CSGP Value Scorecard - CoStar Group

Value Scorecard · run 2026-10-18

13 value checks: 12 scored 1 to 5, plus moat evidence

25/60

low-moderate value score

Earnings & returns

EPS Trend

1/5

Diluted EPS: $0.93 (2022), $0.92 (2023), $0.34 (2024), $0.02 (2025). The latest figure is half the 2022 figure or less; the framework scores that as 1.

ROE Trend

1/5

ROE (net income / common equity): 5.4% (2022), 5.1% (2023), 1.8% (2024), 0.1% (2025). Median 3.5%, lowest 0.1%; the framework scores a median 5% or less as 1.

ROIC

1/5

ROIC of -0.7%: operating income of -$72.00M divided by $9.79B of capital (total assets $10.54B minus current liabilities $746.00M), fiscal year to Dec 31, 2025, as filed in the 10-K (SEC EDGAR). The framework scores below 5% as 1.

Profit Margins

2/5

Net margin of 2.1%; the framework scores 0-5% as 2; gross margin 78.7%, operating margin 8.2%.

Balance sheet & cash

Debt-to-Equity

5/5

Net cash: total debt $1.16B, total cash $1.27B. The framework scores a net cash position as 5.

Free Cash Flow

1/5

Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure): $384.90M (2022), $347.00M (2023), -$245.00M (2024), $41.00M (2025). The latest figure is half the 2022 figure or less; the framework scores that as 1.

Retained Earnings

5/5

Retained earnings, as filed in the 10-Ks (SEC EDGAR): $1.83B (2022), $2.20B (2023), $2.34B (2024), $2.35B (2025). It rose every year; the framework scores that as 5.

Valuation models

Graham IV

1/5

IV = EPS x (8.5 + 2g) x (4.4 / Y) = $0.18 x (8.5 + 2 x 0.0) x (4.4 / 4.5) = $1.50 (EPS CAGR -85.3% floored at 0%; the formula returns a negative value below -4.25% growth). Current price $32.31; price is 2059.8% above the model value.

DCF Value

1/5

FCF/share = $1.019, stage 1 growth = 15.0% for 5 years, terminal growth = 3%, discount rate = 10%. Stage 1 PV = $5.83, PV of terminal value = $18.72, DCF value = $24.55. Current price $32.31; price is 31.6% above the model value.

Margin of Safety

1/5

Graham value $1.50 (price is 2059.8% above the model value); DCF value $24.55 (price is 31.6% above the model value).

Price-to-Book

3/5

P/B of 1.65; the framework scores 1.5-3.0 as 3.

Business quality

Moat Evidence

Not scored

A moat (a brand, a network, switching costs, patents, scale, a licence) is not a number in the filings, so Valerius doesn’t score it. Below are the figures and the words moat analysis starts from, from the company’s own 10-K filings. The conclusion is yours.

Return on capital, each year

Above 15% in 0 of 10 years (2016-2025); lowest -0.7%, highest 10.0%.

Gross margin, each year

Between 77.2% and 81.6% over 10 years (a range of 4.4 points).

Competition, in the company’s own words · 10-K filed Feb 26, 2026

Our business depends on our ability to successfully provide real estate industry professionals and consumers with comprehensive, timely, and standardized information and arm them with the right tools to use, analyze, and transact in the information. The market for real estate-focused online marketplaces, information, and analytics generally is competitive, dynamic, and is constantly evolving as a result of

The opening of the company’s “Competition” section in its 10-K, quoted word for word, not summarized or edited. It is the company’s own description, not Valerius’s view, and may include the company’s expectations. Open the filing.

Return on capital = operating income / (total assets − current liabilities), the ROIC row’s definition; 15% is the framework’s return threshold. Gross margin = gross profit / revenue. Both from each year’s 10-K via SEC EDGAR. Moat analysis commonly looks at whether returns and margins held up over many years. These figures don’t say whether the company has an advantage, what it is, or whether it will last.

Capital Allocation

3/5

Capital allocation, 2022-2025: dividends or buybacks paid in 1 of 4 years (fail); $500.00M paid out against $527.90M of free cash flow (pass); total debt $1.11B to $1.18B, up 7.1%, 6.2x EBITDA (pass: not up more than 10%); shares outstanding 0.41B to 0.42B, up 2.8% (fail: up more than 2%). 2 of 4 tests passed; the framework scores that as 3.

Filings

Company notices to the SEC

Not scored

Three kinds of event the company reported to the SEC in the last 5 years, from its filings on SEC EDGAR.

These are events the company reported to the SEC. An auditor change or a late filing can have many causes; each date links to the filing, where the company explains it. Valerius does not score these.

How the Graham and DCF values were calculated

  Graham Formula:
    IV = EPS x (8.5 + 2g) x (4.4 / Y)
    EPS = $0.18, g = 0.0%, Y = 4.5
    g floored at 0.0% (3-year EPS CAGR was -85.3%; below -4.25% the formula returns a negative value)
    IV = $1.50
    Current price $32.31 vs Graham value $1.50 — price is 2059.8% above the model value.

  DCF:
    FCF/share = $1.019
    Stage 1 growth = 15.0% for 5 years | terminal growth = 3.0% | discount rate = 10.0%
      Y1: $1.171 → PV $1.065
      Y2: $1.347 → PV $1.113
      Y3: $1.549 → PV $1.164
      Y4: $1.781 → PV $1.217
      Y5: $2.049 → PV $1.272
    Stage 1 PV sum = $5.83
    Terminal value at end of Y5 = $30.14
    PV of terminal value = $18.72
    DCF value = $24.55
    Current price $32.31 vs DCF value $24.55 — price is 31.6% above the model value.

Data from yfinance summary figures and financial statements, and from the company’s 10-K filings via SEC EDGAR; computed at a price of $32.31. Every score is calculated from the figures by the framework’s fixed rules, and the explanation beside it is generated from the same figures: Graham value, DCF value, margin of safety, ROIC, profit margins, debt-to-equity, price-to-book, EPS trend, ROE trend, free cash flow, retained earnings and capital allocation. No AI is involved in this scorecard. The moat is shown as evidence, without a score. Read each score with the figures beside it. Intrinsic value calculations are model outputs based on stated assumptions, not predictions.

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