CSGP vs PRCH vs SMRT Stock Comparison

Costar, Porch and SmartRent Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CSGP Costar Group, Inc.
$33.92 +20.0% 1M -56.3% 1Y
Market cap
$13.61B
P/E
184.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.56B
Div. yield
–
Real Estate Software Technology
8 wins
PRCH Porch Group, Inc.
$17.73 +6.7% 1M +8.6% 1Y
Market cap
$1.93B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$520.38M
Div. yield
–
Property and Casualty Insurance Financial Services
2 wins
SMRT SmartRent, Inc.
$1.24 +6.0% 1M -15.6% 1Y
Market cap
$246.29M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$151.20M
Div. yield
–
Real Estate Software Technology

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Costar leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Costar 8, Porch 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCSGPPRCHSMRTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $13.61B $1.93B $246.29M CSGP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 184.9x -143.4x -12.6x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 24.1x 591.0x — CSGP
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +22.0% +17.6% -2.8% CSGP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 2.1% -2.6% -13.0% CSGP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.6% 0.0% — CSGP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.5x 2.6x — CSGP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -56.3% +8.6% -15.6% PRCH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -19.3%/yr -0.6%/yr -36.7%/yr PRCH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 47.7% 74.9% 60.2% CSGP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 63/100 30/100 50/100 CSGP

Percentile Scorecard

CSGPPRCHSMRT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCSGPPRCHSMRT
Valuation 49 #46 of 90 6 #112 of 119 45 #50 of 90
Growth 46 #45 of 82 89 #14 of 117 83 #15 of 82
Profitability 57 #34 of 77 28 #84 of 117 33 #52 of 77
Financial Health 79 #21 of 96 21 #93 of 118 66 #33 of 96
Shareholder Returns 87 #8 of 54 7 #101 of 108 21 #43 of 54
Overall 63 30 50
  • CSGP ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software
  • PRCH ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • SMRT ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCSGPPRCHSMRTSPY
1 month +20.0%+6.7%+6.0% -1.0%
3 months +22.6%+49.7%+30.5% +2.9%
6 months -6.9%+124.7%-8.1% +6.4%
Year to date -49.6%+94.2%-38.6% +11.4%
1 year -56.3%+8.6%-15.6% +13.1%
3 years -54.3%+3,309.6%-48.8% +79.4%
3 years, per year -23.0%+224.5%-20.0% +21.5%
5 years -65.8%-2.9%-89.8% +67.7%
5 years, per year -19.3%-0.6%-36.7% +10.9%
10 years +61.8%—— +255.2%
10 years, per year +4.9%—— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureCSGPPRCHSMRTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 47.7%74.9%60.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 51.7%82.0%56.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.182.121.26 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.180.11-0.26 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -73.0%-98.0%-94.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -56.6%-4.6%-41.5% -2.5%
52-week high $78.23$18.59$2.12 $779.14
52-week low $26.95$6.40$0.95 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCSGPPRCHSMRT
P/E now vs peer median 186.2xmedian 42.7x -146.5xmedian 10.5x -12.2xmedian 42.7x
P/S now vs peer median 3.9xmedian 2.7x 4.5xmedian 1.4x 1.6xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 25.5xmedian 19.0x 36.4xmedian 8.0x -10.6xmedian 19.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 49.1xmedian 19.6x 24.5xmedian 8.4x -225.9xmedian 19.6x
P/B now vs peer median 1.7xmedian 1.8x 120.7xmedian 1.5x 1.1xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median -4.41median 1.75 -2.26median 0.47 -0.36median 1.75

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCSGPPRCHSMRT
Revenue $3.56B $520.38M $151.20M
Gross profit $2.80B $377.10M $54.98M
Operating income $77.00M $40.49M -$22.56M
Net income $73.60M -$25.40M -$19.60M
Free cash flow $280.00M $95.59M -$1.05M
R&D $435.40M $54.75M $23.23M
EPS (diluted) $0.18 $-0.11 $-0.10
Cash & equivalents $1.27B $195.60M $92.66M
Total debt $994.00M $405.28M –
Shares (diluted) 404.40M 120.74M 192.41M
Enterprise value $7.56B $1.13B -$149.77M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCSGPPRCHSMRT
P/E 186.2x -146.5x -12.2x
P/FCF 49.1x 24.5x -225.9x
P/Operating cash flow 27.7x 24.3x -336.5x
P/S 3.9x 4.5x 1.6x
P/B 1.7x 120.7x 1.1x
P/Tangible book 2.2x -35.0x 1.1x
EV/EBITDA 25.5x 36.4x -10.6x
EV/EBIT 175.0x 62.2x -6.4x
EV/Revenue 3.8x 4.8x 1.0x
EV/FCF 48.1x 26.3x -137.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 27.1x 26.1x -205.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -4.41 -2.26 -0.36

