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CoStar Group, Inc. (CSGP) vs Cushman & Wakefield PLC (CWK)

CoStar Group, Inc. and Cushman & Wakefield PLC are both Real Estate Services companies. CoStar Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $13.0B against $2.7B — 4.8× the size. Cushman & Wakefield PLC trades at the lower P/E: 39.0× against 173×. CoStar Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 22.0% against 11.0%. CoStar Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.08% vs 0.64%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.63% vs 7.14%). Across the 22 metrics below, Cushman & Wakefield PLC leads on 14 and CoStar Group, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric CSGP CWK Real Estate Services median
P/E 172.50 38.97 16.05
P/S 3.67 0.24 1.05
P/B 1.64 1.31 1.22
Price to free cash flow 57.52 10.63 12.55
EV/EBITDA 24.25 7.09 9.04
EV/Sales 3.60 0.44 1.05
Earnings yield 0.58% 2.57% 1.04%
Free cash flow yield 1.74% 9.40% (0.91%)

Profitability

Metric CSGP CWK Real Estate Services median
Gross margin 78.68% 18.13% 26.81%
Operating margin 2.17% 4.41% 0.00%
Net margin 2.08% 0.64% 0.11%
Free cash flow margin 6.38% 2.30% 0.00%
Return on equity 0.95% 3.52% 0.94%
Return on assets 0.72% 0.91% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.63% 7.14% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CSGP CWK Real Estate Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 22.00% 11.04% 4.33%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (94.12%) (32.14%) 32.94%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.37% 5.58% 5.09%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (50.14%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CSGP CWK Real Estate Services median
Debt to equity 0.13 1.31 0.08
Current ratio 2.21 1.08 2.10
Net debt to EBITDA (2.23) 3.02 0.54

Dividend

Metric CSGP CWK Real Estate Services median
Dividend yield — — 1.78%
Payout ratio — — 0.37

Size

Metric CSGP CWK Real Estate Services median
Market cap 12.97b 2.73b 207.59m

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