CoStar Group, Inc. (CSGP) Key Metrics
CSGP valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 17, 2026- Market cap
- $13.09B
- Enterprise value
- $11.39B
- P/E (TTM)
- 179.5 10-yr median 83.2
- Forward P/E
- 18.3
- PEG ratio
- 0.11
- Price / sales
- 3.7 10-yr median 12.4
- Price / book
- 1.5 10-yr median 4.3
- EV / EBITDA
- 28.9 10-yr median 48.2
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 0.80
CSGP key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsCSGP valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
CSGP returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
CSGP per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
CSGP financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
CSGP efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
CSGP valuation history
CSGP returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
CSGP debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
CSGP cash returned to shareholders
CSGP price vs earnings per share
CSGP key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $28.29B | $29.19B | $35.56B | $30.74B | $31.15B | $35.42B | $21.92B | $12.30B | $9.97B | $6.11B |
| Enterprise value | $27.70B | $25.56B | $31.45B | $26.88B | $28.44B | $32.85B | $20.99B | $11.20B | $8.77B | $5.88B |
| P/E ratio | — | 210.5 | 94.9 | 83.2 | 106.5 | 156.0 | 69.6 | 51.6 | 81.2 | 71.9 |
| Price / sales | 8.7 | 10.7 | 14.5 | 14.1 | 16.0 | 21.4 | 15.7 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 7.3 |
| Price / book | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| Price / free cash flow | 689.9 | — | 76.6 | 73.2 | 77.0 | 80.9 | 53.2 | 40.2 | 47.4 | 33.6 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 65.8 | 74.4 | 72.6 | 64.2 | 66.3 | 72.9 | 47.9 | 36.7 | 42.5 | 30.5 |
| EV / sales | 8.5 | 9.3 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 14.6 | 19.8 | 15.0 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 7.0 |
| EV / EBITDA | 94.5 | 66.5 | 49.1 | 43.0 | 49.4 | 80.9 | 47.2 | 31.9 | 36.9 | 27.1 |
| EV / free cash flow | 675.6 | — | 67.8 | 64.0 | 70.3 | 75.1 | 51.0 | 36.6 | 41.7 | 32.4 |
| Earnings yield | 0.0% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 1.9% | 1.2% | 1.4% |
| Free cash flow yield | 0.1% | −0.8% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.9% | 2.5% | 2.1% | 3.0% |
| Dividend yield | — | — | — | 0.1% | — | 5.0% | — | — | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 2.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 5.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $67.24 | $71.59 | $87.39 | $77.28 | $79.03 | $92.43 | $59.83 | $33.73 | $29.70 | $18.85 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $7.72 | $6.71 | $6.03 | $5.49 | $4.93 | $4.33 | $3.82 | $3.27 | $2.88 | $2.58 |
| Earnings per share | $0.02 | $0.34 | $0.92 | $0.93 | $0.74 | $0.59 | $0.86 | $0.65 | $0.37 | $0.26 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $1.02 | $0.96 | $1.20 | $1.20 | $1.19 | $1.27 | $1.25 | $0.92 | $0.70 | $0.62 |
| Free cash flow per share | $0.10 | −$0.60 | $1.14 | $1.06 | $1.03 | $1.14 | $1.12 | $0.84 | $0.63 | $0.56 |
| Cash per share | $4.12 | $11.48 | $12.82 | $12.49 | $9.71 | $9.64 | $2.92 | $3.02 | $3.61 | $1.75 |
| Book value per share | $19.81 | $18.52 | $18.04 | $17.27 | $14.49 | $14.03 | $9.30 | $8.29 | $7.90 | $5.10 |
| Tangible book value per share | $3.85 | $11.26 | $11.40 | $10.62 | $7.50 | $7.08 | $3.01 | $3.08 | $3.53 | $0.63 |
| Dividends per share | — | — | — | $0.06 | — | $4.63 | — | — | $0.03 | $0.00 |
| Capex per share | $0.92 | $1.56 | $0.06 | $0.15 | $0.17 | $0.13 | $0.13 | $0.08 | $0.07 | $0.06 |
