CSGP Stock Analysis: CoStar | NASDAQ

Real Estate Data, Online Marketplaces, Lease Administration, Commercial Auctions

Total Rating 39

Safety 66

Buy Signal -1.02

Real Estate Services
Industry Rotation: -2.6

Market Cap: 13.1B
Avg Turnover: 183M

Risk 3d forecast

Volatility41.0%

VaR 5^th Pctl6.91%

VaR vs Median2.48%

Reward TTM

Sharpe Ratio-2.29

Rel. Str. IBD1.6

Rel. Str. Peer Group3.8

Character TTM

Beta0.206

Beta Downside0.704

Hurst Exponent0.429

Drawdowns 3y

Max DD72.23%

CAGR/Max DD-0.39

CAGR/Mean DD-1.09

EPS (Earnings per Share)

EPS CAGR: -8.97%
EPS Trend: -45.4%

Last SUE: 3.24
Qual. Beats: 10

Revenue

Rev. CAGR: 15.33%
Rev. Trend: 98.8%

Last SUE: -0.90
Qual. Beats: -1

Warnings

P/E Ratio 179.0

Below Avwap Earnings

Below Sma 200d

Tailwinds

No distinct edge detected

Seasonality 11.6 years of data

Jan +2.3% 5

Feb -2.7% 19

Mar -0.1% 5

Apr +3.2% 2

May +0.1% 5

Jun +3.8% 20

Jul +7.4% 33

Aug -1.8% 30

Sep -2.9% 28

Oct -3.4% 25

Nov +0.6% 23

Dec -2.3% 36

How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.

Description: CSGP CoStar

CoStar Group, Inc. (CSGP) provides information, analytics, and online marketplace services to the commercial real estate industry across the United States, Australia, Canada, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Its core CoStar platform offers property inventory data, lease and sales comps, portfolio and tenant intelligence, and market analytics covering office, industrial, retail, multifamily, hospitality, student housing, and land assets. The company also offers hospitality benchmarking tools and debt/loan portfolio management software for lenders.

In addition to subscription-based data services, CoStar operates a portfolio of consumer-facing real estate marketplaces, including LoopNet for commercial properties, Apartments.com for rentals, Homes.com for residential listings, Ten-X for online CRE auctions, Land.com for rural land, and BizBuySell.com for business and franchise sales. This dual model of proprietary CRE data plus advertising/marketplace listings is characteristic of the Real Estate Services sub-industry, where recurring subscriptions and listing-driven traffic are the primary revenue engines.

CoStar serves a broad customer base spanning sales and leasing brokers, REITs, institutional investors, asset managers, mortgage lenders, government agencies, appraisers, developers, and individual real estate agents. The company was founded in 1986, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, and is classified within the Real Estate sector as a Large Cap stock with a market capitalization of approximately $12.3 billion.

Headlines to Watch Out For

Homes.com subscriber growth accelerates against Zillow competition
Office vacancy headwinds pressure CoStar subscription renewals
LoopNet ad revenue scales as commercial transactions rebound

Piotroski VR-10 (Strict) 6.5

Net Income: 74.1m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue
FCF/TA: 0.03 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 3.60 > 1.0
NWC/Revenue: 25.51% < 20% (prev 123.1%; Δ -97.60% < -1%)
CFO/TA 0.05 > 3% & CFO 497.3m > Net Income 74.1m
Net Debt (97.0m) to EBITDA (418.3m): 0.23 < 3
Current Ratio: 2.21 > 1.5 & < 3
Outstanding Shares: last quarter (404.4m) vs 12m ago -4.69% < -2%
Gross Margin: 76.48% > 18% (prev 79.33%; Δ -2.85% > 0.5%)
Asset Turnover: 34.44% > 50% (prev 27.75%; Δ 6.70% > 0%)
Interest Coverage Ratio: 6.93 > 6 (EBIT TTM 99.1m / Interest Expense TTM 14.3m)

Altman Z'' 5.22

A: 0.09 (Total Current Assets 1.65b - Total Current Liabilities 747.0m) / Total Assets 10.1b
B: 0.24 (Retained Earnings 2.41b / Total Assets 10.1b)
C: 0.01 (EBIT TTM 99.1m / Avg Total Assets 10.3b)
D: 3.62 (Book Value of Equity 7.93b / Total Liabilities 2.19b)
Altman-Z'' = 5.22 = AAA

Beneish M -2.52

DSRI: 1.05 (Receivables 271.0m/211.1m, Revenue 3.56b/2.92b)
GMI: 1.04 (GM 79.33% / 76.48%)
AQI: 1.47 (AQ_t 0.68 / AQ_t-1 0.46)
SGI: 1.22 (Revenue 3.56b / 2.92b)
TATA: -0.04 (NI 74.1m - CFO 497.3m) / TA 10.1b)
Beneish M = -2.52 (Cap -4..+1) = A

What is the price of CSGP shares?

