Analyzing CoStar Group (NASDAQ:CSGP) and Fabege AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:FBGGF)

Fabege AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:FBGGF) and CoStar Group (NASDAQ:CSGP) are both real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Fabege AB (publ) and CoStar Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fabege AB (publ)	0	0	0	0	0.00
CoStar Group	2	9	9	0	2.35

CoStar Group has a consensus price target of $41.61, indicating a potential upside of 25.90%. Given CoStar Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CoStar Group is more favorable than Fabege AB (publ).

Profitability

This table compares Fabege AB (publ) and CoStar Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fabege AB (publ)	N/A	N/A	N/A
CoStar Group	2.08%	3.74%	2.96%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

96.6% of CoStar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of CoStar Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Fabege AB (publ) and CoStar Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fabege AB (publ)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CoStar Group	$3.25 billion	4.12	$7.00 million	$0.19	173.95

CoStar Group has higher revenue and earnings than Fabege AB (publ).

Summary

CoStar Group beats Fabege AB (publ) on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Fabege AB (publ)

Fabege AB (publ), a property company, focuses primarily on the development, investment, and management of commercial premises in Sweden. Its property portfolio comprises office, retail, industrial/warehouse, residential, hotel, and garage properties. The company also engages in the acquisition and sale of properties. It owns various properties. The company was formerly known as Wihlborgs Fastigheter AB and changed its name to Fabege AB (publ) in December 2005. Fabege AB (publ) was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Solna, Sweden.

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.