Inside the research
CoStar Group, Inc.
CSGP Research profile · latest available data
Price overview
$28.09
▲ +0.23 (+0.8%)
| 52w hi | $84.80 |
|---|---|
| 52w lo | $27.14 |
| Vol | 6.66M |
| As of | 25 Sep 2026 |
The Verdict
Our score -0.33
| Short | -0.36 |
|---|---|
| Medium | -0.41 |
| Long | -0.09 |
computed 2026-09-27
Key fundamentals
CoStar Group, Inc.
Real Estate · Real Estate Services
| Market cap | $11.38B |
|---|---|
| Enterprise value | $11.28B |
| Trailing P/E | 156.06x |
| Forward P/E | 15.84x |
| EV / EBITDA | 28.64x |
| P / S (ttm) | 3.20x |
| Profit margin | 2.1% |
| Return on equity | 0.9% |
| Revenue growth | +18.4% |
| Earnings growth | +1261.0% |
| Debt / equity | 14.54 |
Layer Breakdown
| Layer | Raw | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Fundamental | +0.28 | |
| Sector | -0.04 | |
| Technical | -0.31 | |
| Earnings | +0.00 | |
| Sentiment | +0.00 |
macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27
Business overview
CoStar Group, Inc. provides information, analytics, and online marketplace services to real estate and related business communities in the United States, Australia, Canada, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. It offers CoStar Property that provides inventory of office, industrial, retail, multifamily, hospitality, and student housing, and land properties; CoStar Leasing, a data on lease transactions and tools to manage user-entered lease data; CoStar Sales, a database of commercial real estate sales transactions; CoStar Owners provides detailed portfolio information; CoStar Markets to view and report on market and submarket trends; and CoStar Tenant that provides tenant information. The company also provides hospitality benchmarking that allows hotels to measure performance against competitors; Debt Solutions, a tool for lenders to manage loan portfolios and risk; and real estate and lease management technology solutions, such as lease administration, lease accounting, and transaction management services. In addition, it offers Apartamentos.com, an apartment marketing sites; LoopNet.com, a commercial property marketing sites; Homes.com, a home for sale listings site; Ten-X, an online auction platform for commercial real estate; Land.com, a marketplace for rural land sales; and BizBuySell.com, a marketplace for operating businesses and franchises for sale. It serves sales, leasing, and mortgage brokers; property, real estate investment trust, insurance companies, and asset managers; and government agencies, property owners, mortgage-backed security issuers, appraisers, design and construction professionals, pension fund managers, real estate developers, reporters tenant vendors, bankers, building services vendors, mortgage bankers, communications providers, retailers, institutional advisors, hospitality owners, investors, and real estate agents. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
Risk Metrics
| Beta vs SPX | 0.72 |
|---|---|
| Corr SPX | 0.30 |
| Annual vol | 38.8% |
| Annual ret | -43.0% |
| Sharpe | -1.11 |
| Max DD | -72.0% |
Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)
Analyst Coverage
| Mean PT | $49.32 |
|---|---|
| High / Low | $70.00 / $33.00 |
| Median | $50.00 |
| Analysts | 19 |
| Strong Buy | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Buy | 9 | |
| Hold | 4 | |
| Sell | 1 | |
| Strong Sell | 0 |
Recent rating actions
| 2026-05-04 | Stephens & Co. | → Overweight |
| 2026-04-30 | Wells Fargo | → Underweight |
| 2026-04-30 | Goldman Sachs | → Buy |
| 2026-04-29 | Needham | → Buy |
| 2026-04-29 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | → Outperform |
| 2026-04-29 | JP Morgan | → Overweight |
Material Events
| Date | Event | 8-K |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-28 | Earnings Release, Exhibits | read |
| 2026-07-13 | Officer / Director Change, Reg FD Disclosure… | read |
| 2026-06-25 | Officer / Director Change, Shareholder Vote… | read |
| 2026-05-29 | Material Agreement, Reg FD Disclosure… | read |
| 2026-04-28 | Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure… | read |
| 2026-03-16 | Officer / Director Change, Reg FD Disclosure | read |
| 2026-02-24 | Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure… | read |
| 2026-02-13 | Officer / Director Change, Exhibits | read |
| 2026-01-07 | Officer / Director Change, Reg FD Disclosure… | read |
| 2025-10-28 | Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure | read |
| 2025-08-27 | Reg FD Disclosure | read |
| 2025-07-22 | Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure… | read |
Insider Trades
| Date | Insider | Role | Action | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | Cann Cynthia Cammett | Chief Accounting Officer | Sell | 4.79K | $147.37K |
| 2026-08-05 | Hill John W | Sell | 3.50K | $105.73K | |
| 2026-08-01 | Cann Cynthia Cammett | Chief Accounting Officer | Withheld for tax | 1.08K | $30.97K |
| 2026-08-01 | SAINT FREDERICK G. | President, Marketplaces | Withheld for tax | 1.44K | $41.30K |
| 2026-07-01 | LOWN CHRISTIAN M. | Chief Financial Officer | Withheld for tax | 5.60K | $164.33K |
| 2026-06-23 | Glaser Rachel C | Grant | 8.26K | — | |
| 2026-06-23 | BERISFORD JOHN L | Grant | 8.26K | — | |
| 2026-06-23 | Hill John W | Grant | 8.26K | — |
Flow & Concentration
| Insider 180d net | -$253.11K |
|---|---|
| Insider buys / sells | 0 / 2 |
| Insider bias | Neutral |
| 13F holders | 7 |
| Top-5 share | 97.4% |
| HHI | 3,705 (concentrated) |
Top Holders
| Holder | Value | Shares |
|---|---|---|
| State Street Corp | $521.40M | 18.41M |
| AQR Capital Management | $239.18M | 8.45M |
| Fidelity / FMR LLC | $70.09M | 2.47M |
| Capital Research / Capital World | $68.09M | 2.40M |
| Citadel Advisors | $35.06M | 1.24M |
| Millennium Management | $24.66M | 870.60K |
| T. Rowe Price Group | $19.43K | 686.02K |
As of 2026-06-30
SEC Filings
The Long Run
FY 2011–2025 · 15 years
| Line | Latest | CAGR | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.46B | +18.6% | |
| Gross profit | $1.96B | +19.4% | |
| Operating income | -$72.00M | -11.1% | |
| Net income | $375.00M | +23.9% | |
| Cash from ops | $393.00M | +21.5% |
Indices
Recent Sessions
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Vol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | $27.73 | $28.63 | $27.60 | $28.09 | 6.66M |
| Sep 24 | $28.18 | $28.54 | $27.28 | $27.86 | 6.50M |
| Sep 23 | $28.69 | $28.69 | $27.89 | $28.26 | 5.66M |
| Sep 22 | $29.63 | $29.63 | $28.31 | $28.77 | 5.28M |
| Sep 21 | $29.24 | $29.64 | $28.84 | $29.04 | 7.10M |
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