Costar Group, Inc (NASDAQ: CSGP)’s stock price has plunge by 1.23relation to previous closing price of 79.53. Nevertheless, the company has seen a 9.94% surge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. geekwire.com reported 2025-04-14 that This story originally appeared on Real Estate News.
Is It Worth Investing in Costar Group, Inc (NASDAQ: CSGP) Right Now?
Costar Group, Inc (NASDAQ: CSGP) has a price-to-earnings ratio that is above its average at 236.86x. The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.87. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 6 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 6 as “overweight,” 3 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
The public float for CSGP is 415.76M, and at present, short sellers hold a 4.21% of that float. On April 16, 2025, the average trading volume of CSGP was 3.45M shares.
CSGP’s Market Performance
CSGP stock saw an increase of 9.94% in the past week, with a monthly gain of 0.45% and a quarterly increase of 15.66%. The volatility ratio for the week is 5.47%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 3.66% for Costar Group, Inc (CSGP). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 2.90% for CSGP stock, with a simple moving average of 6.11% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of CSGP
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CSGP stocks, with Deutsche Bank repeating the rating for CSGP by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for CSGP in the upcoming period, according to Deutsche Bank is $89 based on the research report published on February 28, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Wells Fargo, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see CSGP reach a price target of $65. The rating they have provided for CSGP stocks is “Underweight” according to the report published on February 05th, 2025.
RBC Capital Mkts gave a rating of “Sector Perform” to CSGP, setting the target price at $83 in the report published on October 23rd of the previous year.
CSGP Trading at 3.93% 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 -14.30% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.66%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 5.47%, as shares surge +2.74% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +4.83% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, CSGP rose by +9.94%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +8.42% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $78.24. In addition, Costar Group, Inc saw 12.46% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CSGP starting from Cann Cynthia Cammett, who sale 1,749 shares at the price of $79.90 back on Mar 10 ’25. After this action, Cann Cynthia Cammett now owns 29,456 shares of Costar Group, Inc, valued at $139,745 using the latest closing price.
Cann Cynthia Cammett, the Chief Accounting Officer of Costar Group, Inc, sale 1,310 shares at $76.85 during a trade that took place back on Nov 11 ’24, which means that Cann Cynthia Cammett is holding 26,485 shares at $100,673 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
- 0.78 for the gross margin
The net margin for Costar Group, Inc stands at 0.05. The total capital return value is set at -0.0. Equity return is now at value 1.86, with 1.53 for asset returns.
Based on Costar Group, Inc (CSGP), the company’s capital structure generated 0.02 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 2.46.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 4.7 million with net debt to EBITDA at -29.81. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 10.76. The receivables turnover for the company is 14.56for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.3. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 8.96.
Conclusion
To sum up, Costar Group, Inc (CSGP) has seen a better performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
