TIVP68 (Video): CoStar Group (CSGP): The Real Estate Empire Making a $5 Billion Bet w/ Shawn O'Malley & Daniel Mahncke
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CoStar's Critique of Zillow's Model
Shawn explains Zillow's lead-selling model and why listing agents resent leads routed to competitors.
Shawn O'Malley and Daniel Mahncke explore CoStar Group (ticker: CSGP), the dominant provider of commercial real estate data and analytics, and assess whether the company's massive $5 billion bet on Homes.com can successfully crack the residential real estate market dominated by Zillow, or whether this ambitious expansion will destroy shareholder value.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:42 - Why the company has delivered nearly 60 consecutive quarters of double-digit revenue growth 00:09:17 - How CoStar built a dominant, near-monopoly position in commercial real estate data and analytics 00:18:30 - How CoStar generates roughly 50% profit margins on its core B2B business 00:44:12 - What makes CoStar's data moat so durable and difficult for competitors to replicate 00:48:12 - How the company's acquisition-driven strategy has fueled decades of growth 00:56:22 - Why CoStar is investing $5 billion into Homes.com to take on Zillow and Realtor.com 00:58:21 - Competitive landscape in the residential real estate marketplace 01:08:41 - Whether CoStar's massive residential bet will pay off or destroy shareholder value 01:23:57 - How Shawn and Daniel value CoStar and whether CSGP belongs in the portfolio
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