CoStar Group, Inc.

CSGPUS

CoStar Group, Inc. (CSGP) stands as a premier global provider of comprehensive information, sophisticated analytics, and dynamic online marketplace services. The company caters to professionals within the commercial real estate, hospitality, residential, and related industries, extending its reach across the United States, Canada, Europe, the Asia Pacific region, and Latin America. Its diverse suite of offerings encompasses powerful data platforms like CoStar Property, which meticulously catalogues an extensive inventory of various property types, including office, industrial, retail, multifamily, hospitality, student housing, and undeveloped land. Other key analytical tools comprise CoStar COMPS, a robust repository of comparable commercial real estate sales transactions; CoStar Market Analytics, designed for examining aggregated market and submarket trends; and CoStar Tenant, an online business-to-business prospecting and analytical resource providing detailed tenant information. Additionally, CoStar offers solutions for lease management, including Lease Comps and Analysis and CoStar Lease Analysis, alongside Public Record, a searchable database of commercially-zoned land parcels. Its software solutions feature CoStar Real Estate Manager, designed for comprehensive lease administration, portfolio oversight, and lease accounting compliance, as well as specialized CoStar Risk Analytics and CoStar Investment tools. Beyond its data and software platforms, CoStar operates a vast network of online marketplaces. These include prominent apartment marketing sites such as ApartmentFinder.com and ForRent.com; commercial property listing and advertising services through LoopNet (e.g., Premium Lister, Diamond, Platinum, and Gold Ads); and platforms dedicated to rural land sales like LandsofAmerica.com and LandAndFarm.com. It also facilitates the sale of operating businesses and franchises via sites like BizBuySell.com, and serves as an online auction platform for commercial real estate with Ten-X. Furthermore, CoStar supports the residential home-buying market through HomeSnap, an online and mobile software platform, and Homes.com, a comprehensive listings site for properties for sale. CoStar Group, Inc. was established in 1987 and maintains its corporate headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Founded1987IPO year1998As of2026-08-04
Market Cap
$12.14B
Enterprise Value
$12.03B
EV / LTM Revenue
3.7x
EV / NTM Revenue
3.0x
Trading multiples

Enterprise value over trailing (LTM) vs. forward (NTM) fundamentals. Click an LTM cell to chart it.

LTM
trailing
NTM
forward
Revenue
3.0x
Gross Profit
4.0x
EBITDA
14.2x
Classification
Sector
Business Services
Sub-sector
Information, Research & Data Services
Listing
CSGP
Country
US
Historical valuation & fundamentals

EV / LTM Revenue

Annual financials & analyst forecasts

$MCY2021CY2022CY2023CY2024CY2025CY2026ECY2027E
Revenue YoY12%12%11%19%15%10%
Revenue$1.94B$2.18B$2.46B$2.74B$3.25B$3.73B$4.12B
Gross Profit$1.59B$1.77B$1.96B$2.18B$2.52B
Gross Profit Margin81.6%81.0%80.0%79.6%77.6%
EBITDA$572M$635M$640M$384M$314M$796M$879M
EBITDA Margin29.4%29.1%26.1%14.0%9.7%21.3%21.3%
EBIT$432M$451M$282M$5M($72M)$567M$626M
Net Income$293M$369M$375M$139M$8M$570M$681M
Free Cash Flow$405M$420M$449M($245M)$117M
FCF Margin20.8%19.2%18.3%-9.0%3.6%
Short-Term Debt$0M$0M$0M$32M$28M
Long-Term Debt$988M$989M$991M$992M$993M
Cash & Cash Equivalents$3.83B$4.97B$5.22B$4.68B$1.73B
Net Debt($2.84B)($3.98B)($4.23B)($3.66B)($712M)
Net Debt / EBITDA-5.0x-6.3x-6.6x-9.5x-2.3x
Rule of 4031.5%30.8%2.5%22.3%
Figures in $M. True calendar years (Jan–Dec) built from quarterly data — income & cash-flow lines summed across the four quarters, balance sheet as of year-end. E columns are calendarized analyst consensus — gross profit, cash flow and balance-sheet lines are not estimated. Net debt = short-term debt + long-term debt − cash & cash equivalents; Rule of 40 = YoY revenue growth + FCF margin.