CoStar Group Second Quarter 2024 Revenue Increased 12% Year-Over-Year and Net New Bookings were $67 Million.

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WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE )-- CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP), a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property markets, announced today that revenue for the quarter ended June 30, 2024 was $678 million, up 12% over revenue of $606 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2023. Net income was $19 million in the second quarter of 2024 and net income per diluted share was $0.05.

“We achieved another strong quarter of results in terms of revenue, sales and traffic to our websites,” said Andy Florance , Founder and CEO of CoStar Group. “Overall revenue grew 12% year-over-year, and our two billion-dollar run rate businesses continue to deliver double-digit revenue growth with Apartments.com growing at 18% and CoStar / CoStar Canada / CoStar UK at 10% over the second quarter of last year. Our commercial information and marketplace businesses continue to perform and delivered 41% profit margins in the second quarter of 2024,” continued Florance.

“ Homes.com net new bookings through June reached over $55 million, a significant milestone as it took Apartments.com two years to achieve those results. Our Homes.com Network had 148 million monthly average unique visitors in the second quarter, according to Google Analytics, maintaining our position as one of the top two most heavily trafficked residential property marketplaces in the U.S.” continued Florance. “Our unaided brand awareness continues to climb and reached 27% in June 2024 as a result of our aggressive brand marketing campaign."

Year 2023-2024 Quarterly Results - Unaudited

(in millions, except per share data)

2024 Outlook

“This quarter’s results demonstrate the strength of our core commercial business and the continued progress of our Homes.com strategy,” said Chris Lown , CFO of CoStar Group. The Company now expects revenue in the range of $2.735 billion to $2.745 billion for the full year of 2024, representing revenue growth of approximately 12% year-over-year at the midpoint of the range. The Company expects revenue for the third quarter of 2024 in the range of $692 million to $697 million, representing revenue growth of approximately 11% year-over-year at the midpoint of the range.

“We now expect adjusted EBITDA for the full year of 2024 in the range of $195 million to $205 million, an increase of $5 million at the midpoint of the range from our previous guidance. For the third quarter of 2024, we expect adjusted EBITDA in the range of $47 million to $52 million.”

The Company expects full year 2024 non-GAAP net income per diluted share in a range of $0.64 to $0.66 based on 408 million shares. For the third quarter of 2024, the Company expects non-GAAP net income per diluted share in a range of $0.15 to $0.16 based on 408 million shares. These ranges include an estimated non-GAAP tax rate of 26% for the full year and the third quarter of 2024.

The preceding forward-looking statements reflect CoStar Group’s expectations as of July 23, 2024, including forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures on a consolidated basis, based on current estimates, expectations, observations, and trends. Given the risk factors, rapidly evolving economic environment, and uncertainties and assumptions discussed in this release and in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and annual reports on Form 10-K, actual results may differ materially. Other than in publicly available statements, the Company does not intend to update its forward-looking statements until its next quarterly results announcement.

Reconciliations of EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP net income, and non-GAAP net income per diluted share to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are shown in detail below, along with definitions for those terms. A reconciliation of forward-looking non-GAAP guidance to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, net income, can be found within the tables included in this release.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

For information regarding the purpose for which management uses the non-GAAP financial measures disclosed in this release and why management believes they provide useful information to investors regarding the Company’s financial condition and results of operations, please refer to the Company’s latest periodic report.

EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure that represents GAAP net income attributable to CoStar Group before interest income or expense, net and other income or expense, net; loss on debt extinguishment; income taxes and depreciation and amortization expense.

Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure that represents EBITDA before stock-based compensation expense, acquisition- and integration-related costs, restructuring costs, and settlements and impairments incurred outside the Company’s ordinary course of business. Adjusted EBITDA margin represents adjusted EBITDA divided by revenues for the period.

Non-GAAP net income is a non-GAAP financial measure determined by adjusting GAAP net income attributable to CoStar Group for stock-based compensation expense, acquisition- and integration-related costs, restructuring costs, settlement and impairment costs incurred outside the Company's ordinary course of business and loss on debt extinguishment, as well as amortization of acquired intangible assets and other related costs, and then subtracting an assumed provision for income taxes. In 2024, the Company is assuming a 26% tax rate in order to approximate its statutory corporate tax rate excluding the impact of discrete items.

Non-GAAP net income per diluted share is a non-GAAP financial measure that represents non-GAAP net income divided by the number of diluted shares outstanding for the period used in the calculation of GAAP net income per diluted share. For periods with GAAP net losses and non-GAAP net income, the weighted average outstanding shares used to calculate non-GAAP net income per share includes potentially dilutive securities that were excluded from the calculation of GAAP net income per share as the effect was anti-dilutive.

Operating Metrics

Net new bookings is calculated based on the annualized amount of change in the Company's sales bookings resulting from new subscription-based contracts, changes to existing subscription-based contracts and cancellations of subscription-based contracts for the period reported. Information regarding net new bookings is not comparable to, nor should it be substituted for, an analysis of the Company's revenues over time.

