← BackCOSTAR GROUP, INC. · Business Services, NECCSGP
Low riskNext report: Around Feb 23, 2027 (est.)
The short versionA profitable company with growing sales.
Going well
- Sales up 18% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
- Profitable every year for 10 years
- Sales up 19% last year
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 1.7% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (406 bought, 401 sold)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$33.69-0.7% that day
- Company value
- $13.7B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 177.3x
- You pay about $177 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 3.8x
- Company value is 3.8 times a year of sales
- Cash vs value
- 9%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 1%
- Debt as a share of company value
From CSGP's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Jun '26$925.0M+18% vs a year earlier
Sep '23Tap a barJun '26
Last 12 months: $3.6B, up 22% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 14% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.0.1%
- PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.02x equity
- MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.0.2%
- PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$123.0M
- MissShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+5.8% in 3 years
- PassGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.78.9%
- Revenue
- $3.2B
- +18.7% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +14.4%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $140.0M
- 0.02x equity
- Current ratio
- 2.84x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Sep 30, 2026Reported Oct 27After close4:05 pm ET - Revenue
- $952.0M
- +14.1% YoY
- EPS
- $0.18
- vs -$0.07
- Op. margin
- 8.8%
- +14.9 pts
- Gross margin
- 77.8%
- -1.6 pts
From the press release, checked against last year's SEC filing. Cash flow and share count update with the 10-Q.
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trendNo trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
0/ 100
- This week
- 1
- Normal week
- 1.1
- vs normal
- 0.9x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
■Steady+1.7%Institutions added 1.7% to their holdings. 406 bought, 401 sold.
Shares held by institutions413.9M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-0.3%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
0.1x · $1.0B debtShares outstandingLatest reported
405MNext reportAround Feb 23, 2027 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedOct 27
- Results filedJul 28
- Results filedApr 28
- Results filedFeb 24
- Results filedOct 28, 2025
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days
No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.
"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.
Latest filings
Straight from SEC EDGAR
Major agreementOct 27 · Form 8-K ↗Shares withheld for taxesRobin Jack RossmannChief Financial Officer
756 shares at $32.00 · $24K
- -1% of holdings
- Now owns 85,935 shares
- Filed 1 day after trade
Investor disclosureAug 21 · Form 8-K ↗New 5%+ holder (passive)Aug 14 · Form SCHEDULE 13G ↗SoldJohn W HillDirector
3,500 shares at $30.21 · $106K
- -13% of holdings
- Now owns 22,993 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Filed 5 days after trade
SoldCynthia Cammett CannChief Accounting Officer
4,788 shares at $30.78 · $147K
- -20% of holdings
- Now owns 18,822 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Filed 3 days after trade
BoughtAndrew C FloranceFounder and CEO, Director
83,300 shares at $29.89 · $2.5M
- +5% of holdings
- Now owns 1,806,165 shares
- Filed 1 day after trade
Planned insider saleAug 5 · Form 144 ↗New insiderAug 4 · Form 3 ↗Shares withheld for taxesFrederick G. SaintPresident, Marketplaces
1,436 shares at $28.76 · $41K
- -1% of holdings
- Now owns 278,415 shares
- Filed 3 days after trade
Stock awardCynthia Cammett CannChief Accounting Officer
26,078 shares
- Now owns 26,078 shares
- Restricted Stock Units
- Filed 4 days after trade
- Also: Shares withheld for taxes
Insider tradeAug 4 · Form 4 ↗Quarterly reportJul 29 · Form 10-Q ↗Employee stock plan registrationJul 29 · Form S-8 ↗Earnings resultsJul 28 · Form 8-K ↗