Assessing the winners and losers following the NAR settlement as we ask how Zillow or CoStar can win. Putting residential real estate services to the "Bezos Test" as we try to identify what changes and more importantly what...
READ MORE >Last Friday was a rough trading day in the residential real estate services space for ardent supporters of the efficient market hypothesis. After all, the original case against the National...
READ MORE >“We're very excited to take the online lead in the segment with such spectacular growth. As we integrate ForRent, we believe that we can offer their perspective renters access to the most...
READ MORE >“….but I do want to remind everybody that CoStar has shown again and again and again that we are able to reduce costs after an investment initiative. We are very good at that and we need credit for that.” Andy...
READ MORE >In the 45-50 minutes of prepared remarks from CSGP’s management on the company’s 4Q15 earnings conference call, it was quite clear Andy Florance and co. were hoping to accomplish the...
READ MORE >Over the past few weeks, we conducted a survey of more than 50 rental property managers across the country. Overall the feedback from our survey suggests that CSGP management's assertions about the company's...
READ MORE >It truly is remarkable. Quarter after quarter, CSGP management talks about phenomenal traffic gains for its flagship properties and explosive growth in bookings. Yet, when the rhetoric melts away and questions are asking about organic or “core” revenue growth the answers are considerably...
READ MORE >Now that was a press release straight out of the late 1990’s tech company playbook. Even for a management team that’s renown for its constant self-promotion and “smoke and mirrors” games with growth metrics,...
READ MORE >“Yeah. I'm not buying that stock [Apartment finder] at that price [14x EBITDA]. I will buy that stock at half that price.”- Andy Florance, CEO CoStar Group, Inc. 4/30/15Just an...
READ MORE >“So hold on tight, with all your might… Cause MC's [market caps] crumble when we rumble… Cause in this battle, I’m takin no prisoners, I’m slayin MC's right on the...
READ MORE >Approximately 12-months ago in a report entitled "When the Castle Is Under Siege It Helps To Have a Wide Moat: Long CSGP/Short LOOP" we introduced a pair trade idea: long CSGP/short LOOP. Our thesis at that time was as follows: CSGP (CSGP 42.3 ↑0.74%) has...
READ MORE >Approximately 7-months ago we introduced a pair trade: long CSGP/short LOOP. Thus far the trade has worked out reasonably well. Both stocks have appreciated considerably, but shares of CSGP have outperformed those of...
READ MORE >Approximately two months ago we introduced a pair trade idea to go long CSGP against a short position in LOOP. You can read our original report here. Thus far the trade has not delivered the type of return we...
READ MORE >This report was originally published on 2/11/10.A few years ago, Warren Buffet stated to Fortune magazine:“The key to investing is not assessing how much an industry is going to affect society, or how much it will grow, but rather...
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$230
SELL/SHORT
$55
LONG
$70
SELL/SHORT
$4
SELL
$50
SELL/SHORT
$45
SHORT
$18
SELL/SHORT
$5
SELL/SHORT
$42
LONG
$75
SELL/SHORT
$50
SELL/SHORT
$50
LONG
$5.50
SHORT
$50
SHORT
$28
LONG
$65
LONG
$37
PAIR TRADE
$10
PAIR TRADE
$30
LONG
$35
SHORT
$35
SELL/SHORT
$10
SHORT
$101
SHORT
$15
SHORT
$0
SHORT
$9
SHORT
$0
PAIR - LONG BGG/SHORT TTC
25%
PAIR - LONG BGG/SHORT TTC
25%
SHORT
$14.00
SHORT
$22
SHORT
$15
SHORT
$20
SHORT
$31
SHORT
$35
SHORT
$30
PAIR - LONG KNL/SHORT MLHR
25%
SHORT
$100
LONG
$8
LONG
$20
SHORT
$22
PAIR - LONG CSGP/SHORT LOOP
40%
LONG
$35
SHORT
$275
SHORT
$0