2015 | +7.0% |
| 2014 | +47.3% |
| 2013 | +22.7% |
| 2012 | +37.7% |
| 2011 | -26.7% |
| 2010 | +39.3% |
| 2009 | +119.2% |
| 2008 | -60.4% |
| 2007 | -22.1% |
| 2006 | +84.3% |
| 2008 financial crisis stocks fell Oct 9, 2007 – Mar 9, 2009 | Lost 83.5% over that stretch · deepest drop along the way 83.5%, back to its old high 23.3 months after the low |
|---|---|
| 2020 COVID crash stocks fell Feb 19, 2020 – Mar 23, 2020 | Lost 50.9% over that stretch · deepest drop along the way 50.9%, back to its old high 11 months after the low |
| 2022 bear market stocks fell Jan 3, 2022 – Oct 12, 2022 | Lost 40.1% over that stretch · deepest drop along the way 45.8%, back to its old high 25 months after the low |
Insider activity
Form 4 filings from 2025-10-31 to 2026-10-31 (25 read): 0 open-market purchases and 7 sales ($4.0M), 7 of them under pre-arranged 10b5-1 trading plans.
| Date | Insider | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | Christian Ulbrich CEO & President, Director | sell (plan) | $774K |
| Aug 20, 2026 | Christian Ulbrich CEO & President, Director | sell (plan) | $771K |
| Aug 19, 2026 | Christian Ulbrich CEO & President, Director | sell (plan) | $750K |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Christian Ulbrich CEO & President, Director | sell (plan) | $750K |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Christian Ulbrich CEO & President, Director | sell (plan) | $750K |
Who owns it
Large shareholders (13G filings)
| Vanguard Portfolio Management | 9.3% | Mar 31, 2026 |
| FMR LLC | 6.9% | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Vanguard Capital Management | 5.26% | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Generation Investment Management LLP | 4.24% | Dec 31, 2024 |
ETFs with the most weight in JLL
| DVLU First Trust Dorsey Wright Momentum & Value ETF | 2.75% |
| FTIF First Trust Bloomberg Inflation Sensitive Equity ETF | 2.03% |
| SRHQ SRH U.S. Quality GARP ETF | 1.89% |
| SMDX Intech S&P Small-Mid Cap Diversified Alpha ETF | 1.26% |
| FFSM Fidelity Fundamental Small-Mid Cap ETF | 1.14% |
| PAMC Pacer Lunt MidCap Multi-Factor Alternator ETF | 0.93% |
| TAX Cambria Tax Aware ETF | 0.92% |
| RWK Invesco S&P MidCap 400 Revenue ETF | 0.9% |
What could go wrong
- Profits swing with the property cycle. The 10-K names the global economy and demand for its services as strategic risks. Profits can swing widely: net income fell from $654.5 million in 2022 to $225.4 million in 2023.
- Clients can cancel on short notice. Most workplace management contracts can be ended by the client on 30 to 60 days' notice, though JLL reports high renewal rates. The 10-K lists competitive threats among its strategic risks.
- Growing dependence on outside suppliers. JLL relies more and more on vendors and subcontractors, especially for critical technology and data services. Outages, cyberattacks that start at a supplier, or being locked into costly vendors could hurt results and reputation.
- Keeping key people and client relationships. Success depends on senior management and staff who hold client relationships. The industry competes hard for experienced people, and JLL must keep retraining its workforce as technology changes.
- Size makes quick change difficult. With more than 113,000 employees in over 80 countries, JLL says change and quick responses are hard. Falling behind industry trends or technology could hurt results and its standing against competitors.
- Currency, interest rate and funding risks. Results move with exchange rates across more than 80 countries. JLL also flags interest rates, credit ratings and funding costs. Debt was $1.9 billion, against $514 million of cash and investments, on September 30, 2026.
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For income and retirement investors
JLL pays no dividend. It paid none from fiscal 2021 through 2025, and its dividend yield was 0% as of October 28, 2026. Instead, it returned about $1.3 billion over those five years through share repurchases, where a company purchases its own stock. That included $211.5 million in 2025. Shares outstanding fell 9.5% between November 2021 and October 2026. For someone living off a portfolio, that means no regular cash payments. Any spending money would have to come from trimming shares.
The stock has fallen hard in downturns. It dropped 83.5% in the 2008 financial crisis and took until February 2011 to recover. It fell 50.9% in the 2020 COVID crash, recovering in 11 months, and 45.8% in the 2022 bear market, not regaining its peak until October 2024. A single stock like this carries more risk than a diversified fund.
Questions investors ask
How does JLL make money?
JLL earns fees for managing, leasing and advising on commercial property. Real Estate Management Services, which runs workplaces and buildings for clients, produced 76.6% of its $26.1 billion of revenue in 2025. Leasing Advisory added 11.5%, Capital Markets Services 9.3%, LaSalle Investment Management 1.7% and Software and Technology Solutions 0.9%. Many management contracts reimburse JLL for staff and subcontractor costs on top of a base fee. That helps explain why profit is small relative to revenue: the operating margin was 4.2% in 2025.
Does JLL pay a dividend?
No. JLL paid no dividends from fiscal 2021 through 2025, and its dividend yield was 0% as of October 28, 2026. It returned cash through share repurchases instead, spending about $1.3 billion on them over those five years, including $211.5 million in 2025. Its share count fell 9.5% between November 2021 and October 2026. Investors who need regular income would get none from this stock and would have to rely on other holdings.
Is JLL a REIT?
No. JLL is classified as a real estate agent and manager, not a real estate investment trust (REIT). A REIT usually owns income-producing property and must pay out most of its taxable income as dividends. JLL mainly earns fees for managing, leasing and advising on buildings that clients own or occupy. Its LaSalle arm invests in property and listed real estate securities, but on behalf of clients, and it brought in 1.7% of 2025 revenue. Unlike a typical REIT, JLL pays no dividend.
Is JLL still growing?
Yes. Revenue rose 11.4% to $26.1 billion in 2025 and grew about 9.5% a year on average from 2020 to 2025. In the quarter ended September 30, 2026, revenue rose 11.8% from a year earlier to $7.3 billion, and net income rose 43.5% to $319.8 million. Profits have been uneven, though: net income fell to $225.4 million in 2023 before recovering to $792.1 million in 2025. The stock traded at about 20.3 times 2025 earnings as of October 28, 2026.
How did JLL stock hold up in past market crashes?
It fell sharply each time. JLL shares dropped 83.5% in the 2008 financial crisis, 50.9% in the 2020 COVID crash and 45.8% in the 2022 bear market. Recovery took about 23 months after the March 2009 low, 11 months after the March 2020 low and 25 months after the September 2022 low. Over longer periods, the share price rose about 4.7% a year over the five years and 13.4% a year over the 10 years to October 28, 2026.