As of September 06, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 30.91 with a total of 3,875,257 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -4.07%, over one month by +3.66%, over three months by -8.17% and over the past year by -65.31%.

Current recommended Stop Loss: 29.10 (which is 5.9% or 1.3 ATR below the current price).

Is CSGP a buy, sell or hold?

CoStar has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.00. Therefore, it is recommended to buy CSGP.

StrongBuy: 6
Buy: 6
Hold: 3
Sell: 0
StrongSell: 1

What are the forecasts/targets for the CSGP price?

Analysts Target Price	37.2	20.3%

CoStar (CSGP) - Fundamental Data Overview as of 31 August 2026

Market Cap USD = 13.1b (13.1b USD * 1.0 USD.USD)
P/E Trailing = 179.0
P/E Forward = 24.0385
P/S = 3.6714
P/B = 1.601
P/EG = 0.1381
Revenue TTM = 3.56b USD
EBIT TTM = 99.1m USD
EBITDA TTM = 418.3m USD
Long Term Debt = 994.0m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 30.0m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 1.36b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 208.0m
Net Debt = 97.0m USD (calculated: Debt 1.36b - CCE 1.27b)
Enterprise Value = 13.2b USD (13.1b + Debt 1.36b - CCE 1.27b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 6.93 (Ebit TTM 99.1m / Interest Expense TTM 14.3m)
EV/FCF = 42.16x (Enterprise Value 13.2b / FCF TTM 312.0m)
FCF Yield = 2.37% (FCF TTM 312.0m / Enterprise Value 13.2b)
FCF Margin = 8.77% (FCF TTM 312.0m / Revenue TTM 3.56b)
Net Margin = 2.08% (Net Income TTM 74.1m / Revenue TTM 3.56b)
Gross Margin = 76.48% ((Revenue TTM 3.56b - Cost of Revenue TTM 836.2m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 74.81% (prev 78.15%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.30 (Enterprise Value 13.2b / Total Assets 10.1b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 1.05% (Interest Expense 14.3m / Debt 1.36b)
Taxrate = 26.78% (27.1m / 101.2m)
NOPAT = 72.6m (EBIT 99.1m * (1 - 26.78%))
Current Ratio = 2.21 (Total Current Assets 1.65b / Total Current Liabilities 747.0m)
Debt / Equity = 0.17 (Debt 1.36b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 7.93b)
Debt / EBITDA = 0.23 (Net Debt 97.0m / EBITDA 418.3m)
Debt / FCF = 0.31 (Net Debt 97.0m / FCF TTM 312.0m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 8.20b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 0.72% (Net Income 74.1m / Total Assets 10.1b)
RoE = 0.90% (Net Income TTM 74.1m / Total Stockholder Equity 8.20b)
RoCE = 1.08% (EBIT 99.1m / Capital Employed (Equity 8.20b + L.T.Debt 994.0m))
RoIC = 0.78% (NOPAT 72.6m / Invested Capital 9.24b)
WACC = 6.15% (E(13.1b)/V(14.4b) * Re(6.71%) + D(1.36b)/V(14.4b) * Rd(1.05%) * (1-Tc(0.27)))
Discount Rate = 6.71% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 34.52 | Cagr: -0.32%
[DCF] Terminal Value 75.44% ; FCFF base≈312.0m ; Y1≈313.3m ; Y5≈331.9m
[DCF] Fair Price = 12.50 (EV 5.16b - Net Debt 97.0m = Equity 5.06b / Shares 405.2m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 0.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -45.36 | EPS CAGR: -8.97% | SUE: 3.24 | # QB: 10
Revenue Correlation: 98.80 | Revenue CAGR: 15.33% | SUE: -0.90 | # QB: -1
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.34 | Chg30d=-10.72% | Revisions=-85% | Analysts=19
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=1.36 | Chg30d=+0.10% | Revisions=-21% | GrowthEPS=+56.5% | GrowthRev=+15.2%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=1.73 | Chg30d=-2.49% | Revisions=-55% | GrowthEPS=+27.2% | GrowthRev=+10.8%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -60% (up=9, down=41)