CoStar Group (CoStar Group) Operating Income : $162 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)

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What is CoStar Group Operating Income?

CoStar Group's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-48 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $162 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. CoStar Group's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-48 Mil. CoStar Group's Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $656 Mil. Therefore, CoStar Group's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -7.30%.

Warning Sign:

CoStar Group Inc operating margin has been in a 5-year decline. The average rate of decline per year is -10.5%.

CoStar Group's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was -10.50% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. CoStar Group's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -2.95%. CoStar Group's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -27.03%.

CoStar Group Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for CoStar Group's Operating Income can be seen below:

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CoStar Group Operating Income Chart

CoStar Group Annual Data

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Operating Income

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363.55

289.20

432.30

451.00

282.30

CoStar Group Quarterly Data
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Operating Income	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															72.20	79.15	61.59	69.34	-47.90

CoStar Group Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $162 Mil.

CoStar Group (NAS:CSGP) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

CoStar Group's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

	ROC % (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=	NOPAT	/	Average Invested Capital
=	Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )	/	( (Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2023 )	+	Invested Capital (Q: Mar. 2024 ))	/ count )
=	-191.6 * ( 1 - 41.74% )	/	( (3587.8	+	3979.4)	/ 2 )
=	-111.62616	/	3783.6
=	-2.95 %

where

	Invested Capital		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	8919.7	-	311.6	-	( 5215.9	-	max(0, 455.8	-	5476.1	+	5215.9	))
=	3587.8

	Invested Capital		(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	9034.5	-	412.7	-	( 4951.6	-	max(0, 573.8	-	5216.2	+	4951.6	))
=	3979.4

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

CoStar Group's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %		(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Net fixed Assets	+	Net Working Capital)
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment	+	Net Working Capital)
			Q: Dec. 2023		Q: Mar. 2024
=	EBIT	/	( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital)	+	(Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )	/	count )
=	-191.6	/	( ( (552 + max(-155.6, 0))	+	(865.9 + max(-265.2, 0)) )	/	2 )
=	-191.6	/	( ( 552	+	865.9 )	/	2 )
=	-191.6	/	708.95
=	-27.03 %

where Working Capital is:

	Working Capital		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(190	+	0	+	70.200000000001)	-	(311.6	+	104.2	+	0)
=	-155.6

	Working Capital		(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(197.4	+	0	+	67.2)	-	(412.7	+	117.1	+	0)
=	-265.2

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

CoStar Group's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %	=	Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )	/	Revenue (Q: Mar. 2024 )
	=	-47.9	/	656.4
	=	-7.30 %

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Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.

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1331 L Street, Northwest, WA, USA, 20005

Website

https://www.costar.com

CoStar Group is a leading provider of commercial real estate data and marketplace listing platforms. Its data offering contains in-depth analytical information on over 5 million commercial real estate properties related to various subsectors including office, retail, multifamily, healthcare, industrial, self-storage, and data centers. It operates many flagship brands such as CoStar Suite, LoopNet, Apartments.com, BizBuySell, and LandsofAmerica, with more than 80% of its revenue classified as subscription-based. The company also recently expanded its presence in Canada, the United Kingdom, Spain, and France.

Executives

John W Hill	director	1997 ANNAPOLIS EXCHANGE PARKWAY, SUITE 410, ANNAPOLIS MD 21401
Christopher J Nassetta	director	77 WEST WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 3900, CHICAGO IL 60601
Angelique G. Brunner	director	C/O CHESAPEAKE LODGING TRUST, 4300 WILSON BOULEVARD, SUITE 625, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Lisa Ruggles	officer: Senior VP, Global Research	C/O COSTAR GROUP, INC., 1331 L STREET NW, WASHINGTON DC 20005
Scott T Wheeler	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O COSTAR GROUP, INC., 1331 L STREET NW, WASHINGTON DC 20005
Frank Simuro	officer: Chief Technology Officer	C/O COSTAR GROUP, INC., 1331 L STREET NW, WASHINGTON DC 20005
Frederick G. Saint	officer: President, Marketplaces	LOOPNET, INC., 181 W. HUNTINGTON DRIVE, SUITE 208, MONROVIA CA 91016
Andrew C Florance	director, officer: President and CEO	C/O COSTAR GROUP INC, 1331 L STREET, NW, WASHINGTON DC 20005
Michael J Desmarais	officer: Chief Human Resources Officer	C/O COSTAR GROUP, INC., 1331 L STREET NW, WASHINGTON DC 20005
Michael R Klein	director	2001 K STREET, N.W., SUITE 206, WASHINGTON DC 20006
Gene Boxer	officer: General Counsel and Secretary	14 WESLEY STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM11
Kaplan Laura Cox	director	C/O COSTAR GROUP, INC., 1331 L STREET NW, WASHINGTON DC 20005
Matthew Linnington	officer: Executive Vice President Sales	C/O COSTAR GROUP, INC., 1331 L STREET NW, WASHINGTON DC 20005
David Jay Steinberg	director	C/O COSTAR GROUP, INC., 1331 L STREET, NW, WASHINGTON DC 20005
Robert W Musslewhite	director	2445 M STREET, NW, WASHINGTON DC 20037