CoStar Group (NASDAQ:CSGP – Get Free Report) and Great Portland Estates (OTCMKTS:GPEAF – Get Free Report) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Risk & Volatility
CoStar Group has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Portland Estates has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for CoStar Group and Great Portland Estates, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| CoStar Group | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2.35 |
| Great Portland Estates | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.33 |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares CoStar Group and Great Portland Estates”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| CoStar Group | $3.25 billion | 3.70 | $7.00 million | $0.19 | 156.11 |
| Great Portland Estates | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
CoStar Group has higher revenue and earnings than Great Portland Estates.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
96.6% of CoStar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of CoStar Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares CoStar Group and Great Portland Estates’ 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% |
| Great Portland Estates | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Summary
CoStar Group beats Great Portland Estates on 10 of the 10 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 Great Portland Estates
We are a FTSE 250 property investment and development company owning £2.5 billion of real estate in central London. We proactively manage our portfolio, flexing our activities in tune with London’s property cycle to deliver long-term out-performance. We create in-demand spaces that people want to be part of; helping our occupiers, local communities and the city to thrive.
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