Growth Metrics

Costar (CSGP) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Costar (CSGP) has disclosed Return on Sales for 15 consecutive years, with 0.05% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Sales fell 3.0% to 0.05% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.0%, a 5.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.0%, down 5.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Sales was 0.05% for Q4 2025 at Costar, up from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.22% in Q4 2022 to a low of 0.04% in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.1% and a median of 0.13% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Sales.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: increased 10bps in 2021, then dropped -14bps in 2024.
  • Costar's Return on Sales stood at 0.18% in 2021, then grew by 18bps to 0.22% in 2022, then plummeted by -30bps to 0.15% in 2023, then plummeted by -44bps to 0.08% in 2024, then tumbled by -39bps to 0.05% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CSGP's Return on Sales are 0.05% (Q4 2025), 0.04% (Q3 2025), and 0.01% (Q2 2025).