Why did CoStar Group (CSGP) stock move recently?

On 7/28/2026, CoStar Group moved +4.0% — CoStar Group rose ~4% as it reported Q2 2026 results after the prior close, with revenue up 18% to $925M, net income surging 817%, and Adjusted EBITDA more than doubling YoY to $184M (a profitability inflection point), while affirming/raising full-year Adjusted EBITDA guidance and highlighting cost controls and AI product momentum. This is MarketChacha's decoded reason from filings and credible news; it is education, not buy/sell advice.

Is CoStar Group (CSGP) overvalued or fairly valued?

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Does CoStar Group's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (2.52×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is CoStar Group's revenue?

CoStar Group reported revenue of $3.2B for FY2025, with net profit of $7.0M, per official filings.

What is the share price of CoStar Group (CSGP)?

CoStar Group last traded at $30.91 (-2.4% on the day), as of 9/4/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

CoStar Group

CSGP · NASDAQ · Real Estate · United States

Snapshot

TickerCSGP

ExchangeNASDAQ

SectorReal Estate

IndustryReal Estate Services

CountryUnited States

Employees8,441

HeadquartersArlington, United States

Websitewww.costargroup.com

Filings tracked15

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.

Who owns it

Insiders1.3%
Institutions98.7%
Public & other0.0%

1,120 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC9.36%
Blackrock Inc.8.35%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC6.59%
BAMCO Inc.5.34%
State Street Corporation4.54%
Capital International Investors4.11%
BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO3.25%
Geode Capital Management, LLC3.00%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

Margin has compressed by about 15.1 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Cash conversion2.52×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend15.3% → 0.2%

Margin has compressed by about 15.1 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Return on equity0.1%

Latest ROE of 0.1% is on the low side — the business earns a modest return on shareholder capital.

Growth qualityrev 15% · PAT -86%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $978.7M · EPS 0.49

Est. earnings growth +57.3%

Next fiscal year

Rev $4.2B · EPS 1.73

Est. earnings growth +27.1%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$3.2B

Net margin

0.2%

ROE

0.1%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+15.0%

Profit CAGR (2y)

-86.3%

EPS (FY2025)

0.02

Net profit (FY2025)

$7.0M

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Why it moved

Jul 28, 2026
CoStar Group rose ~4% as it reported Q2 2026 results after the prior close, with revenue up 18% to $925M, net income surging 817%, and Adjusted EBITDA more than doubling YoY to $184M (a profitability inflection point), while affirming/raising full-year Adjusted EBITDA guidance and highlighting cost controls and AI product momentum.
source 1 ↗source 2 ↗source 3 ↗· confidence: high

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$3.2B	$7.0M	0.02	0.2%	0.1%
FY2024	$2.7B	$139.0M	0.34	5.1%	1.8%
FY2023	$2.5B	$375.0M	0.92	15.3%	5.1%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q2	$925.0M	$55.0M	0.14	5.9%
2026Q1	$897.0M	$3.0M	0.01	0.3%
2025Q3	$833.6M	$-30.9M	-0.07	-3.7%
2025Q2	$781.0M	$6.0M	0.01	0.8%
2025Q1	$732.0M	$-15.0M	-0.04	-2.0%
2024Q3	$692.6M	$53.0M	0.13	7.7%
2024Q2	$677.8M	$19.2M	0.05	2.8%
2024Q1	$656.4M	$6.7M	0.02	1.0%
2023Q3	$624.7M	$90.6M	0.22	14.5%
2023Q2	$605.9M	$100.5M	0.25	16.6%
2023Q1	$584.4M	$87.1M	0.21	14.9%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

10-Q filing
SEC7/29/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/28/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC7/13/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change, Shareholder vote results, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC6/25/2026material
8-K — Material agreement, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC5/29/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC4/29/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC4/28/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change, Reg FD disclosure
SEC3/16/2026material
10-K filing
SEC2/26/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC2/24/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC2/13/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC1/7/2026material

2025

10-Q filing
SEC10/29/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure
SEC10/28/2025material
8-K — Reg FD disclosure
SEC8/27/2025material

In the news

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