The stock price of Costar Group, Inc (NASDAQ: CSGP) has plunged by -2.50 when compared to previous closing price of 81.94, but the company has seen a -1.46% decline in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. businesswire.com reported 2025-05-30 that ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP), a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information, analytics and 3D digital twin technology in the property markets, announced today that CoStar Group and Happening Technology have concluded their dispute, with all parties withdrawing every claim with prejudice, bringing the matter to a final and amicable close. Guy Wolcott, a serial entrepreneur, founded the successful residential real estate platform Homesnap.
Is It Worth Investing in Costar Group, Inc (NASDAQ: CSGP) Right Now?
Costar Group, Inc (NASDAQ: CSGP) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 277.97x compared to its average ratio. CSGP has 36-month beta value of 0.88. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 5 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 6 as “overweight,” 4 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
The public float for CSGP is 415.90M, and currently, short sellers hold a 3.84% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of CSGP on June 18, 2025 was 3.24M shares.
CSGP’s Market Performance
CSGP’s stock has seen a -1.46% decrease for the week, with a 3.77% rise in the past month and a 1.95% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.70%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 1.56% for Costar Group, Inc The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 3.43% for CSGP stock, with a simple moving average of 4.56% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of CSGP
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CSGP stocks, with Stephens repeating the rating for CSGP by listing it as a “Overweight.” The predicted price for CSGP in the upcoming period, according to Stephens is $105 based on the research report published on June 16, 2025 of the current year 2025.
BofA Securities, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see CSGP reach a price target of $79. The rating they have provided for CSGP stocks is “Neutral” according to the report published on May 30th, 2025.
Deutsche Bank gave a rating of “Buy” to CSGP, setting the target price at $89 in the report published on February 28th of the current year.
CSGP Trading at 3.02% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought CSGP to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -4.53% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CSGP starting from SAINT FREDERICK G., who sale 25,000 shares at the price of $81.10 back on Jun 11 ’25. After this action, SAINT FREDERICK G. now owns 344,539 shares of Costar Group, Inc, valued at $2,027,500 using the latest closing price.
FREDERICK SAINT, the Officer of Costar Group, Inc, proposed sale 25,000 shares at $81.10 during a trade that took place back on Jun 11 ’25, which means that FREDERICK SAINT is holding shares at $2,027,382 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for CSGP
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.0 for the present operating margin
- 0.79 for the gross margin
The net margin for Costar Group, Inc stands at 0.04. The total capital return value is set at -0.0. Equity return is now at value 1.47, with 1.20 for asset returns.
Based on Costar Group, Inc (CSGP), the company’s capital structure generated 0.12 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.27.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 151.6 million with net debt to EBITDA at -15.32. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 11.08. The receivables turnover for the company is 13.58for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.27. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 6.01.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Costar Group, Inc (CSGP) has had a better performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
