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CoStar Group, Inc. — Intrinsic Value & Fair Price

CSGP
NASDAQReal EstateReal Estate - ServicesCIK 0001057352costargroup.comAbout CSGP
Last close · Oct 16, 202632.31+0.31 (+0.97%)
Market cap$13.1B
Model value · P/E · peers
16.67
CoStar Group closed at $32.31 — overvalued by 94% vs model.
16.50the model's range17.09

P/E · peers leads because DCF · Perpetuity growth · 5y could not lead: the cash-flow gate is shut (an operating loss, or three years of free cash flow summing below zero). From its peers' median P/E.

Other models
11.01 – 77.36
Wall St. target
36.50 11% below
Above model, 1y
20 of 20 days

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How it is valued

Valued asMature & Stable
Moderate growth (~15% recent)Thin margins (0.2% net margin)Highly cyclical earnings
What growth the price implies: the reverse DCF

Key figures

FY2025
P/E
1616×
EV / EBITDA
45.8×
FCF yield
0.3%
Dividend yield, TTM
0.00%
Beta
0.80
Cost of capital (WACC)
8.25%
Full financials

Analyst actions

third-party, quoted
08-24BMO Capital · target33.00
08-24KeyBanc · target33.00
07-29Keefe, Bruyette & Woods · “Market Perform” from “Outperform”downgrade
07-29Citigroup · “Neutral” from “Buy”downgrade
Ratings, targets and estimates

Comparable companies

by business, not by industry label
2 more companies list CSGP as a comparable

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About CoStar Group

CoStar Group, Inc. (CSGP) stands as a premier global provider of comprehensive information, sophisticated analytics, and dynamic online marketplace services. The company caters to professionals within the commercial real estate, hospitality, residential, and related industries, extending its reach across the United States, Canada, Europe, the Asia Pacific region, and Latin America. Its diverse suite of offerings encompasses powerful data platforms like CoStar Property, which meticulously catalogues an extensive inventory of various property types, including office, industrial, retail, multifamily, hospitality, student housing, and undeveloped land. Other key analytical tools comprise CoStar COMPS, a robust repository of comparable commercial real estate sales transactions; CoStar Market Analytics, designed for examining aggregated market and submarket trends; and CoStar Tenant, an online business-to-business prospecting and analytical resource providing detailed tenant information. Additionally, CoStar offers solutions for lease management, including Lease Comps and Analysis and CoStar Lease Analysis, alongside Public Record, a searchable database of commercially-zoned land parcels. Its software solutions feature CoStar Real Estate Manager, designed for comprehensive lease administration, portfolio oversight, and lease accounting compliance, as well as specialized CoStar Risk Analytics and CoStar Investment tools. Beyond its data and software platforms, CoStar operates a vast network of online marketplaces. These include prominent apartment marketing sites such as ApartmentFinder.com and ForRent.com; commercial property listing and advertising services through LoopNet (e.g., Premium Lister, Diamond, Platinum, and Gold Ads); and platforms dedicated to rural land sales like LandsofAmerica.com and LandAndFarm.com. It also facilitates the sale of operating businesses and franchises via sites like BizBuySell.com, and serves as an online auction platform for commercial real estate with Ten-X. Furthermore, CoStar supports the residential home-buying market through HomeSnap, an online and mobile software platform, and Homes.com, a comprehensive listings site for properties for sale. CoStar Group, Inc. was established in 1987 and maintains its corporate headquarters in Washington, D.C.

CEO
Andrew C. Florance
Headquarters
Arlington, VA
Employees
8,441
IPO
1998-07-01
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