CoStar Group (CSGP) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CSGP or EQIX?

96.6% of CoStar Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Equinix shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of CoStar Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Equinix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate CSGP or EQIX?

CoStar Group presently has a consensus target price of $88.31, suggesting a potential upside of 15.63%. Equinix has a consensus target price of $1,004.65, suggesting a potential upside of 14.70%. Given CoStar Group's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe CoStar Group is more favorable than Equinix.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CoStar Group	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
Equinix	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	6 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.14

Which has better earnings and valuation, CSGP or EQIX?

Equinix has higher revenue and earnings than CoStar Group. Equinix 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
CoStar Group	$2.81B	11.46	$374.70M	$0.29	263.34
Equinix	$8.85B	9.69	$815M	$9.62	91.05

Which has more risk and volatility, CSGP or EQIX?

CoStar Group has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinix has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CSGP or EQIX?

Equinix received 458 more outperform votes than CoStar Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.17% of users gave CoStar Group an outperform vote while only 73.52% of users gave Equinix an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CoStar Group	Outperform Votes 669 75.17%	Underperform Votes 221 24.83%
Equinix	Outperform Votes 1127 73.52%	Underperform Votes 406 26.48%

Is CSGP or EQIX more profitable?

Equinix has a net margin of 9.32% compared to CoStar Group's net margin of 5.07%. Equinix's return on equity of 6.31% beat CoStar Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CoStar Group	5.07%	3.11%	2.54%
Equinix	9.32%	6.31%	2.41%

Does the media prefer CSGP or EQIX?

In the previous week, Equinix had 10 more articles in the media than CoStar Group. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Equinix and 29 mentions for CoStar Group. CoStar Group's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Equinix's score of 1.18 indicating that CoStar Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CoStar Group	22 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Equinix	32 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Equinix beats CoStar Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.