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How CoStar Group, Inc. stacks up
CSGP · against 759 other Real Estate companies
Profitability
21/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #597 of 760 · scores higher than 21% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score75 peers with a profitability score of 20–29, including CSGP · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 21?
Weighted metrics compared with all Real Estate companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, return on invested capital and return on assets, which are weaker than most Real Estate peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 85% of peers. Operating margin: 2.2% vs peer median 26.8%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 80% of peers. Return on invested capital: 0.8% vs peer median 3.4%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 74% of peers. Return on assets: 0.7% vs peer median 2.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = CSGP, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | CSGP | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 739 reported | 0.8% | 3.4% | 20% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 728 reported | 2.2% | 26.8% | 15% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 741 reported | 0.7% | 2.1% | 26% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 721 reported | 0.9% | 5.2% | 29% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 763 reported | 78.7% | 53.9% | 81% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CSGPScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score