CoStar Group (NASDAQ:CSGP – Get Free Report) and Grab (NASDAQ:GRAB – Get Free Report) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and profitability.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for CoStar Group and Grab, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| CoStar Group | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2.71 |
| Grab | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3.00 |
CoStar Group presently has a consensus price target of $93.25, indicating a potential upside of 24.55%. Grab has a consensus price target of $4.70, indicating a potential upside of 11.37%. Given CoStar Group’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CoStar Group is more favorable than Grab.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| CoStar Group | 6.57% | 3.53% | 2.88% |
| Grab | -8.24% | -3.35% | -2.50% |
Volatility & Risk
CoStar Group has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grab has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
96.6% of CoStar Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of Grab shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of CoStar Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Grab shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares CoStar Group and Grab”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| CoStar Group | $2.46 billion | 12.50 | $374.70 million | $0.44 | 170.16 |
| Grab | $2.36 billion | 7.02 | -$434.00 million | ($0.05) | -84.40 |
CoStar Group has higher revenue and earnings than Grab. Grab is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CoStar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CoStar Group beats Grab 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 Grab
Grab Holdings Limited engages in the provision of superapps in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The company offers its Grab ecosystem, a single platform with superapps for driver- and merchant-partners and consumers, that allows access to mobility, delivery, digital financial services, and enterprise sector offerings. Grab Holdings Limited is headquartered in Singapore.
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