Earnings Conference Call

Management will conduct a conference call to discuss the second quarter 2024 results and the Company’s outlook at 5:00 PM ET on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. A live audio webcast of the conference will be available in listen-only mode through the Investors section of the CoStar Group website: https://investors.costargroup.com . A replay of the webcast audio will also be available in the Investors section of our website for a period of time following the call.

Reconciliation of Net Income to Non-GAAP Net IncomeAbout CoStar Group

CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information, and analytics in the property markets. Founded in 1987, CoStar Group conducts expansive, ongoing research to produce and maintain the largest and most comprehensive database of real estate information. CoStar is the global leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, and news, enabling clients to analyze, interpret and gain unmatched insight on property values, market conditions and availabilities. Apartments.com is the leading online marketplace for renters seeking great apartment homes, providing property managers and owners a proven platform for marketing their properties. LoopNet is the most heavily trafficked online commercial real estate marketplace with over twelve million monthly global unique visitors. STR provides premium data benchmarking, analytics, and marketplace insights for the global hospitality industry. Ten-X offers a leading platform for conducting commercial real estate online auctions and negotiated bids. Homes.com is the fastest growing online residential marketplace that connects agents, buyers, and sellers. OnTheMarket is a leading residential property portal in the United Kingdom. BureauxLocaux is one of the largest specialized property portals for buying and leasing commercial real estate in France. Business Immo is France’s leading commercial real estate news service. Thomas Daily is Germany’s largest online data pool in the real estate industry. Belbex is the premier source of commercial space available to let and for sale in Spain. CoStar Group’s websites attracted over 183 million monthly average unique visitors in the second quarter of 2024. Headquartered in Washington, DC, CoStar Group maintains offices throughout the U.S., Europe, Canada, and Asia. From time to time, we plan to utilize our corporate website, CoStarGroup.com , as a channel of distribution for material company information. For more information, visit CoStarGroup.com .

This news release and the Company’s earnings conference call contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about CoStar Group's plans, objectives, expectations, beliefs and intentions and other statements including words such as “hope,” “anticipate,” “may,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “will,” “should,” “plan,” “estimate,” “predict,” “continue” and “potential” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Such statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of management of CoStar Group and are subject to many risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in the forward-looking statements and the assumptions and estimates used as a basis for the forward-looking statements. The following factors, among others, could cause or contribute to such differences: risks associated with the ability to consummate the proposed transaction with Matterport, Inc. ("Matterport") and the timing of the closing of the proposed transaction; the ability to successfully integrate operations and employees; the ability to realize anticipated benefits and synergies of the proposed mergers as rapidly or to the extent anticipated by financial analysts or investors; the potential impact of announcement of the proposed mergers or consummation of the proposed Matterport transaction on business relationships, including with employees, customers, suppliers and competitors; unfavorable outcomes of any legal proceedings that have been or may be instituted against CoStar or Matterport; the ability to retain key personnel; costs, fees, expenses and charges related to the proposed Matterport transaction; the risk that the trends stated or implied by this release or in the earnings conference call cannot or will not be sustained at the current pace or may increase or decrease, including trends and expectations related to revenue, revenue growth, net income, non-GAAP net income, EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, sales, net new bookings, site traffic and visitors, leads, and renewal rates; the risk that the Company is unable to sustain current Company-wide or Homes.com net new bookings; the risk that revenues for the third quarter and full year 2024 will not be as stated in this press release; the risk that net income for the third quarter and full year 2024 will not be as stated in this press release; the risk that EBITDA for the third quarter and full year 2024 will not be as stated in this press release; the risk that adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter and full year 2024 will not be as stated in this press release; the risk that non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per diluted share for the third quarter and full year 2024 will not be as stated in this press release; the risk that we may not successfully integrate acquired businesses or assets and may not achieve anticipated benefits of an acquisition, including expected synergies; the risk that the tax rate estimates stated in this press release may change and the risk that we may experience declines in our revenues, revenue growth rates and profitability due to the impact of economic conditions on the real estate industry and our core customer base. More information about potential factors that could cause results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those stated in CoStar Group’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including in CoStar Group’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and Quarterly Report for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024, each of which is filed with the SEC, including in the “Risk Factors” section of those filings, as well as CoStar Group’s other filings with the SEC (including Current Reports on Form 8-K) available at the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov ). All forward-looking statements are based on information available to CoStar Group on the date hereof, and CoStar Group assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

CONTACTS

Investor Relations:?

Cyndi Eakin

Senior Vice President?

CoStar Group Investor Relations

(202) 346-6784?

[email protected] ?

News Media:?

Matthew Blocher

Vice President?

CoStar Group Corporate Marketing & Communications?

(202) 346-6775?

[email protected]

Source: CoStar Group