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCSGPPRCHSMRT
Revenue growth (1Y) 22.0% 17.6% -2.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 15.3% 16.7% -9.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 21.0% 27.3% 10.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.3% 38.5% 31.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 1,383% 53.6% 71.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -40.4% 28.6% 33.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -29.3% -141.3% 72.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -42.4% 53.1% 34.9%
EPS growth (1Y) -25.8% -126.3% 73.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -42.2% 64.9% 34.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 25.7% 843.0% 98.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -4.2% 84.8% 77.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 201.7% 905.5% 97.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -18.1% 81.8% 73.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCSGPPRCHSMRT
Gross margin 78.7% 72.5% 36.4%
EBITDA margin 14.9% 13.3% -9.0%
Operating margin 2.2% 7.8% -14.9%
Pretax margin 2.8% 1.0% -13.1%
Net margin 2.1% -2.6% -13.0%
FCF margin 7.9% 18.4% -0.7%
Operating cash flow margin 14.0% 18.5% -0.5%
Return on equity 0.9% -38.9% -8.6%
Return on assets 0.7% -1.1% -6.6%
Return on invested capital 0.6% 0.0% –
Return on capital employed 0.8% 5.4% -8.9%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.6x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 6.8x -3.8x 0.0x
Stock comp / revenue 5.4% 6.0% 6.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCSGPPRCHSMRT
Debt / assets 9.8% 49.5% –
Debt / equity 0.1x 20.9x –
Net debt / EBITDA -0.5x 2.6x –
Debt / FCF 3.6x 4.2x –
Liabilities / assets 21.6% 97.6% 23.3%
Equity / assets 78.4% 2.4% 76.7%
Interest coverage – 0.7x -59.4x
Current ratio 2.2x 1.4x 3.8x
Quick ratio 2.0x 4.0x 3.1x
Cash ratio 1.7x 3.5x 2.2x
Altman Z-score – 1.48 0.80

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCSGPPRCHSMRT
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 7.2% 0.1% -0.4%
Shareholder yield 7.2% 0.1% -0.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCSGPPRCHSMRT
Forward P/E 24.1xFY2026 591.0xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $1.41FY2026 $0.03FY2026 $-0.10FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +62.1%FY2026 – –
EPS growth, the year after +29.8% +900.0% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.92BFY2026 $493.33MFY2026 $154.91MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +20.8%FY2026 +17.8%FY2026 +13.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.6% +17.4% +28.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCSGPPRCHSMRT
Held by institutions 100.0% 78.1% 64.9%
Institutions holding 751 202 130
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.0% +2.1% +3.0%
Institutions buying 415 123 72
Institutions selling 257 55 33
Buyers to sellers 1.61 2.24 2.18

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CSGPPRCHSMRT
CSGP 1.00 0.15 0.13
PRCH 0.15 1.00 0.08
SMRT 0.13 0.08 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CSGP, PRCH and SMRT?

Costar (CSGP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Costar (CSGP) $13.61B, Porch (PRCH) $1.93B, SmartRent (SMRT) $246.29M.

Which company is growing faster?

Costar (CSGP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Costar (CSGP) +22.0%, Porch (PRCH) +17.6%, SmartRent (SMRT) -2.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Costar (CSGP) has the highest net margin (Costar (CSGP) 2.1%, Porch (PRCH) -2.6%, SmartRent (SMRT) -13.0%). On return on invested capital, Costar (CSGP) leads (Costar (CSGP) 0.6%, Porch (PRCH) 0.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Porch (PRCH) returned the most: Costar (CSGP) -56.3%, Porch (PRCH) +8.6%, SmartRent (SMRT) -15.6%. Over five years, Porch (PRCH) compounded fastest (Costar (CSGP) -19.3%/yr, Porch (PRCH) -0.6%/yr, SmartRent (SMRT) -36.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Costar (CSGP) has been the steadiest (Costar (CSGP) 47.7%, Porch (PRCH) 74.9%, SmartRent (SMRT) 60.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CSGP, PRCH and SMRT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Costar (CSGP) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.