Company Analysis

CoStar Group, Inc. (CSGP)

Nasdaq: CSGP · Services-Business Services, NEC · Arlington, VA · filing with the SEC since 1998
Grade6.1
◀ Past 6.8● Present 5.5▶ Future 6.1

The grade of CoStar Group, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.1/10
◀ Past6.825% of the headline
● Present5.535% of the headline
▶ Future6.140% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.8/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 80th percentile among 105 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

CoStar Group, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+16.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 78th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

CoStar Group, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $838 million in fiscal 2016 to $3.2 billion in fiscal 2025, up 16.2% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span16.2%top 40% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 18% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 11% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.9% a year. 38% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 4 sales, 7 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 47th percentile among 70 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, CoStar Group, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 1.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 38% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 4 sales and 7 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-10, buying about $8 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 43% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 49% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.5/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 0%: 0¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 21%: owes 21¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 98 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, CoStar Group, Inc. earned about 0 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 24 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 21 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 3.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 9% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 35% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 49% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 43% of 101 in its family; net margin 0.2%.

weight 45% of this tense · 57th percentile among 101 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

CoStar Group, Inc.'s standing among 101 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.2 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 29% by size; a net margin of 0.2% ranks in the bottom 38%; revenue growth of 14.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 37% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$3.25Btop 29% of its family
  • net margin0.2%bottom 38% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth14.2%top 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 45% of 65 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2006.

weight 22% of this tense · 55th percentile among 65 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

CoStar Group, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Florance, Andrew C (Founder and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2006-03-14, 20.7 years (top 2% of its family); the 18 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.9 years (bottom 28%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 18 people in charge now (bottom 38%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge10 in three years among 18 peoplebottom 38% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.9 yearsbottom 28% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record20.7 yearstop 2% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 36% of 99 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

CoStar Group, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1.6 billion against debt of $140 million leaves 14.2% of its assets as net cash, top 31% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 3.8% of revenue (bottom 33%); a gross margin of 78.9% (top 9%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets14.2%top 31% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue3.8%bottom 33% of its family
  • gross margin78.9%top 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
7.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 27% of 99 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 99 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

CoStar Group, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 14.2% a year over the last three filed years against 16.2% over all 10, slowing (top 46% of its family); the newest year grew 18.7% (top 29%); capital spending grew 105.8% a year (top 7%) (its annual reports). CoStar Group, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Commercial Real Estate at $1.8 billion (55%), Residential Real Estate at $1.5 billion (45%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-2.1 points a yeartop 46% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth18.7%top 29% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending105.8%top 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.2/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 32% of 93 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

CoStar Group, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.2 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 6% above the $3.1 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 27% of its family); net income of $7 million against a prior three-year average of $295 million (bottom 11%); a net margin of 0.2% against 12.4% before (bottom 12%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace6.0%top 27% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-98%bottom 11% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-12.2 pointsbottom 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton CSGP · research, not advice