# CoStar Group Inc (CSGP) — Stock CV

CoStar Group Inc is a $12.0B technology company. Revenue grew 22.0% over the last year, it keeps 2¢ of every dollar of sales as profit, and it holds more cash than debt. It trades at 163.3× earnings — around the middle of its own history.

> CoStar Group is a global provider of proprietary information, analytics, and online marketplaces serving both commercial and residential real estate.

## Identity

- **Ticker**: CSGP
- **Sector**: Technology
- **Industry**: Services-Business Services, Nec
- **Headquarters**: ARLINGTON, VA
- **Employees**: 8 000
- **Website**: https://www.costargroup.com
- **Market cap**: $12.0B
- **Last price**: $29.72
- **Financial profile**: Strong

## Vitals (TTM)

- **Revenue**: $3.56B
- **Net income**: $73.6M
- **Free cash flow**: $280M
- **Net cash**: $640M
- **P/E**: 163.3
- **Revenue growth (YoY)**: 22.0%

## Skills (profile scores, 0–100)

| Pillar | Score |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 30 |
| Growth | 45 |
| Profitability | 21 |
| Health | 100 |
| Quality | 77 |
| Moat | 61 |

## Qualifications (beginner checklist) — 8 of 10 passed

- [x] Revenue growing — +22.0% YoY
- [x] Profitable — $73.6M TTM
- [ ] Profit growing — -73.9% YoY
- [x] Generates cash — $280M TTM
- [x] Debt under control — more cash than debt
- [x] Established company — $12.0B market cap
- [x] Not printing shares — +9.8% shares over ~5y
- [x] Proven track record — 10/10 profitable years
- [x] Financially stable — Altman Z 4.0 — safe
- [ ] Valuation not extreme — P/E 163.3

## Experience (career milestones)

- **2026** — CoStar Group agreed to acquire Zonda, a provider of new-home construction data and homebuilder…
- **2025** — After initially taking a 16.9% stake in Australian real estate information company Domain Group, CoStar entered an…
- **2024** — CoStar Group purchased an estimated $35 million worth of airtime at Super Bowl LVIII for four Super Bowl…
- **FY2023** — Best year on record: $375M net income
- **FY2018** — Revenue crossed $1B: $1.19B for the year
- **2018** — From 2018 through 2023, it acquired the British online marketplace Realla, the German real-estate data company…
- **2017** — From 2017 through 2020, the company acquired the online marketplaces Westside Rentals, ForRent.com (previously owned…
- **FY2016** — Profitable every year on record: 10 consecutive profitable years in our data
- **2016** — Overseas, its European division acquired the German real-estate business data company Thomas Daily and the Spanish…
- **2012** — It acquired the online marketing site LoopNet for $860 million
- **2009** — It acquired Property and Portfolio Research company Grecam, joining the company's existing Grecam service
- **1998** — The company went public via an initial public offering on Nasdaq, raising $22.5 million
- **1987** — CoStar Group was founded in 1987 by Andrew C

## Strengths

- High gross margin (78.7%)
- Revenue growing 22.0% year over year
- Net cash position after subtracting debt from cash
- Interest covered 14.6× by operating earnings
- Altman Z-Score 3.97 — low bankruptcy-risk zone

## Watch-outs

- None stand out in the data.

## Track record

| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | $1.94B | $293M | $346M |
| FY2022 | $2.18B | $369M | $443M |
| FY2023 | $2.46B | $375M | $372M |
| FY2024 | $2.74B | $139M | -$186M |
| FY2025 | $3.25B | $7.00M | $123M |

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Source: https://stockcv.com/CSGP — derived from company filings; may be delayed or incomplete. Information, not investment advice.