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Brad Schwer
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LoopNet Integration Should Drive Growth for CoStar; Raising Our FVE

CoStar CEO Andy Florance is very focused on the company’s LoopNet integration, which has been in the works for several quarters. He emphasized how much time users actually spend with CoStar’s data and tools as well as the retention rates for its users, which truly supports our wide moat rating for the firm. Results for the quarter continued to surprise to the upside as its adjusted EBITDA margin grew 11% sequentially to 34%, well on its way to the 40% goal by 2018. Companywide net bookings fell ...
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COSTAR GROUP INC

CoStar Group provides information, analytics and online marketplace services to the commercial real estate and related business community through its database of commercial real estate information covering the U.S., the U.K., and parts of Canada, Spain, Germany and France. The company provides online marketplaces for commercial real estate, apartment rentals, lands for sale and businesses for sale. The company operates within two operating segments, North America and International, and its services are distributed to its clients under subscription-based license agreements that renew automatically, a majority of which have a term of one year.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Brad Schwer

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