William Blair Estimates CoStar Group Q3 Earnings

Key Points

• William Blair estimates CoStar Group will report Q3 2025 earnings per share of $0.09, with a full-year forecast for 2025 set at $0.51 EPS.
• CoStar Group recently reported Q2 earnings of $0.17 EPS, beating estimates and achieving a revenue of $781.30 million, reflecting a 15.2% year-over-year growth.
• The stock has a consensus rating of Moderate Buy with an average price target of $94.15, as multiple analysts have shown increased target prices and positive outlooks.

CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSGP - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at William Blair issued their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for CoStar Group in a research note issued on Sunday, September 28th. William Blair analyst S. Sheldon forecasts that the technology company will post earnings per share of $0.09 for the quarter. William Blair currently has a "Outperform" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for CoStar Group's current full-year earnings is $0.94 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for CoStar Group's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.23 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.51 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.22 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.23 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.19 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.43 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.07 EPS.

CoStar Group (NASDAQ:CSGP - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The technology company reported $0.17 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $781.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $772.06 million. CoStar Group had a return on equity of 2.88% and a net margin of 3.57%.The business's quarterly revenue was up 15.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.15 earnings per share. CoStar Group has set its FY 2025 guidance at 0.780-0.800 EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at 0.150-0.17 EPS.

Other equities analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their target price on CoStar Group from $95.00 to $100.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 17th. BMO Capital Markets raised their target price on CoStar Group from $82.00 to $89.00 and gave the company a "market perform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Wells Fargo & Company restated an "underweight" rating and issued a $70.00 target price (up previously from $65.00) on shares of CoStar Group in a research report on Wednesday, July 16th. Wolfe Research initiated coverage on CoStar Group in a research report on Wednesday, September 3rd. They set an "outperform" rating and a $105.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on CoStar Group from $87.00 to $101.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have given a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, CoStar Group currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $94.15.

CoStar Group Stock Performance

NASDAQ CSGP opened at $84.37 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $35.74 billion, a PE ratio of 337.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.88 and a beta of 0.87. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $89.69 and its 200-day simple moving average is $82.75. CoStar Group has a 1-year low of $68.26 and a 1-year high of $97.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a current ratio of 5.83 and a quick ratio of 5.83.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CoStar Group

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of CoStar Group in the second quarter valued at $218,000. Osaic Holdings Inc. grew its stake in shares of CoStar Group by 210.2% in the second quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 43,502 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $3,467,000 after buying an additional 29,477 shares in the last quarter. Centaurus Financial Inc. grew its stake in shares of CoStar Group by 55.0% in the second quarter. Centaurus Financial Inc. now owns 33,560 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $2,698,000 after buying an additional 11,904 shares in the last quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC grew its stake in shares of CoStar Group by 2.1% in the second quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 16,162 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $1,299,000 after buying an additional 337 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Liontrust Investment Partners LLP grew its stake in shares of CoStar Group by 22.2% in the second quarter. Liontrust Investment Partners LLP now owns 28,324 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $2,277,000 after buying an additional 5,152 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 96.60% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other CoStar Group news, CAO Cynthia Cammett Cann sold 2,033 shares of CoStar Group stock in a transaction on Monday, July 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $92.85, for a total value of $188,764.05. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 25,771 shares in the company, valued at $2,392,837.35. The trade was a 7.31% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Frederick G. Saint sold 25,000 shares of CoStar Group stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $90.33, for a total value of $2,258,250.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 293,103 shares in the company, valued at $26,475,993.99. This represents a 7.86% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 52,033 shares of company stock worth $4,777,764 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 1.09% of the company's stock.

CoStar Group Company Profile

CoStar Group, Inc provides information, analytics, and online marketplace services to the commercial real estate, hospitality, residential, and related professionals industries in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company offers CoStar Property that provides inventory of office, industrial, retail, multifamily, hospitality, and student housing properties and land; CoStar Sales, a robust database of comparable commercial real estate sales transactions; CoStar Market Analytics to view and report on aggregated market and submarket trends; and CoStar Tenant, an online business-to-business prospecting and analytical tool that provides tenant information.

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