CoStar Group, Inc. (CSGP)Real Estate | Real Estate Services | Arlington, United States | NasdaqGS
40.06 USD
+0.34
(0.856%)
⇧
(April 20, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:11 p.m. EDT
CSGP is a bearish value trap with deteriorating fundamentals and a clear short-term sell signal. Despite strong recent revenue growth, earnings have crashed 26% YoY, resulting in a rotting stock price and a model predicting a nearly 5.5% decline over the next 45 days. The options market is shouting 'down' with heavy put volume at lower strikes, while the company's $0.8M market cap and recent Third Point exit suggest beaten-down conditions that offer limited immediate upside. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.355682 |
| AutoETS | 0.380902 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.381030 |
| MSTL | 0.385353 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 36% |
| H-stat | 3.37 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.015 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.97 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Real Estate |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 13.666 |
| Revenue per Share | 7.79 |
| Market Cap | 16,978,340,864 |
| Trailing P/E | 2003.00 |
| Forward P/E | 22.50 |
| Beta | 0.92 |
| Profit Margins | 0.22% |
| Website | https://www.costargroup.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 11:11 p.m. EDT: Speculators are fading the stock, positioning for significant downside via heavy ATM/OTM puts. Key signals include massive net put volume/flush (vol > OI) at the $30 and $35 strikes for May 2026 expirations, indicating aggressive short positioning for a drop. Conversely, call flow is overwhelmingly for profit (OI > Volume) at lower strikes ($40-$60), while ATM call volatility remains elevated but volume is low. This structure suggests a 'short bear' thesis where traders are hedging against a continuation of the recent price decline, whereas stop-loss orders or short squeezes are muted due to low call buying volume.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.50463706 |
| Address1 | 1,201 Wilson Blvd |
| All Time High | 101.05 |
| All Time Low | 0.55 |
| Ask | 42.88 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.8 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 6,117,470 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 6,732,422 |
| Average Volume | 6,732,422 |
| Average Volume10Days | 6,117,470 |
| Beta | 0.92 |
| Bid | 37.1 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 1 |
| Book Value | 19.943 |
| City | Arlington |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,735,603,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 9 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 40.06 |
| Current Ratio | 2.84 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 40.32 |
| Day Low | 39.355 |
| Debt To Equity | 13.666 |
| Display Name | CoStar |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,777,410,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,777,410,000 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.259 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.226 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,777,406,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,777,406,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,777,406,400 |
| Ebitda | 209,000,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.06437 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 78.301 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 5.04 |
| Enterprise Value | 16,364,919,808 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.31171 |
| Eps Forward | 1.78019 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.02 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 43.8074 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -3.7473984 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.08554259 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -50.463707 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 97.43 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -57.37 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.588833 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 34.75 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 5.3100014 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.15280579 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 34.75 - 97.43 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 899,299,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 414,461,926 |
| Forward Eps | 1.78019 |
| Forward P E | 22.503218 |
| Free Cashflow | 143,750,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 8,441 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.78873 |
| Gross Profits | 2,560,999,936 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0115600005 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.0479901 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 423,822,791 |
| Industry | Real Estate Services |
| Industry Disp | Real Estate Services |
| Industry Key | real-estate-services |
| Ir Website | http://www.costar.com/investors.aspx |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,624,838,400 |
| Last Split Factor | 10:1 |
| Long Business Summary | CoStar Group, Inc. provides information, analytics, and online marketplace services to real estate and related business communities in the United States, Australia, Canada, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. It offers CoStar Property that provides inventory of office, industrial, retail, multifamily, hospitality, and student housing, and land properties; CoStar Leasing, a data on lease transactions and tools to manage user-entered lease data; CoStar Sales, a database of commercial real estate sales transactions; CoStar Owners provides detailed portfolio information; CoStar Markets to view and report on market and submarket trends; and CoStar Tenant that provides tenant information. The company also provides hospitality benchmarking that allows hotels to measure performance against competitors; Debt Solutions, a tool for lenders to manage loan portfolios and risk; and real estate and lease management technology solutions, such as lease administration, lease accounting, and transaction management services. In addition, it offers Apartamentos.com, an apartment marketing sites; LoopNet.com, a commercial property marketing sites; Homes.com, a home for sale listings site; Ten-X, an online auction platform for commercial real estate; Land.com, a marketplace for rural land sales; and BizBuySell.com, a marketplace for operating businesses and franchises for sale. It serves sales, leasing, and mortgage brokers; property, real estate investment trust, insurance companies, and asset managers; and government agencies, property owners, mortgage-backed security issuers, appraisers, design and construction professionals, pension fund managers, real estate developers, reporters tenant vendors, bankers, building services vendors, mortgage bankers, communications providers, retailers, institutional advisors, hospitality owners, investors, and real estate agents. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. |
| Long Name | CoStar Group, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 16,978,340,864 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_387127 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 7,000,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 16,816,919,638 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 19 |
| Open | 39.66 |
| Operating Cashflow | 430,000,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.05501 |
| Overall Risk | 4 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.16 |
| Phone | 202 346 6500 |
| Pre Market Change | 0.0 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Pre Market Price | 40.06 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,776,769,236 |
| Previous Close | 39.72 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 30.540289 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.008725 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 5.2289314 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0021600001 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.536 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.8 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.34 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.855992 |
| Regular Market Day High | 40.32 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 39.355 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 39.355 - 40.32 |
| Regular Market Open | 39.66 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 39.72 |
| Regular Market Price | 40.06 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,715,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 3,782,646 |
| Return On Assets | -0.00341 |
| Return On Equity | 0.00088 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.269 |
| Revenue Per Share | 7.79 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Real Estate |
| Sector Disp | Real Estate |
| Sector Key | real-estate |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 4 |
| Shares Outstanding | 419,793,301 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.052399997 |
| Shares Short | 21,977,041 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 26,150,995 |
| Short Name | CoStar Group, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0621 |
| Short Ratio | 3.78 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | VA |
| Symbol | CSGP |
| Target High Price | 100.0 |
| Target Low Price | 40.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 61.42105 |
| Target Median Price | 57.0 |
| Total Cash | 1,632,999,936 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 3.89 |
| Total Debt | 1,144,000,000 |
| Total Revenue | 3,247,000,064 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.02 |
| Trailing P E | 2,003.0001 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 0.1631 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 68.54095 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -28.480946 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.41553184 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 3,782,646 |
| Website | https://www.costargroup.com |
| Zip | 22,209 |