William Blair Weighs in on CoStar Group Q3 Earnings

CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSGP) – William Blair issued their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for CoStar Group in a note issued to investors on Sunday, September 28th. William Blair analyst S. Sheldon expects that the technology company will earn $0.09 per share for the quarter. William Blair currently has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for CoStar Group’s current full-year earnings is $0.94 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for CoStar Group’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.23 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.51 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.22 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.23 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.19 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.43 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.07 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also issued reports on the stock. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their target price on shares of CoStar Group from $83.00 to $91.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their price target on CoStar Group from $95.00 to $100.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Citigroup raised their price objective on CoStar Group from $91.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on CoStar Group from $87.00 to $101.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reissued an “underweight” rating and set a $70.00 target price (up from $65.00) on shares of CoStar Group in a report on Wednesday, July 16th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $94.15.

CoStar Group Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of CoStar Group stock opened at $83.90 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a quick ratio of 5.83 and a current ratio of 5.83. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $89.36 and a 200-day moving average of $82.78. CoStar Group has a 52-week low of $68.26 and a 52-week high of $97.43. The stock has a market cap of $35.54 billion, a PE ratio of 335.60, a PEG ratio of 3.84 and a beta of 0.87.

CoStar Group (NASDAQ:CSGP) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The technology company reported $0.17 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.03. CoStar Group had a return on equity of 2.88% and a net margin of 3.57%.The business had revenue of $781.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $772.06 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.15 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 15.2% compared to the same quarter last year. CoStar Group has set its FY 2025 guidance at 0.780-0.800 EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at 0.150-0.17 EPS.

Insider Buying and Selling at CoStar Group

In other CoStar Group news, insider Frederick G. Saint sold 25,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.33, for a total transaction of $2,258,250.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 293,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $26,475,993.99. The trade was a 7.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CAO Cynthia Cammett Cann sold 2,033 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $92.85, for a total transaction of $188,764.05. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 25,771 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,392,837.35. The trade was a 7.31% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 52,033 shares of company stock valued at $4,777,764. 1.09% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of CoStar Group

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. NewSquare Capital LLC raised its holdings in CoStar Group by 35.6% in the 2nd quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 411 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 108 shares during the last quarter. Emerald Advisers LLC lifted its holdings in shares of CoStar Group by 1.9% during the second quarter. Emerald Advisers LLC now owns 5,763 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $463,000 after purchasing an additional 110 shares during the period. Empirical Finance LLC grew its stake in shares of CoStar Group by 1.4% in the second quarter. Empirical Finance LLC now owns 8,376 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $673,000 after purchasing an additional 114 shares during the last quarter. Wallace Advisory Group LLC increased its holdings in CoStar Group by 2.5% in the second quarter. Wallace Advisory Group LLC now owns 5,201 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $412,000 after purchasing an additional 126 shares during the period. Finally, STF Management LP raised its position in CoStar Group by 2.1% during the 2nd quarter. STF Management LP now owns 6,269 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $504,000 after purchasing an additional 128 shares during the last quarter. 96.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About CoStar Group

CoStar Group, Inc provides information, analytics, and online marketplace services to the commercial real estate, hospitality, residential, and related professionals industries in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company offers CoStar Property that provides inventory of office, industrial, retail, multifamily, hospitality, and student housing properties and land; CoStar Sales, a robust database of comparable commercial real estate sales transactions; CoStar Market Analytics to view and report on aggregated market and submarket trends; and CoStar Tenant, an online business-to-business prospecting and analytical tool that provides tenant information.