| Debt per share | $2.72 | $2.56 | $2.73 | $2.78 | $2.83 | $2.93 | $0.41 | $0.01 | $0.05 | $1.04 |
| Shares outstanding | 420.7M | 407.8M | 406.9M | 397.8M | 394.2M | 383.3M | 366.3M | 364.5M | 335.6M | 324.4M |
| Change in shares outstanding | +3.2% | +0.2% | +2.3% | +0.9% | +2.8% | +4.6% | +0.5% | +8.6% | +3.5% | +1.5% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 0.1% | 1.9% | 5.3% | 5.9% | 5.3% | 5.2% | 9.8% | 8.4% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | −0.6% | 0.1% | 6.8% | 11.4% | 10.8% | 9.2% | 13.3% | 13.6% | 9.0% | 6.2% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 0.1% | 1.5% | 4.3% | 4.7% | 4.1% | 4.2% | 8.8% | 7.7% | 4.9% | 4.0% |
| Return on tangible assets | 0.2% | 2.2% | 6.0% | 6.4% | 6.5% | 5.3% | 20.3% | 16.9% | 8.7% | 11.6% |
| Free cash flow margin | 1.3% | −9.0% | 18.9% | 19.2% | 20.8% | 26.4% | 29.4% | 25.7% | 21.8% | 21.7% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 61.43 | 2.83 | 1.31 | 1.30 | 1.61 | 2.14 | 1.45 | 1.41 | 1.91 | 2.36 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $1.14B | $1.04B | $1.11B | $1.11B | $1.11B | $1.12B | $149.8M | $4.0M | $15.4M | $338.3M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $1.73B | $4.68B | $5.22B | $4.97B | $3.83B | $3.69B | $1.07B | $1.10B | $1.21B | $567.2M |
| Net debt | −$589.0M | −$3.64B | −$4.11B | −$3.86B | −$2.71B | −$2.57B | −$920.9M | −$1.10B | −$1.20B | −$228.9M |
| Debt / equity | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.20 |
| Debt / assets | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.15 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −2.01 | −9.47 | −6.41 | −6.19 | −4.72 | −6.33 | −2.07 | −3.12 | −5.03 | −1.06 |
| Current ratio | 2.84 | 8.96 | 12.01 | 13.92 | 11.78 | 11.75 | 5.79 | 7.87 | 8.78 | 4.05 |
| Quick ratio | 2.84 | 8.96 | 12.16 | 13.92 | 11.74 | 11.71 | 5.79 | 7.87 | 8.78 | 4.05 |
| Interest coverage | -3.8 | 0.2 | 9.0 | 14.0 | 13.7 | 16.6 | 139.0 | 96.7 | 19.3 | 14.5 |
| Working capital | $1.37B | $4.40B | $5.02B | $4.81B | $3.65B | $3.56B | $992.1M | $1.06B | $1.14B | $472.5M |
| Invested capital | $7.75B | $3.91B | $3.23B | $3.01B | $3.00B | $2.81B | $2.48B | $1.93B | $1.46B | $1.43B |
| Tangible asset value | $1.66B | $4.59B | $4.64B | $4.23B | $2.95B | $2.71B | $1.10B | $1.12B | $1.18B | $203.4M |
| Net current asset value | −$48.0M | $3.25B | $3.90B | $3.65B | $2.44B | $2.35B | $750.8M | $922.3M | $1.07B | $96.6M |
| Graham number | $2.72 | $11.91 | $19.33 | $19.00 | $15.56 | $13.68 | $13.41 | $11.04 | $8.06 | $5.49 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$0.57 | $7.65 | $9.21 | $8.93 | $6.04 | $5.84 | $1.89 | $2.40 | $3.08 | $0.22 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | $23.1M | — | $1.77B | — | — | $9.9M | $0 |
| Share buybacks (net) | $575.0M | $29.5M | $26.4M | $23.1M | $33.3M | $38.9M | $27.6M | $24.3M | $14.9M | $16.4M |
| Dividend payout ratio | — | — | — | 6.3% | — | 781.3% | — | — | 8.1% | 0.0% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | — | — | 5.7% | 11.0% | 8.2% | 414.2% | 6.7% | 8.0% | 11.8% | 9.0% |
| Capex / revenue | 12.0% | 23.3% | 1.0% | 2.7% | 3.4% | 2.9% | 3.3% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.2% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 90.5% | 162.5% | 5.2% | 12.2% | 13.9% | 9.9% | 10.1% | 8.8% | 10.4% | 9.4% |
| Capex / depreciation | 1.48 | 4.34 | 0.24 | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.41 | 0.57 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.27 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 6.0% | 3.3% | 3.5% | 3.4% | 3.3% | 3.2% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 4.0% | 4.3% |
