CoStar Group, Inc. (CSGP) vs Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL)

CoStar Group, Inc. and Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated are both Real Estate Services companies. Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated is the larger, with a market value of $14.9B against $11.3B — 1.3× the size. Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated trades at the lower P/E: 15.1× against 150×. CoStar Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 22.0% against 11.2%. Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated has the higher net margin (3.64% vs 2.08%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.08% vs 0.63%). Across the 22 metrics below, Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated leads on 15 and CoStar Group, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric CSGP JLL Real Estate Services median
P/E 149.97 15.11 16.25
P/S 3.19 0.54 1.12
P/B 1.43 1.96 1.32
Price to free cash flow 50.01 13.29 13.29
EV/EBITDA 21.02 9.81 10.22
EV/Sales 3.12 0.59 1.16
Earnings yield 0.67% 6.62% 0.99%
Free cash flow yield 2.00% 7.53% (0.97%)

Profitability

Metric CSGP JLL Real Estate Services median
Gross margin 78.68% 54.49% 26.81%
Operating margin 2.17% 4.65% 0.00%
Net margin 2.08% 3.64% 0.11%
Free cash flow margin 6.38% 4.08% 0.00%
Return on equity 0.95% 13.54% 0.94%
Return on assets 0.72% 5.74% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.63% 9.08% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CSGP JLL Real Estate Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 22.00% 11.17% 4.33%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (94.12%) 45.13% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.37% 9.50% 4.05%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (50.14%) 14.50% 0.00%

Health

Metric CSGP JLL Real Estate Services median
Debt to equity 0.13 0.22 0.08
Current ratio 2.21 2.40 1.95
Net debt to EBITDA (2.23) 0.20 0.54

Dividend

Metric CSGP JLL Real Estate Services median
Dividend yield — — 1.33%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric CSGP JLL Real Estate Services median
Market cap 11.26b 14.92b 218.52m

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