CoStar Group Past Earnings Performance

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CoStar Group has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 1.6%, while the Real Estate industry saw earnings growing at 1.7% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 13.3% per year. CoStar Group's return on equity is 2.3%, and it has net margins of 6.6%.

Key information

1.6%

Earnings growth rate

-0.8%

EPS growth rate

Real Estate Industry Growth	45.2%
Revenue growth rate	13.3%
Return on equity	2.3%
Net Margin	6.6%
Last Earnings Update	30 Sep 2024

Recent past performance updates

No updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How CoStar Group makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

BIT:1CSGP Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	G+A Expenses	R&D Expenses
30 Sep 24	2,667	175	1,731	305
30 Jun 24	2,599	213	1,655	293
31 Mar 24	2,527	294	1,527	277
31 Dec 23	2,455	375	1,378	261
30 Sep 23	2,388	403	1,289	250
30 Jun 23	2,321	384	1,206	238
31 Mar 23	2,251	367	1,124	227
31 Dec 22	2,182	370	1,030	214
30 Sep 22	2,116	338	974	207
30 Jun 22	2,058	330	941	204
31 Mar 22	2,002	308	905	201
31 Dec 21	1,944	293	886	194
30 Sep 21	1,882	235	928	184
30 Jun 21	1,808	229	895	171
31 Mar 21	1,725	229	860	162
31 Dec 20	1,659	227	841	157
30 Sep 20	1,589	279	740	152
30 Jun 20	1,517	300	675	145
31 Mar 20	1,463	303	648	135
31 Dec 19	1,400	315	592	121
30 Sep 19	1,341	311	549	111
30 Jun 19	1,293	291	530	104
31 Mar 19	1,247	271	520	102
31 Dec 18	1,192	238	520	98
30 Sep 18	1,130	199	517	95
30 Jun 18	1,072	174	497	91
31 Mar 18	1,012	153	470	89
31 Dec 17	965	123	467	86
30 Sep 17	930	108	440	87
30 Jun 17	895	97	437	85
31 Mar 17	864	90	421	81
31 Dec 16	838	85	420	76
30 Sep 16	812	78	408	73
30 Jun 16	789	50	414	71
31 Mar 16	752	19	426	68
31 Dec 15	712	-3	418	66
30 Sep 15	675	-13	397	63
30 Jun 15	639	6	352	60
31 Mar 15	616	29	296	58
31 Dec 14	576	45	254	55
30 Sep 14	535	44	232	53
30 Jun 14	495	42	211	51
31 Mar 14	456	42	190	47
31 Dec 13	441	30	196	47

Quality Earnings: 1CSGP has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: 1CSGP's current net profit margins (6.6%) are lower than last year (16.9%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: 1CSGP's earnings have grown by 1.6% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: 1CSGP's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: 1CSGP had negative earnings growth (-56.4%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Real Estate industry average (6%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: 1CSGP's Return on Equity (2.3%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/30 04:27
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/30 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

CoStar Group, Inc. is covered by 28 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Jeffrey Meuler	Baird
Jeffrey Silber	BMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Heather Balsky	BofA Global Research