William Blair Issues Pessimistic Forecast for JLL Earnings

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE:JLL) – Research analysts at William Blair dropped their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Jones Lang LaSalle in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, May 7th. William Blair analyst S. Sheldon now forecasts that the financial services provider will earn $3.43 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $3.54. The consensus estimate for Jones Lang LaSalle’s current full-year earnings is $16.45 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Jones Lang LaSalle’s Q4 2025 earnings at $7.03 EPS and Q1 2026 earnings at $2.43 EPS.

Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE:JLL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 7th. The financial services provider reported $2.31 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.02 by $0.29. The business had revenue of $5.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.65 billion. Jones Lang LaSalle had a net margin of 2.33% and a return on equity of 10.20%. The business’s revenue was up 12.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.78 EPS.

JLL has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Raymond James raised their price objective on shares of Jones Lang LaSalle from $317.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on shares of Jones Lang LaSalle from $327.00 to $285.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 10th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods dropped their price objective on shares of Jones Lang LaSalle from $325.00 to $280.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 17th. UBS Group dropped their price objective on shares of Jones Lang LaSalle from $340.00 to $305.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, April 11th. Finally, StockNews.com cut shares of Jones Lang LaSalle from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $315.83.

Jones Lang LaSalle Price Performance

Shares of NYSE JLL opened at $239.64 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.23 and a beta of 1.33. Jones Lang LaSalle has a 12 month low of $192.94 and a 12 month high of $288.50. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $232.61 and its 200-day simple moving average is $255.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a current ratio of 2.00 and a quick ratio of 2.29.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in JLL. Tidal Investments LLC purchased a new position in shares of Jones Lang LaSalle during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $218,000. Oak Thistle LLC purchased a new position in Jones Lang LaSalle in the 4th quarter valued at $686,000. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its holdings in Jones Lang LaSalle by 264.9% in the 4th quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 95,426 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $24,156,000 after purchasing an additional 69,273 shares in the last quarter. Ritholtz Wealth Management lifted its holdings in Jones Lang LaSalle by 48.2% in the 4th quarter. Ritholtz Wealth Management now owns 3,121 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $790,000 after purchasing an additional 1,015 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Shelton Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in Jones Lang LaSalle by 10.0% in the 4th quarter. Shelton Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,035 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $768,000 after purchasing an additional 275 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.80% of the company’s stock.

Jones Lang LaSalle Company Profile

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated operates as a commercial real estate and investment management company. It engages in the buying, building, occupying, managing, and investing in a commercial, industrial, hotel, residential, and retail properties in Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific.