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COSTAR GROUP, INC. CSGP
COSTAR GROUP, INC. (CSGP) earns a Piotroski F-score of 5/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It does not currently pay a dividend. FY2025 revenue was $3.2B at a 0.2% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.16 — grey zone (between the usual thresholds). A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-29 | Citigroup | Neutral (down) |
| 2026-07-29 | JP Morgan | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-07-29 | William Blair | Market Perform (down) |
| 2026-07-29 | Citizens | Market Outperform (main) |
| 2026-07-29 | Wolfe Research | Outperform (main) |
| 2026-07-29 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform (down) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Forward estimates · earnings calendar →
Consensus analyst estimates and scheduled dates — forward-looking, may change.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Services · percentile among 982 companies
Percentile vs other Services companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 5/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.13 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.223 |
| EBIT / assets | -0.007 |
| Equity / liabilities | 3.863 |
Sector peers · similar-size Services companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSGP | COSTAR GROUP, INC. | 5/9 | 5.59 | — | +18.7% |
| MSCI | MSCI Inc. | 7/9 | 4.58 | 33.6 | +9.7% |
| CNDT | CONDUENT Inc | 1/9 | — | — | -9.4% |
| ADV | Advantage Solutions Inc. | 5/9 | -2.13 | — | -0.7% |
| ETSY | ETSY INC | 5/9 | -1.05 | 45.4 | +2.7% |
| CBZ | CBIZ, Inc. | 7/9 | 2.05 | 14.7 | +52.1% |
| WEX | WEX Inc. | 5/9 | 1.14 | 15 | +1.2% |
About COSTAR GROUP, INC.
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.
FAQ
Is CSGP financially healthy?
COSTAR GROUP, INC.'s Piotroski F-score is 5/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does CSGP pay a dividend?
No, COSTAR GROUP, INC. does not currently pay a dividend.
How profitable is CSGP?
In FY2025, COSTAR GROUP, INC. had a net margin of 0.2% and a return on equity of 0.1%.
Is CSGP overvalued or undervalued?
COSTAR GROUP, INC. trades at about 1525.0× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 59.7×–3075.0×, median 94.6×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for CSGP?
The average Wall-Street price target for COSTAR GROUP, INC. is $37.10, about 21.6% above the recent price, from 20 analysts (consensus: buy).
Is CSGP a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on COSTAR GROUP, INC.: a Piotroski F-score of 5/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.