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CoStar Group, Inc. (CSGP) vs FirstService Corporation (FSV)

CoStar Group, Inc. and FirstService Corporation are both Real Estate Services companies. CoStar Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $12.9B against $6.4B — 2.0× the size. FirstService Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 46.9× against 72.8×. CoStar Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 20.2% against 3.69%. CoStar Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (4.87% vs 2.59%) and the lower return on invested capital (1.56% vs 9.21%). Across the 22 metrics below, FirstService Corporation leads on 15 and CoStar Group, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric CSGP FSV Real Estate Services median
P/E 72.81 46.88 24.54
P/S 3.48 1.17 0.88
P/B 1.60 7.11 0.80
Price to free cash flow 35.82 22.33 16.74
EV/EBITDA 19.50 14.93 10.14
EV/Sales 3.62 1.41 1.13
Earnings yield 1.37% 2.13% (0.80%)
Free cash flow yield 2.79% 4.48% (0.83%)

Profitability

Metric CSGP FSV Real Estate Services median
Gross margin 78.31% 33.05% 25.69%
Operating margin 5.77% 5.98% 0.00%
Net margin 4.87% 2.59% 0.11%
Free cash flow margin 9.72% 5.25% 0.00%
Return on equity 4.47% 12.93% 0.94%
Return on assets 1.70% 3.33% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 1.56% 9.21% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CSGP FSV Real Estate Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 20.21% 3.69% 3.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (94.12%) 6.73% 28.72%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.37% 14.67% 5.94%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (50.14%) 10.70% 0.00%

Health

Metric CSGP FSV Real Estate Services median
Debt to equity 0.12 1.66 0.05
Current ratio 1.32 1.85 1.79
Net debt to EBITDA (2.23) 1.72 0.61

Dividend

Metric CSGP FSV Real Estate Services median
Dividend yield — 0.77% 1.74%
Payout ratio — 0.36 0.40

Size

Metric CSGP FSV Real Estate Services median
Market cap 12.89b 6.44b 247.44m

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