Seaport Entertainment Gr (NYSE:SEG – Get Free Report) and CoStar Group (NASDAQ:CSGP – Get Free Report) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Seaport Entertainment Gr and CoStar Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Seaport Entertainment Gr | $130.41 million | 2.20 | -$115.34 million | ($9.79) | -2.29 |
| CoStar Group | $3.25 billion | 3.42 | $7.00 million | $0.19 | 144.11 |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
96.6% of CoStar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Seaport Entertainment Gr shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of CoStar Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Risk & Volatility
Seaport Entertainment Gr has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CoStar Group has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Seaport Entertainment Gr and CoStar Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Seaport Entertainment Gr | -101.96% | -9.40% | -6.94% |
| CoStar Group | 2.08% | 3.74% | 2.96% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Seaport Entertainment Gr and CoStar Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Seaport Entertainment Gr | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| CoStar Group | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2.35 |
Seaport Entertainment Gr presently has a consensus target price of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 60.43%. CoStar Group has a consensus target price of $40.11, indicating a potential upside of 46.48%. Given Seaport Entertainment Gr’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Seaport Entertainment Gr is more favorable than CoStar Group.
Summary
CoStar Group beats Seaport Entertainment Gr on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Seaport Entertainment Gr
Seaport Entertainment Group Inc. develops, owns, and operates a portfolio of entertainment and real estate assets primarily in the New York City and Las Vegas. It operates through three segments: Landlord Operations; Hospitality; and Sponsorships, Events, and Entertainment. The company’s Landlord Operations segment engages in the holding of ownership interests in and operation of physical real estate assets, such as restaurant, retail, office, and entertainment properties, as well as residential units in Seaport. Its Hospitality segment operates six fine dining and casual dining restaurants, cocktail bars, and entertainment venues under The Fulton, Mister Dips, Carne Mare, Malibu Farm, Pearl Alley, and The Lawn Club names; and the Tin Building, which offers restaurants, bars, grocery markets, retail, and private dining experiences. The company’s Sponsorships, Events, and Entertainment segment includes the Las Vegas Aviators Triple-A Minor League Baseball team, the Las Vegas Ballpark, the Fashion Show Mall Air Rights, Seaport events, and concerts, as well as various sponsorship agreements across the Seaport and the Las Vegas Ballpark. Seaport Entertainment Group Inc. was incorporated in 2024 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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.
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