CoStar Group Inc CSGP

What the company does

CoStar Group Inc is a large-cap company in the Real Estate sector (Real Estate Services), with a market value of $13.7B, based in the USA.

It employs about 8,441 people and has been listed since Jun 29, 1998.

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.

Cheap or expensive? no comparison basis

Price-to-earnings (p/e): 188.4. We have no good comparison group for this stock, so the number stands alone.

Revenue is growing 18% versus the same quarter last year.

On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 18.3 — they expect higher earnings.

The average analyst price target is 37.65, 11% above the current price (their view, not ours).

The stock sits at 15% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).

The risks

• • The stock is 57% below its one-year high.
• • Quarterly report in 2 days (2026-10-27) — a day the stock can move a lot.

Strengths

• ✅ Profitable — 6 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
• ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
• ✅ Buys back its shares (5% fewer shares in a year).
• ✅ More cash than debt.
• ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (12 vs 1).
• ✅ Revenue is growing 18% a year.

What changed this week

Over the past week the stock rose 5.0% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.4%, sector ETF XLRE +1.0%).

This week's news

• Real estate stocks trade mixed as earnings releases pick pace seekingalpha.com · 2026-10-24
  What the article says

  [REIT. Real estate investment trust. Financial Market. Hand pressing button on screen] Funtap/iStock via Getty Images Real estate stocks traded mixed in a week that saw earnings releases gain momentum. The S&P 500 Real Estate Index Sector (SP500-60) increased 0.86% week-over-week to 271.41 points, while the… source ↗

• CoStar Group to Report Q3 Earnings: What's in Store for the Stock? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  CoStar Group CSGP is slated to report third-quarter 2026 results on Oct. 27. For the third quarter of 2026, CoStar Group expects revenues to be between $935 million and $945 million, representing a 13% year-over-year increase at the midpoint, and adjusted earnings of 31-34 cents per share. The Zacks Consensus Estimate… source ↗

• New U.S. Industrial Leases Return to Prior Peak, Renewals Drop finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  ARLINGTON, Va., October 23, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. industrial new lease count index has returned to its historical peak, while the renewal index has fallen, according to data from CoStar, the leading global provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property markets. Large… source ↗

• Midday Pulse: S&P 500 top intraday gainers seekingalpha.com · 2026-10-22
  What the article says

  [Wall street sign in New York with New York Stock Exchange background] naphtalina/iStock via Getty Images Here's a quick look at the stocks seeing the strongest intraday gains across the S&P 500 (SP500 [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SP500]) on Thursday. U.S. stocks were noticeably lower on Thursday, after a day of… source ↗

• AI Uncertainty Challenges CoStar’s (CSGP) Residential Property Platforms finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-22
  What the article says

  White Falcon's Q3 2026 letter reports 2.7% quarterly and 4.6% year-to-date net returns. The letter can be downloaded here. Management attributes the underperformance mainly to a sharp September pullback, rising interest rates, and zero energy exposure. The portfolio remains concentrated in contrarian, value-oriented… source ↗

• U.S. retail construction activity declined in the third quarter of 2026 finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-21
  What the article says

  Texas markets continue to lead retail development ARLINGTON, Va., October 21, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--U.S. retail construction activity pulled back in the third quarter of 2026, according to data from CoStar, the leading global provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property… source ↗

What changed since last week

• The price rose 5.0% since the last summary.