- Prev close
- $30.24
- Day range
- $30.04 – $31.68
- From 52-wk high
- -68.9%
- Next earnings
- in 79 days
CSGP’s 2026-08-03 close was tied to company-specific earnings pressure after weak Q2 results and a further cut to full-year guidance, while the broader market and peers were firmer. The move reads as stock-specific deterioration rather than benign volatility.
CSGP
COSTAR GROUP INC
As of Aug 4, 2026
34/100
Deserves your attentionHealth ScoreWhy it moved
CSGP rose +4.4% on 2026-08-03, while the S&P 500 was +1.4% and the Nasdaq 100 was +1.8%; peers were also up, with CBRE +1.1%, JLL +3.1%, COMP +3.2%, and Z +3.1%. That makes the primary driver stock-specific rather than market-wide or even purely sector-wide, and the catalyst is the recent earnings disappointment and guidance cut cited in the company news, not the 1-2% index move.
Volatility check
This looks like more than ordinary volatility because the business backdrop has weakened: revenue is +22.0% YoY on a TTM basis and +18.4% YoY in the latest quarter, but EPS is -30.5% YoY TTM and operating margin is only +2.2% with net margin at +2.1%. Valuation is still demanding at PE 165.3, while forward PE is 18.6; PEG is 4.94, but it is not meaningful here because EPS growth is negative, so the richer multiple means the stock can swing sharply when growth expectations slip. Beta is 0.77, which says the name is not structurally high-beta, so a move tied to weak guidance and fading growth expectations is more telling than normal noise.
Earnings preview
The next earnings date is 2026-10-26. The supplied facts do not include analyst consensus revenue or EPS figures for that print, so I can’t quote expected growth or margin targets this period. The market will be focused on whether the recent pattern of weak Q2 results and a further cut to full-year guidance has stabilized, whether revenue growth can stay near the recent +18.4% YoY pace, and whether margins can improve from +2.2% operating and +2.1% net. Prior reaction details around earnings are not provided in the facts, so I won’t infer them.
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