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Costar Group (CSGP) Tops Q2 EPS by 3c

July 27, 2021 4:17 PM EDT

Costar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) reported Q2 EPS of $0.26, $0.03 better than the analyst estimate of $0.23. Revenue for the quarter came in at $480 million versus the consensus estimate of $470.58 million.

“We saw incredibly strong performance across all of our businesses in the second quarter, with total revenue and profit ahead of forecast and the total numbers of visitors to our platforms up over 45% year-over-year,” said Andrew C. Florance, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CoStar Group. “CoStar Group net new bookings in the second quarter of 2021 increased 47% over the second quarter of 2020 to $51 million. CoStar Suite net new bookings were the strongest in years, up over 900% year-over-year and 19% quarter-over-quarter in the second quarter.”

“Apartments.com set a new traffic record with network visitors up 30% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2021, which resulted in a 57% year-over-year increase in leads to our customers. Total leads generated by Apartments.com are up over 120% since 2018,” continued Florance. “During the second quarter of 2021, our most economical ad packages generated more leads than our top-level packages were generating just a year ago. Without significant price increases during the pandemic, our effective price per lead dropped dramatically. This caused net new bookings in Apartments.com to fall from the record high levels achieved in the second quarter of 2020. Moving forward, we intend to adjust pricing to reflect the strength of our dramatically higher lead flows, which we believe will accelerate net new bookings.”

“LoopNet Signature Ad revenue grew 71% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2021 while unique visitors to our LoopNet network increased 33%,” stated Florance. “Ten-X revenue increased over 40% year-over-year on a proforma basis in the second quarter of 2021, as we are seeing increased volume of assets and higher value assets sold through our platform. Homesnap also performed very well in the second quarter of 2021, with total revenue growth up 50% year-over-year on a proforma basis, and total agent subscribers expanding 80% to over 63,000 at the end of the second quarter.”

“With great momentum in our core business, we are focused on significantly expanding our total addressable market by leveraging our strengths into the digitization of residential real estate and into international markets. We are committed to accelerating future growth, as evidenced by the acquisition of Homes.com in May of this year; the steps we have taken to improve that experience for sellers, buyers and real estate agents; and our planned investment in residential technology and content in the second half of 2021,” concluded Florance.

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