Q1 EPS Estimates for CoStar Group Raised by William Blair

CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSGP) – Research analysts at William Blair lifted their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for CoStar Group in a research note issued on Wednesday, July 23rd. William Blair analyst S. Sheldon now expects that the technology company will post earnings of $0.19 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.15. William Blair 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 Q3 2026 earnings at $0.22 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.99 EPS.

CSGP has been the topic of several other research reports. Stephens raised CoStar Group to a “strong-buy” rating and set a $105.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Monday, June 16th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on CoStar Group from $87.00 to $101.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Wells Fargo & Company reiterated an “underweight” rating and issued a $70.00 target price (up from $65.00) on shares of CoStar Group in a research note on Wednesday, July 16th. Citigroup lifted their target price on CoStar Group from $91.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Needham & Company LLC lifted their target price on CoStar Group from $98.00 to $105.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, eleven have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $93.25.

CoStar Group Trading Up 0.0%

CSGP opened at $92.97 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $39.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 371.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.53 and a beta of 0.89. CoStar Group has a 52 week low of $68.26 and a 52 week high of $93.75. The business’s 50 day moving average is $80.76 and its two-hundred day moving average is $78.25. The company has a quick ratio of 5.83, a current ratio of 5.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12.

CoStar Group (NASDAQ:CSGP) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The technology company reported $0.17 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $781.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $772.06 million. CoStar Group had a return on equity of 2.88% and a net margin of 3.57%. The firm’s revenue was up 15.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.15 earnings per share.

Institutional Trading of CoStar Group

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of CSGP. Teacher Retirement System of Texas boosted its stake in shares of CoStar Group by 40.2% in the fourth quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas now owns 3,836 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $275,000 after buying an additional 1,100 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. boosted its stake in shares of CoStar Group by 3.4% in the fourth quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 61,350 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $4,392,000 after buying an additional 2,041 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC boosted its position in CoStar Group by 214.5% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 432,769 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $30,982,000 after purchasing an additional 295,163 shares in the last quarter. Korea Investment CORP boosted its position in CoStar Group by 26.2% during the fourth quarter. Korea Investment CORP now owns 279,810 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $20,032,000 after purchasing an additional 58,106 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new stake in CoStar Group during the fourth quarter worth $390,755,000. 96.60% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other 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.