CoStar Group, Inc.

NasdaqGS:CSGP Stock Report

Market Cap: US$12.3b

CoStar Group Valuation

Is CSGP undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CSGP when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: CSGP ($30.46) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value ($64.42)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: CSGP is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CSGP?

Key metric: As CSGP is barely profitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for CSGP. This is calculated by dividing CSGP's market cap by their current revenue.
What is CSGP's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio3.5x
SalesUS$3.56b
Market CapUS$12.34b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does CSGP's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for CSGP vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.4x
JLL Jones Lang LaSalle
0.6x6.52%US$16.0b
BEKE KE Holdings
1.5x3.28%US$19.3b
ZG Zillow Group
2.7x10.78%US$7.3b
COMP Compass
0.8x12.87%US$8.0b
CSGP CoStar Group
3.5x9.72%US$12.3b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: CSGP is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.5x) compared to the peer average (1.4x).

Historical Price to Sales Ratio

Historical Price to Sales Ratio compares a stock's price to its sales over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does CSGP's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Real Estate Industry?

26 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
JLL Jones Lang LaSalle
0.6x6.52%US$15.96b
CWK Cushman & Wakefield
0.3x4.95%US$3.03b
HOUS Anywhere Real Estate
0.3x7.84%US$1.91b
REAX Real REMAX Group
0.3x14.59%US$741.51m
CSGP 3.5xIndustry Avg. 2.7xNo. of Companies26PS02.85.68.411.214+
26 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: CSGP is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.5x) compared to the US Real Estate industry average (2.7x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CSGP's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CSGP PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio3.5x
Fair PS Ratio4x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: CSGP is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (4x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CSGP forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$30.46
US$37.30
+22.46%
19.59%US$53.00US$25.00n/a20
Sep ’27US$31.98
US$37.30
+16.64%
19.59%US$53.00US$25.00n/a20
Aug ’27US$28.76
US$37.10
+29.00%
19.93%US$53.00US$25.00n/a20
Jul ’27US$29.36
US$47.50
+61.78%
18.95%US$70.00US$26.00n/a20
Jun ’27US$33.86
US$49.05
+44.87%
19.58%US$70.00US$33.00n/a19
May ’27US$34.72
US$51.22
+47.53%
19.02%US$70.00US$33.00n/a18
Apr ’27US$39.63
US$64.89
+63.75%
19.68%US$100.00US$40.00n/a19
Mar ’27US$44.63
US$65.42
+46.59%
19.70%US$100.00US$40.00n/a19
Feb ’27US$61.50
US$80.74
+31.28%
15.76%US$105.00US$55.00n/a19
Jan ’27US$67.24
US$91.94
+36.74%
12.50%US$105.00US$60.00n/a17
Dec ’26US$68.02
US$91.94
+35.17%
12.50%US$105.00US$60.00n/a17
Nov ’26US$68.81
US$93.41
+35.75%
10.55%US$105.00US$70.00n/a17
Oct ’26US$83.48
US$97.13
+16.35%
10.20%US$107.00US$70.00n/a16
Sep ’26US$89.49
US$96.13
+7.42%
10.46%US$107.00US$70.00US$31.9815
Aug ’26US$94.60
US$96.13
+1.62%
10.46%US$107.00US$70.00US$28.7615
Jul ’26US$81.91
US$88.47
+8.01%
11.07%US$105.00US$65.00US$29.3616
Jun ’26US$73.56
US$86.10
+17.05%
10.01%US$100.00US$65.00US$33.8615
May ’26US$76.58
US$87.70
+14.52%
10.67%US$103.00US$65.00US$34.7215
Apr ’26US$79.18
US$85.87
+8.45%
10.45%US$103.00US$63.00US$39.6315
Mar ’26US$76.25
US$86.14
+12.97%
10.52%US$103.00US$63.00US$44.6315
Feb ’26US$76.60
US$89.36
+16.66%
9.55%US$103.00US$76.00US$61.5014
Jan ’26US$71.59
US$90.38
+26.25%
9.54%US$103.00US$76.00US$67.2413
Dec ’25US$81.34
US$90.08
+10.74%
10.03%US$103.00US$75.00US$68.0213
Nov ’25US$72.50
US$90.08
+24.24%
10.03%US$103.00US$75.00US$68.8113
Oct ’25US$74.65
US$94.54
+26.64%
10.90%US$108.00US$76.00US$83.4813
Sep ’25US$77.30
US$94.14
+21.79%
10.66%US$108.00US$76.00US$89.4914
US$37.3
Fair Value
18.3% undervalued intrinsic discount
20
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/09/13 03:41
End of Day Share Price 2026/09/11 00:00
Earnings2026/06/30
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

CoStar Group, Inc. is covered by 26 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jeffrey MeulerBaird
Jeffrey SilberBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Nicholas JonesBNP Paribas