CoStar Group (CSGP) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.38
- Estimate
- $0.34
- Surprise
- +12.0%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.7 → 5.8/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
CoStar Group (CSGP) beat the $0.34 estimate with adjusted EPS of $0.38 — a large 12.0% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.7/10) to Sell at 5.8/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CSGP Sell at 5.8/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +12.0% surprise compares with a +15.6% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Strong growth profile
What argues against it
- Thin upside margin: 5.0%
- Sector modifier (Real Estate): -1.2
- Below 200-MA, MA slope -12.8%/30d (confirmed downtrend)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $32.01
- Price target
- $33.62
- Stop
- $29.77
- Upside to target
- +5.0%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.3:1
The stock trades at 177.8× trailing but 18.0× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-28 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
CSGP at TrendMatrix's latest read
REIT quarters hinge on occupancy, rate exposure, and FFO rather than headline EPS, which mechanically distorts under depreciation.
- Industry
- Real Estate Services
- Market cap
- $12.97B
- P/E (fwd)
- 18.0
- P/E (ttm)
- 177.8
- 52-week range
- $25.89–$78.95
- Off 52-week high
- 59.5%
- RSI (14)
- 66
- Volume vs avg
- 1.25×
- Score today
- 5.8/10