CSGP
CoStar Group
Real Estate · Real Estate Services · US
$33.89
Data: 2026-05-15
✓ ETHICAL PASS

WEAK MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$13.3B
Total market value of the company
464.93
Expensive — high growth expected
18.30
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+22.5%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
0.7%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
0.3%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$49.32
+46% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 19 analysts covering this stock
About CoStar Group

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.

https://www.costargroup.com

Country: United States Employees: 8,441 Industry: Real Estate Services
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
11.2% PASS
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
17.7% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
3.4% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$40.00
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
15.3%
Slight discount to fair value
Rating
FAIR VALUE
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
93.4th
Ranks in the top 7% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
82.8
Valuation Score
67.0
Quality Score
47.0
Combined
67.0

Trading at $33 against a fair value of $40, a 19% discount. Passes all ethical screens. Ranks better than 86% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

DISTRIBUTION
Smart money appears to be selling into strength — caution
-1.163
Returns do not compensate for the risk — negative edge
-0.1223
No positive edge detected — the data suggests staying out
-0.562
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
-37.7%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-67.1%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
BULL
Statistical model sees bullish momentum
Days in State
42
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

0.75
Less volatile than the market — more defensive
52W High
$97.43
65% below the year high
52W Low
$31.36
8% above the year low
Avg Volume
6,606,806
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
2.8
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
4.3%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
0.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$0.07
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

0.15
Conservative use of debt — low financial risk
2.20
Strong balance sheet — comfortably covers short-term obligations
Quick Ratio
1.94
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
78.6%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
0.3%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$202M
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$3.4B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$25M
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
19
Target High
$70.00
Target Median
$49.32
Target Low
$33.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

45
NEUTRAL
Mixed insider activity. 0 purchases and 0 sales in the last 90 days — no clear directional signal. Political selling noted.
Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-05-01 FLORANCE ANDREW COLDEN Chief Executive Officer 71,430 $2,514,208
2026-03-10 CANN CYNTHIA CAMMETT Officer 4,374
2026-03-10 LOWN CHRISTIAN M Chief Financial Officer 12,268
2026-03-10 FLORANCE ANDREW COLDEN Chief Executive Officer 124,162
2026-03-10 BOXER GENE General Counsel 21,920
2026-03-10 DESMARAIS MICHAEL J Officer 17,676
2026-03-06 SAMS LOUISE S. Director 1,000 $48,360
2026-03-02 GLASER RACHEL C Director 1,000 $44,940
2026-03-02 SAINT FREDERICK G Officer 20,000 $906,600
2026-02-27 FLORANCE ANDREW COLDEN Chief Executive Officer 55,720 $2,480,654
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
Insider Intelligence
Political Trading Activity

Congressional trading disclosures involving this instrument

Date Politician Party Type Amount
2026-04-13 Ro Khanna Democrat Sale 1K–15K
Source: Congressional disclosure filings. View all political trades at
Insider Intelligence
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-15

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