CoStar Group Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2020 Revenues Increased 19% Year-over-Year
02/23/2021 - 04:10 PM
CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP), the leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics and online marketplaces, announced today that revenue for the year ended December 31, 2020, was $1.66 billion , an increase of 19% over revenue of $1.4 billion for the full year of 2019. Revenue for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2020, was $444 million , an increase of 19% over revenue of $375 million for the fourth quarter of 2019.
Net income for the year ended December 31, 2020, was $227 million , or $5.93 per diluted share. EBITDA for the full year of 2020 was $406 million and includes one-time charges of $59.5 million related to the now terminated RentPath acquisition. Excluding these one-time charges, EBITDA for the full year of 2020 was $466 million , an increase of 5% compared to EBITDA of $445 million for the full year of 2019. Net Income, excluding the one-time charges, was approximately $271 million , or $7.08 per diluted share.
Adjusted EBITDA (which excludes stock-based compensation, acquisition and integration related costs and other items as described below) for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2020, was $167 million , an increase of 18% compared to adjusted EBITDA of $142 million for the fourth quarter of 2019. Adjusted EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2020 was $553 million , an increase of 9% compared to adjusted EBITDA of $507 million for the full year of 2019.
“2020 was an exceptional year for CoStar Group in many ways,” said Andrew C. Florance, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CoStar Group. “Following the initial pandemic disruption early in the year, we demonstrated that our business is strongly countercyclical as our sales rebounded strongly in the second half of the year. In the fourth quarter, we delivered annualized net new sales of $49 million , bringing our total sales bookings to over $100 million in the second half of 2020. Revenue increased by over a quarter of a billion dollars in 2020. I am particularly pleased that CoStar Suite had its best sales quarter of 2020 in the fourth quarter, more than doubling the third quarter sales level. Unique visitors to our marketplaces increased by over 20% for the year and by 29% in the fourth quarter as the pandemic led more people to shop for real estate online. We raised $2.7 billion in the debt and equity markets and completed the acquisitions of Ten-X, Emporis, and Homesnap, and are well into developing additional important acquisition opportunities – all while working remotely.”
“Apartments.com turned in its strongest performance since we first launched the platform in 2015,” continued Florance, “with revenues growing 22% to almost $600 million . Apartments.com net new sales increased 35% for the year, network visits grew 20% to over 1 billion in 2020, and quality leads to our customers increased over 20% . We believe that our increased investment in marketing for Apartments.com in 2020 was a key driver in our performance and produced outstanding results.”
The LoopNet marketplace network also had a record year, with revenue growth of 20% in 2020 and average monthly unique visitors of approximately 9.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, an increase of 37% over the fourth quarter of 2019. Our highest ad levels — gold, diamond, and platinum — are proving to be strongly countercyclical, with revenue growing almost 50% in 2020 and net new sales increasing 100% during the year. In 2020, we invested in marketing and successfully accelerated Apartments.com growth. In 2021, we plan to significantly accelerate our investment in LoopNet’s marketing and sales force and believe we will similarly accelerate LoopNet’s growth.
Year 2019-2020 Quarterly Results - Unaudited
(in millions, except per share data)
2019
2020
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Revenues
$328
$344
$353
$375
CSGP Rankings
#3010 Ranked by Stock Gains
CSGP Stock Data
Industry
All Other Support Services
Sector
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
Tags
Technology Services, Internet Software/Services, Information, Software Publishers
About CSGP
costar group, inc. (nasdaq: csgp) is the leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics and online marketplaces. founded in 1987, costar conducts expansive, ongoing research to produce and maintain the largest and most comprehensive database of commercial real estate information. our suite of online services enables clients to analyze, interpret and gain unmatched insight on commercial property values, market conditions and current availabilities. loopnet is the most heavily trafficked commercial real estate marketplace online with more than 9.8 million registered members. apartments.com, apartmentfinder.com and apartmenthomeliving.com form the premier online apartment resource for renters seeking great apartment homes and provide property managers and owners a proven platform for marketing their properties. costar group operates websites with over 23.6 million unique monthly visitors in aggregate as of june 2015. headquartered in washington, dc, costar maintains off
