CoStar Group (CSGP) Competitors

SEA (NYSE:SE) and CoStar Group (NASDAQ:CSGP) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, SE or CSGP?

SEA has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CoStar Group has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SE or CSGP?

CoStar Group received 152 more outperform votes than SEA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.11% of users gave CoStar Group an outperform vote while only 63.48% of users gave SEA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SEA	Outperform Votes 518 63.48%	Underperform Votes 298 36.52%
CoStar Group	Outperform Votes 670 75.11%	Underperform Votes 222 24.89%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SE or CSGP?

SEA has higher revenue and earnings than CoStar Group. SEA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CoStar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SEA	$16.82B	5.46	$444.32M	$1.42	109.81
CoStar Group	$2.74B	12.27	$138.70M	$0.29	274.38

Do analysts rate SE or CSGP?

SEA presently has a consensus price target of $147.15, indicating a potential downside of 5.63%. CoStar Group has a consensus price target of $87.69, indicating a potential upside of 10.21%. Given CoStar Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CoStar Group is more favorable than SEA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SEA	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93
CoStar Group	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69

Is SE or CSGP more profitable?

SEA has a net margin of 4.87% compared to CoStar Group's net margin of 4.17%. SEA's return on equity of 10.74% beat CoStar Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SEA	4.87%	10.74%	3.98%
CoStar Group	4.17%	3.11%	2.54%

Does the media favor SE or CSGP?

In the previous week, CoStar Group had 5 more articles in the media than SEA. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for CoStar Group and 13 mentions for SEA. SEA's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat CoStar Group's score of 1.14 indicating that SEA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SEA	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CoStar Group	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SE or CSGP?

59.5% of SEA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of CoStar Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of SEA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of CoStar Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

SEA beats CoStar Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.