profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
CoStar Group
$30.96+2.86% today
-54.8% in 1 year
1-year low $26.951-year high $69.20
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $1,779.48 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What CoStar Group sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.18 billion in 2022 to $3.25 billion in 2025, with $7.00 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
CoStar Group handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $500M
Free cash flow 2025$41M
Bought back its own shares$500M
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt$1.6B vs. $291M
CoStar Group vs. similar companies
CoStar Group grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| CoStar Group | 1,779.5× · Very expensive | ||
 Sumitomo Realty & Development | 17.3× · Fair price | ||
 KE Holdings | 43.5× · Expensive | ||
 Cellnex Telecom | No profit yet | ||
 Swire Properties | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads CoStar Group's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,659 | 1,944 | 2,182 | 2,455 | 2,736 | 3,247 | |
| 1,350 | 1,587 | 1,768 | 1,964 | 2,178 | 2,561 | |
| 289 | 432 | 451 | 282 | 5 | -72 | |
| 406 | 572 | 589 | 390 | 152 | 191 | |
| 227 | 293 | 370 | 375 | 139 | 7 | |
| 0.59 | 0.74 | 0.93 | 0.92 | 0.34 | 0.02 | |
| 81.4% | 81.6% | 81.0% | 80.0% | 79.6% | 78.9% | |
| 17.4% | 22.2% | 20.7% | 11.5% | 0.2% | -2.2% | |
| 13.7% | 15.1% | 16.9% | 15.3% | 5.1% | 0.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 6,915 | 7,257 | 8,403 | 8,920 | 9,257 | 10,538 |
| Cash | 3,694 | 3,800 | 4,968 | 5,216 | 4,681 | 1,633 |
| Total debt | 1,138 | 1,126 | 1,106 | 1,110 | 1,151 | 291 |
| Total liabilities | 1,540 | 1,545 | 1,533 | 1,581 | 1,704 | 2,167 |
| 5,375 | 5,712 | 6,870 | 7,339 | 7,553 | 8,334 | |
| 383 | 394 | 398 | 407 | 408 | 421 | |
| 3.5% | 5.0% | 4.5% | 2.6% | 0.0% | -0.7% | |
| 4.2% | 5.1% | 5.4% | 5.1% | 1.8% | 0.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 486 | 470 | 479 | 490 | 393 | 430 | |
| – | – | 94 | 143 | 638 | 389 | |
| – | – | 385 | 347 | -245 | 41 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 500 | |
| 53 | 64 | 75 | 85 | 89 | 194 |
Valuation
- 1,779.5×
- 22.9×
- –
- 1.5×
- 3.8×
- 303.8×
- 58.2×
- 0.3%
- 0.1%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 78.9%
- -2.2%
- 0.2%
- 8.3%
- -0.6%
- 1.7%
- 0.3%
- 0.2%
- -0.3%
- 12.5%
Growth
- +14.4%
- −49.2%
- +116.7%
- –
- +1.9%
Financial health
- -2.4×
- 0.14
- 11.2%
- -1.9×
- 2.84
- 2.20
- 0.34
How it ranks in Real Estate
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 6%of 743
Bottom 4%of 749
Top 25%of 759
Bottom 20%of 759
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $61.18
- Range
- $42.00 – $84.00
- 8 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | 0.23 | 0.18 | +27.8% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | 0.31 | 0.27 | +13.6% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 0.23 | 0.18 | +26.3% |
| Jul 22, 2025 | 0.17 | 0.14 | +23.4% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | 0.14 | 0.11 | +22.1% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | 0.26 | 0.22 | +18.2% |
| Oct 22, 2024 | 0.22 | 0.16 | +35.3% |
| Jul 23, 2024 | 0.15 | 0.10 | +43.1% |
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
24No pass
Benjamin Graham
51No pass
Philip Fisher
33No pass
Peter Lynch
17No pass
Joel Greenblatt
0No pass
Charlie Munger
26No pass
Terry Smith
31No pass
Questions about CoStar Group
Is CoStar Group a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, priced as if everything goes right. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the CoStar Group AI analysis
What does CoStar Group do?
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 is in Real Estate Services, based in Arlington, VA, United States, with 8,441 employees.
Does CoStar Group pay a dividend?
No. CoStar Group does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2025 it returned $500 million to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is CoStar Group stock halal?
Yes. CoStar Group passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 2% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has CoStar Group stock done over the past year?
Down 54.8% over the past twelve months, to $30.96. It traded between $26.95 and $69.20 and is 55.3% below its high.
Who are CoStar Group's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Sumitomo Realty & Development, KE Holdings, Cellnex Telecom and Swire Properties. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with CoStar Group's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.