Stocks · Real Estate · Real Estate - Services
CoStar Group, Inc. CSGP
$27.38 -1.23% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $11.09B
High qualityWeak trend
Next earnings report: Oct 27, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 11 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +21.0%).
- Over the past year the stock returned -67.2%, behind the S&P 500 by 82.3 percentage points.
- The stock is 68% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Real Estate sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 20%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 30%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 19%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 45%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 19%
- Gross marginTop 18%
- Operating marginBottom 13%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 13%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 36%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 4%
- Interest coverTop 6%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 34%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 31%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 23%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 15%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 31%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 2%
- 6-month returnBottom 7%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 3%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 4%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 22%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 33%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 1%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 32%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 31%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 8%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 32%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 4%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 21.3% | 22.0% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -80.0% | -29.0% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 79.3% | 76.5% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -0.2% | 2.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -1.9% | 8.8% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 22.0% | 21.3% | ↑ | Top 20% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -29.0% | -80.0% | ↑ | Bottom 30% |
| Gross margin | 76.5% | 79.3% | ↓ | Top 18% |
| Operating margin | 2.2% | -0.2% | ↑ | Bottom 13% |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 3.6% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.8% | -1.9% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 0.6% | — | Bottom 19% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 14.2% | — | Top 19% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 4.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +6.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.27×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 5.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 8.01%
- Shareholder yield
- 8.01%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -4.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 11
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +21.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $36.36
- Target vs current price
- +32.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 27
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 59%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | +12.0% | +4.0% | +2.9% | +12.6% | — |
| Apr 28, 2026 | +32.0% | -0.8% | -2.4% | -10.3% | -25.1% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | +13.6% | +2.7% | -5.6% | -10.4% | -29.4% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | +26.3% | +0.1% | -11.2% | -13.5% | -16.0% |
| Jul 22, 2025 | +23.4% | +0.2% | +9.8% | +3.7% | -10.9% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | +22.1% | +1.2% | -5.7% | -8.7% | +13.7% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | +18.2% | +1.9% | +4.6% | +8.2% | +1.5% |
| Oct 22, 2024 | +35.3% | -0.6% | -3.9% | -5.2% | -4.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | $0.32 | $0.29 | +12.0% | $925.0M |
| Apr 28, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.17 | +32.0% | $897.0M |
| Feb 24, 2026 | $0.31 | $0.27 | +13.6% | $900.0M |
| Oct 28, 2025 | $0.23 | $0.18 | +26.3% | $833.6M |
| Jul 22, 2025 | $0.17 | $0.14 | +23.4% | $781.3M |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $0.14 | $0.11 | +22.1% | $732.2M |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $0.26 | $0.22 | +18.2% | $709.4M |
| Oct 22, 2024 | $0.22 | $0.16 | +35.3% | $692.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 149.1× | 147.1× | 57th | Bottom 34% |
| P/E (forward) | 20.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 26.3× | — | — | Bottom 23% |
| EV / Sales | 3.09× | — | — | Top 15% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.81% | — | — | Bottom 31% |
| Earnings yield | 0.67% | — | — | Bottom 34% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 71.3× – 352.0× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -67.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -29.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -3.3%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -8.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -9.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -31.7%
- RSI (14)
- 36.6
- Relative volume
- 0.60×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 45.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 86th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.71
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.27
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -67.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -72.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2021 | Sep 29, 2026 | -73.0% | 1235 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 12, 2021 | Mar 4, 2021 | -19.3% | 13 days | 158 days (Oct 18, 2021) |
| Oct 13, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -10.2% | 11 days | 5 days (Nov 4, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $11.09B
- P/E (TTM)
- 149.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.18
- Revenue (TTM)
- $3.56B
- 52-week range
- $25.89 – $85.24
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.94B | $2.18B | $2.46B | $2.74B | $3.25B |
| Gross profit | $1.59B | $1.77B | $1.96B | $2.18B | $2.44B |
| Operating income | $432.3M | $451.0M | $282.3M | $4.7M | -$72.0M |
| Net income | $292.6M | $369.5M | $374.7M | $138.7M | $7.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.74 | $0.93 | $0.92 | $0.34 | $0.02 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $692.6M | $709.4M | $732.2M | $781.3M | $833.6M | $900.0M | $897.0M | $925.0M |
| Net income | $53.0M | $59.8M | -$14.8M | $6.2M | -$30.9M | $47.0M | $3.0M | $55.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.13 | $0.15 | -$0.04 | $0.01 | -$0.07 | $0.11 | $0.01 | $0.14 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $469.7M | $478.6M | $489.5M | $392.6M | $430.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$65.2M | -$58.6M | -$25.3M | -$637.9M | -$389.0M |
| Free cash flow | $404.5M | $420.0M | $464.2M | -$245.3M | $41.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$15.3M | $736.1M | -$3.0M | -$5.0M | -$551.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.27B
- Total assets
- $10.14B
- Total liabilities
- $2.19B
- Total debt
- $1.16B
- Net debt
- -$111.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $7.93B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 14,839,529
- Days to cover
- 2.68
- Change vs previous report
- -21.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 28, 2021
- 10-for-1