CoStar Group (NASDAQ:CSGP – Get Free Report) and Seaport Entertainment Gr (NYSE:SEG – Get Free Report) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for CoStar Group and Seaport Entertainment Gr, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| CoStar Group | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2.35 |
| Seaport Entertainment Gr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
CoStar Group presently has a consensus target price of $40.11, indicating a potential upside of 45.31%. Seaport Entertainment Gr has a consensus target price of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 59.89%. Given Seaport Entertainment Gr’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Seaport Entertainment Gr is more favorable than CoStar Group.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| CoStar Group | $3.25 billion | 3.44 | $7.00 million | $0.19 | 145.26 |
| Seaport Entertainment Gr | $130.41 million | 2.21 | -$115.34 million | ($9.79) | -2.30 |
CoStar Group has higher revenue and earnings than Seaport Entertainment Gr. Seaport Entertainment Gr is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CoStar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
96.6% of CoStar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of CoStar Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Seaport Entertainment Gr shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
CoStar Group has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seaport Entertainment Gr has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares CoStar Group and Seaport Entertainment Gr’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| CoStar Group | 2.08% | 3.74% | 2.96% |
| Seaport Entertainment Gr | -101.96% | -9.40% | -6.94% |
Summary
CoStar Group beats Seaport Entertainment Gr on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About CoStar Group
CoStar Group, Inc. provides information, analytics, and online marketplace services to the commercial real estate, hospitality, residential, and related professionals industries in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company offers CoStar Property that provides inventory of office, industrial, retail, multifamily, hospitality, and student housing properties and land; CoStar Sales, a robust database of comparable commercial real estate sales transactions; CoStar Market Analytics to view and report on aggregated market and submarket trends; and CoStar Tenant, an online business-to-business prospecting and analytical tool that provides tenant information. It also provides Leasing, a tool to capture, manage, and maintain lease data; CoStar Lease Analysis; Public Record, a searchable database of commercially zoned parcels; CoStar Real Estate Manager, a real estate lease administration, portfolio management, and lease accounting compliance software solution; and CoStar Risk Analytics and CoStar Investment. In addition, it offers apartment marketing sites, such as ApartmentFinder.com, ForRent.com, ApartmentHomeLiving.com, WestsideRentals.com, AFTER55.com, CorporateHousing.com, ForRentUniversity.com, Apartamentos.com, and Off Campus Partners; LoopNet Premium Lister; LoopNet Diamond, Platinum, and Gold Ads; LandsofAmerica.com, LandAndFarm.com, and LandWatch.com for rural land for-sale; BizBuySell.com, BizQuest.com, and FindaFranchise.com for operating businesses and franchises for-sale; Ten-X, an online auction platform for commercial real estate; and HomeSnap, an online and mobile software platform, as well as Homes.com, a homes for sale listings site. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Washington, the District of Columbia.
About Seaport Entertainment Gr
Seaport Entertainment Group Inc. develops, owns, and operates a portfolio of entertainment and real estate assets primarily in the New York City and Las Vegas. It operates through three segments: Landlord Operations; Hospitality; and Sponsorships, Events, and Entertainment. The company’s Landlord Operations segment engages in the holding of ownership interests in and operation of physical real estate assets, such as restaurant, retail, office, and entertainment properties, as well as residential units in Seaport. Its Hospitality segment operates six fine dining and casual dining restaurants, cocktail bars, and entertainment venues under The Fulton, Mister Dips, Carne Mare, Malibu Farm, Pearl Alley, and The Lawn Club names; and the Tin Building, which offers restaurants, bars, grocery markets, retail, and private dining experiences. The company’s Sponsorships, Events, and Entertainment segment includes the Las Vegas Aviators Triple-A Minor League Baseball team, the Las Vegas Ballpark, the Fashion Show Mall Air Rights, Seaport events, and concerts, as well as various sponsorship agreements across the Seaport and the Las Vegas Ballpark. Seaport Entertainment Group Inc. was incorporated in 2024 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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