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CSGP vs. SE, EQIX, EBAY, VRSN, AKAM, SPSC, YELP, ZD, CMPR, and QNST

Should you be buying CoStar Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CoStar Group include SEA (SE), Equinix (EQIX), eBay (EBAY), VeriSign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Yelp (YELP), Ziff Davis (ZD), Cimpress (CMPR), and QuinStreet (QNST). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.

CoStar Group vs. Its Competitors

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

CoStar Group presently has a consensus price target of $87.69, indicating a potential upside of 6.86%. SEA has a consensus price target of $153.17, indicating a potential upside of 2.55%. Given CoStar Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CoStar Group is more favorable than SEA.

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

96.6% of CoStar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of SEA shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of CoStar Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of SEA shares are owned by 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.

In the previous week, SEA had 2 more articles in the media than CoStar Group. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for SEA and 18 mentions for CoStar Group. CoStar Group's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat SEA's score of 1.11 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
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SEA
14 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

CoStar Group has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEA has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CoStar Group$2.74B12.65$138.70M$0.29282.96
SEA$17.93B4.91$444.32M$1.42105.18

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
CoStar Group4.17% 3.11% 2.54%
SEA 4.87%10.74%3.98%

Summary

SEA beats CoStar Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CSGP vs. The Competition

MetricCoStar GroupIT Services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$34.65B$17.84B$27.78B$9.04B
Dividend YieldN/A1.47%3.12%4.01%
P/E Ratio282.9640.7937.2420.24
Price / Sales12.6512.692,037.17117.31
Price / Cash69.2126.4438.5158.10
Price / Book4.455.047.225.67
Net Income$138.70M$434.18M$763.57M$249.21M
7 Day Performance1.61%4.92%2.79%3.28%
1 Month Performance4.51%0.42%5.51%3.95%
1 Year Performance12.18%28.18%52,212.03%20.98%

CoStar Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CSGP
CoStar Group
2.7023 of 5 stars
$82.06
+0.8%
$87.69
+6.9%
+12.2%$34.65B$2.74B282.966,593Positive News
SE
SEA
2.9157 of 5 stars
$160.26
+0.6%
$153.17
-4.4%
+107.7%$94.41B$17.93B112.8667,300Positive News
EQIX
Equinix
4.8245 of 5 stars
$795.47
+1.3%
$977.30
+22.9%
+4.4%$77.81B$8.75B82.6912,100Analyst Forecast
EBAY
eBay
4.3807 of 5 stars
$74.46
+0.9%
$67.85
-8.9%
+44.4%$34.33B$10.28B17.7311,600Trending News
Insider Trade
VRSN
VeriSign
3.7876 of 5 stars
$288.80
+0.4%
$267.50
-7.4%
+59.4%$27.12B$1.58B35.31920Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
AKAM
Akamai Technologies
4.7808 of 5 stars
$79.76
+0.2%
$101.25
+26.9%
-12.5%$11.66B$3.99B26.8610,700News Coverage
Positive News
SPSC
SPS Commerce
3.6495 of 5 stars
$136.09
+2.2%
$192.56
+41.5%
-25.7%$5.17B$637.77M63.592,783Positive News
YELP
Yelp
3.7414 of 5 stars
$34.31
-0.2%
$34.00
-0.9%
-3.5%$2.19B$1.41B16.505,116
ZD
Ziff Davis
4.5517 of 5 stars
$30.27
-0.5%
$47.00
+55.3%
-39.2%$1.27B$1.40B18.353,800Analyst Downgrade
CMPR
Cimpress
4.5839 of 5 stars
$47.00
+0.4%
$62.50
+33.0%
-43.8%$1.17B$3.29B8.0216,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
QNST
QuinStreet
3.1257 of 5 stars
$16.10
+2.3%
$29.00
+80.1%
+2.3%$909.17M$613.51M-1,608.39790

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This page (NASDAQ:CSGP) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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