CoStar Group Competitors

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

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares CoStar Group and Facebook's revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

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

Risk and Volatility

CoStar Group has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Facebook has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for CoStar Group and Facebook, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

CoStar Group currently has a consensus target price of $874.75, suggesting a potential upside of 6.76%. Facebook has a consensus target price of $285.4286, suggesting a potential upside of 1.79%. Given CoStar Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe CoStar Group is more favorable than Facebook.

Profitability

This table compares CoStar Group and Facebook's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

95.1% of CoStar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of Facebook shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of CoStar Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.1% of Facebook shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Facebook beats CoStar Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for CoStar Group and Equinix, as reported by MarketBeat.

CoStar Group currently has a consensus price target of $874.75, suggesting a potential upside of 6.76%. Equinix has a consensus price target of $792.45, suggesting a potential upside of 6.35%. Given CoStar Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CoStar Group is more favorable than Equinix.

Volatility & Risk

CoStar Group has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinix has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares CoStar Group and Equinix's top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

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.

Profitability

This table compares CoStar Group and Equinix's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

95.1% of CoStar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of Equinix shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of CoStar Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Equinix shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

CoStar Group beats Equinix on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares CoStar Group and SEA's top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

CoStar Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SEA. 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for CoStar Group and SEA, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

CoStar Group currently has a consensus price target of $874.75, suggesting a potential upside of 6.76%. SEA has a consensus price target of $119.10, suggesting a potential downside of 28.92%. Given CoStar Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CoStar Group is more favorable than SEA.

Profitability

This table compares CoStar Group and SEA's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

95.1% of CoStar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of SEA shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

CoStar Group has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEA has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CoStar Group beats SEA on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

95.1% of CoStar Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.9% of Twitter shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of CoStar Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Twitter shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for CoStar Group and Twitter, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

CoStar Group currently has a consensus price target of $874.75, suggesting a potential upside of 6.76%. Twitter has a consensus price target of $38.2574, suggesting a potential downside of 24.85%. Given CoStar Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CoStar Group is more favorable than Twitter.

Profitability

This table compares CoStar Group and Twitter's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Volatility and Risk

CoStar Group has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Twitter has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares CoStar Group and Twitter's gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

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

Summary

CoStar Group beats Twitter on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) and CoStar Group (NASDAQ:CSGP) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and risk.

Volatility and Risk

eBay has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CoStar Group has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares eBay and CoStar Group's gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

90.4% of eBay shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of CoStar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of eBay shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of CoStar Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares eBay and CoStar Group's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for eBay and CoStar Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

eBay currently has a consensus target price of $60.84, suggesting a potential upside of 25.24%. CoStar Group has a consensus target price of $874.75, suggesting a potential upside of 6.76%. Given eBay's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe eBay is more favorable than CoStar Group.

Summary

eBay beats CoStar Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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

Profitability

This table compares VeriSign and CoStar Group's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

90.3% of VeriSign shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of CoStar Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of VeriSign shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of CoStar Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for VeriSign and CoStar Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

VeriSign currently has a consensus target price of $229.6667, indicating a potential upside of 18.62%. CoStar Group has a consensus target price of $874.75, indicating a potential upside of 6.76%. Given VeriSign's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe VeriSign is more favorable than CoStar Group.

Volatility & Risk

VeriSign has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CoStar Group has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares VeriSign and CoStar Group's top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

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

Summary

CoStar Group beats VeriSign on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.