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Shawn O'Malley and Daniel Mahncke discuss CoStar Group's $5 billion investment in Homes.com and its implications for the residential real estate market.

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…

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Host: The Investor's Podcast Network

Guests: Shawn O'Malley, Daniel Mahncke

Topics covered

• real estate
• data analytics
• investment strategy
• market competition
• shareholder value
• business growth

Keywords

• CoStar Group
• Homes.com
• Zillow
• real estate data
• investment
• shareholder value
• market analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CoStar Group, Homes.com, Zillow, Realtor.com

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