CoStar Group, Inc. provides information, analytics, and online marketplace services to real estate and related business communities in the United States, Australia, Canada, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. It offers CoStar Property that provides inventory of office, industrial, retail, multifamily, hospitality, and student housing, and land properties; CoStar Leasing, a data on lease transactions and tools to manage …
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CoStar Group, Inc. ranks #19 of 51
scored companies in Real Estate Services by moat score — the top 37%.
The widest moat in the group is New England Realty Associates L (NEN)
at 79/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near CSGP in Real Estate Services
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 35
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 85
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 47
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 73
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 50
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
CoStar Group, Inc. (CSGP) scores 55 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #19 of 51 scored companies in Real Estate Services, the top 37%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 51 companies in Real Estate Services. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (85/100) and its weakest is Cost Advantage (35/100).
How does CoStar Group, Inc. compare with other Real Estate Services companies?
CoStar Group, Inc. ranks #19 of 51 scored companies in Real Estate Services by moat score. The widest moat in Real Estate Services is New England Realty Associates L (NEN) at 79/100. The companies ranked closest are J. W. Mays, Inc. (MAYS) at 55 just above it and eXp World Holdings, Inc. (EXPI) at 53 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 51 companies in Real Estate Services. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is CoStar Group, Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for CoStar Group, Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and CSGP scores: Pricing Power (41), Cost Advantage (35), Customer Stickiness (85), Capital Efficiency (47), Resilience (73), Scale & Market Position (50). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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