Costar Group, Inc.

Consumer Discretionary
Business Services
www.costar.com

Earnings Score
Moat Score
Safety Score

Market Cap $31.95B
PE 182
Debt $1.00B
Cash $4.94B
EV $28.01B
FCF -$118.77M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$175.38M
EBIT	$257.90M
ROE	2%
ROA	3%
FCF	-$118.77M
Equity	$7.49B
Growth Stability	100%
PE	182.19
PEG	173.38
PB	4.27
P/FCF	-269.01
P/S	11.98
Price/Cash	0.15
Debt/Equity	0.13
Debt/FCF	-8.42
Net Margins	4%
Gross Margins	79%
Op. Margins	10%
Earnings CAGR	22%
Sales Growth YoY	11%
Sales Growth QoQ	2%
Sales CAGR	17%
FCF CAGR	7%
Equity CAGR	22%
Earnings Stability	0.56
Earnings Growth YoY	-41%
Earnings Growth QoQ	176%

Earnings CAGR 5Y	1%
Sales CAGR 5Y	14%
FCF CAGR 5Y	-9%
Equity CAGR 5Y	15%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	12%
Sales CAGR 3Y	12%
FCF CAGR 3Y	-23%
Equity CAGR 3Y	11%
Market Cap	$31.95B
Revenue	$2.67B
Assets	$9.14B
Total Debt	$1.00B
Cash	$4.94B
Shares Outstanding	406.2M
EV	28.01B
Earnings Score	84%
Moat Score	42%
Safety Score	69%
Final Score	65%
Working Capital	4.66B
Current Ratio	9.63
Gross Profit	$2.11B
Shares Growth 3y	2%
Equity Growth QoQ	1%
Equity Growth YoY	4%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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CoStar Group is a leading provider of commercial real estate data and marketplace listing platforms. Its data offering contains in-depth analytical information on over 5 million commercial real estate properties related to various subsectors including office, retail, multifamily, healthcare, industrial, self-storage, and data centers. It operates many flagship brands such as CoStar Suite, LoopNet, Apartments.com, BizBuySell, LandsofAmerica, and so on with more than 75% of its revenue classified as subscription-based. The company has also recently expanded its presence in Canada, the United Kingdom, Spain, and France.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Costar Group, Inc. (CSGP) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2024
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2023
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2022
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of Costar Group, Inc. compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR 22%

Stability 56%

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Costar Group, Inc. Discounted Cash Flow

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= -$1.9B

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	-$119M	-$127M	-$135M	-$144M	-$154M	-$164M	-$175M	-$186M	-$199M	-$212M	-$226M	-$2.3B
DCF		-$115M	-$112M	-$108M	-$105M	-$102M	-$99M	-$96M	-$93M	-$90M	-$87M	-$871M
Value	-$1.9B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	12/2014	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	TTM
Net Margins	8%	-0%	10%	13%	20%	23%	14%	15%	17%	15%	4%
ROA	-	4%	7%	6%	9%	10%	4%	6%	6%	6%	3%
ROE	-	-0%	5%	5%	8%	9%	4%	5%	5%	5%	2%

Bad Net Margins (3.89%)

Net Margins are too low to guarantee profitability in case of higher costs or higher interest rates. Furthermore lower margins cause higher earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	12/2014	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	4	2.14	0	0.01	0.32	2.28	2.89	2.26	2.69	-8.42
Debt over Equity	0.27	0.25	0.23	0	0	0.04	0.19	0.18	0.15	0.14	0.13
Growth Stability	-	-	-	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

Good Debt/FCF ratio (-8.42)

Net Margins are high enough to offer a good protection on the profits in case of higher costs or higher interests. Furthermore higher margins reduce earnings’ volatility.

Good Debt/Equity ratio (0.13)

The company is not overleveraged and has a good balance between equity and debt.

Good Graham’s Stability (100%)

The company has a good stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a good competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	12/2014	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	24%	18%	15%	23%	17%	19%	17%	12%	12%	14%
Earnings YoY growth	-	-108%	-3K%	44%	94%	32%	-28%	29%	26%	1%	1%
Equity YoY growth	-	2%	7%	60%	14%	13%	58%	6%	20%	7%	15%
FCF YoY growth	-	-17%	84%	19%	45%	35%	6%	-21%	28%	-16%	-9%