| R&D / revenue | 12.5% | 11.9% | 10.9% | 10.1% | 10.3% | 9.8% | 9.0% | 8.5% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| SG&A / revenue | 65.0% | 65.9% | 55.9% | 46.9% | 45.2% | 50.4% | 42.0% | 43.3% | 48.1% | 50.1% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 25.1 | 25.6 | 26.0 | 23.3 | 21.5 | 21.6 | 23.7 | 23.0 | 20.7 | 19.5 |
| Days of inventory on hand | — | — | -23.9 | 5.9 | 14.6 | 8.9 | 0.0 | — | 0.0 | — |
| Days payables outstanding | 20.2 | 22.9 | 19.1 | 22.4 | 19.4 | 13.8 | 8.8 | 10.5 | 17.2 | 22.2 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 4.9 | 2.7 | -17.1 | 6.9 | 16.6 | 16.7 | 14.8 | 12.4 | 3.5 | -2.7 |
| Receivables turnover | 14.53 | 14.26 | 14.04 | 15.66 | 17.00 | 16.91 | 15.43 | 15.88 | 17.62 | 18.74 |
| Payables turnover | 18.07 | 15.93 | 19.07 | 16.33 | 18.81 | 26.44 | 41.42 | 34.63 | 21.25 | 16.44 |
| Inventory turnover | — | — | — | 61.91 | 25.08 | 40.90 | 289,239,000.00 | — | 440,806,000.00 | — |
| Asset turnover | 0.33 | 0.30 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.27 | 0.31 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.38 | 0.39 |
| Average receivables | $223.4M | $191.8M | $174.8M | $139.4M | $114.4M | $98.1M | $90.7M | $75.0M | $54.8M | $44.7M |
| Average payables | $44.5M | $35.0M | $25.8M | $25.4M | $19.0M | $11.7M | $7.0M | $7.8M | $10.4M | $10.6M |
| Average inventory | — | — | −$32.2M | $6.7M | $14.2M | $7.6M | $1 | — | $0 | $0 |
| Intangibles / total assets | 63.7% | 32.0% | 30.3% | 31.5% | 38.0% | 38.5% | 59.8% | 57.4% | 51.0% | 66.4% |
Computed from CSGP's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 24, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
CSGP valuation and financial ratios
Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 179.5 and the forward P/E is 18.3. CoStar earned a return on equity of 0.1% and a return on invested capital of −0.6% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $1.1 billion of debt and $1.7 billion in cash and short-term investments, a net cash position of $589.0 million. It returned $575.0 million to shareholders: $0 in dividends and $575.0 million in share buybacks. The share count rose 29.7% from 324.4M to 420.7M over 9 years.
See the CSGP income statement, the CSGP chart for price history, or the CSGP stock overview for the latest quote and news.
CSGP key metrics FAQ
What is CoStar's P/E ratio?
CoStar's trailing P/E ratio is 179.5 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 17, 2026), and its forward P/E is 18.3. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was —, compared with a 10-year median of 83.2.
What is CoStar's EV/EBITDA?
CoStar's enterprise value was 94.5 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $27.7 billion, EBITDA $293.0 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 28.9.
What is CoStar's return on equity?
CoStar's return on equity (ROE) was 0.1% in fiscal 2025: net income of $7.0 million on average shareholders' equity of $7.9 billion.
What is CoStar's ROIC?
CoStar's return on invested capital was −0.6% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does CoStar have?
CoStar had total debt of $1.1 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14 and more cash than debt.
Does CoStar buy back its shares?
Yes. CoStar spent $575.0 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed +3.2% over the year, to 420.7M..
What is CoStar's free cash flow yield?
CoStar generated $41.0 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 0.1% on its market value at year-end ($28.3 billion).
What is CoStar's current ratio?
CoStar's current ratio was 2.84 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 2.84 times current liabilities.