EX-99.1 2 a3q2015earningspressrelease.htm 2015 3Q PRESS RELEASE Exhibit


Exhibit 99.1


  
CoStar Group Achieves 100% Year-Over-Year Increase in
Quarterly Sales Bookings and Delivers Strong EBITDA Margin Expansion
Apartments.com ranked number one in traffic for the sixth month in a row

WASHINGTON, DC - October 28, 2015 - CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP), the leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics and online marketplaces, announced today that revenue for the third quarter of 2015 was $189.1 million, an increase of approximately 24% over revenue of $153.1 million for the third quarter of 2014.

“We continued to achieve outstanding sales results in the third quarter of 2015, and we had more net bookings in the last two quarters than in the entire year of 2014,” said Andrew C. Florance, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CoStar Group. “This impressive performance has been driven by exceptional execution on the part of our sales team supported by the highly effective Apartments.com advertising campaign and is resulting in strong sales company-wide. Net bookings in the third quarter of 2015 were $30.8 million, up 100% compared to net bookings of $15.4 million in the third quarter of 2014. Net new sales on annual subscriptions were $31.0 million in the third quarter of 2015 versus $15.4 million in the same quarter last year, which represents a year-over-year increase of 102% and an increase of 22% sequentially from the second quarter of 2015.”

“We have also begun to achieve margin improvement, which I anticipate will continue in 2016 and beyond as we remain fully committed to reaching our goal of a 40% margin by the end of 2018,” stated Florance. “We are extremely focused on accelerating cost synergies within our apartment rentals listings services, as we continue to deliver new sales at high incremental margin across all of our services.”

Year 2014-2015 Quarterly Results - Unaudited
(in millions, except per share data)
 
2014
 
2015
 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
 
Q1
Q2
Q3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
$
119.1

$
147.7

$
153.1

$
156.1

 
$
159.0

$
170.7

$
189.1

EBITDA
27.0

37.6

43.7

43.0

 
14.3

(1.5
)
22.1

Net income (loss)
9.7

8.2

13.0

13.9

 
(6.1
)
(15.0
)
(5.4
)
Net income (loss) per share - diluted
0.34

0.28

0.40

0.43

 
(0.19
)
(0.47
)
(0.17
)
Weighted average outstanding shares - diluted
28.8

29.5

32.1

32.1

 
31.8

31.9

32.0

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted EBITDA
37.0

45.3

51.8

54.3

 
23.8

11.3

35.5

Non-GAAP Net Income
19.8

23.5

27.9

29.8

 
10.8

2.4

17.2

Non-GAAP Net Income per share - diluted
0.69

0.80

0.87

0.93

 
0.34

0.08

0.53












Florance continued, “Our website traffic and consumer engagement are exceptionally strong in the apartment listings space. We believe page views are the best measure of online consumer engagement and according to Amazon Alexa as of October 24, 2015 our lead apartment listing brand of Apartments.com had three times the number of page views as that of our top competitor’s most advertised brand, Rent.com. In the same period according to Alexa, our apartment listings network - consisting of Apartments.com, Apartment Finder and Apartment Home Living - was the number one apartment listing network in unique monthly visitors, visits, page views, average minutes per visit and total time on site. For September 2015, Apartments.com experienced a 74% year-over-year increase in unique visitors according to comScore. For the sixth month in a row, Apartments.com had the most traffic among apartment listings sites and was the number one apartment listings site in consumer engagement with the most page views and minutes per visit according to comScore, Hitwise, Alexa and Compete.”

Including the impact of investments in marketing for Apartments.com as well as costs associated with the integration of Apartment Finder, adjusted EBITDA (defined below) was $35.5 million in the third quarter of 2015, an increase of $24.2 million compared to $11.3 million in the second quarter of 2015. EBITDA in the third quarter of 2015 was $22.1 million compared to ($1.5) million in the second quarter of 2015.

Non-GAAP net income (defined below) in the third quarter of 2015 was $17.2 million or $0.53 per diluted share compared to $2.4 million or $0.08 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2015, an increase of $14.8 million. Net income in the third quarter of 2015 was ($5.4) million or ($0.17) per diluted share compared to net income of ($15.0) million or ($0.47) per diluted share in the second quarter of 2015.

As of September 30, 2015, the Company had approximately $391.0 million in cash, cash equivalents and long-term investments. Short and long-term debt outstanding totaled approximately $370.0 million as of September 30, 2015.


2015 Outlook

“We are raising full year earnings guidance based on great progress integrating Apartment Finder and the fact that we are reducing costs faster than expected,” stated Scott Yinger, Interim Chief Financial Officer of CoStar Group. The Company now expects non-GAAP net income per diluted share (defined below) for the full year of $1.74 to $1.78, an increase of $0.10 at the mid-point compared to the company’s prior outlook.

The Company expects non-GAAP net income per diluted share (defined below) of approximately $0.79 to $0.83 for the fourth quarter of 2015, which includes approximately $1.5 to $2.0 million of marketing expense, or $0.03 to $0.04 of non-GAAP net income per diluted share that shifted from the third quarter of 2015 to the fourth quarter of 2015.

Yinger added, “As a result of continued strong sales results in the third quarter of 2015, we expect full year revenue in a range of $709 million to $712 million, which is an increase of $1 million at the mid-point compared to our prior outlook.”  Apartments.com revenue showed an impressive growth of approximately 20% year-over year in the third quarter of 2015 and the Company expects growth in a range of 25% to 30% in the fourth quarter of 2015 based on continued strong sales. The updated range also includes the faster than expected shut-down of non-core services at Apartment Finder which is expected to result in lower costs, higher earnings and slightly lower revenue from Apartment Finder services compared to the prior outlook. The updated outlook includes Apartment Finder 2015 revenue of approximately $39 million to $41 million.






For the fourth quarter of 2015, the Company expects revenue of approximately $190 million to $193 million, which includes the strong sales performance year to date and typical fourth quarter seasonality in the LoopNet marketplace.

The preceding forward-looking statements reflect CoStar Group’s expectations as of October 28, 2015, including forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures on a consolidated basis. We are not able to forecast with certainty whether or when certain events, such as acquisition-related costs, the exact amounts or timing of investments, transition, de-emphasis or discontinuation of services, restructuring, settlements or impairments will occur in any given quarter. Given the risk factors, uncertainties and assumptions discussed above, actual results may differ materially. Other than in publicly available statements, the Company does not intend to update its forward-looking statements until its next quarterly results announcement.

Reconciliation of EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per diluted share and all of the disclosed non-GAAP financial measures to their GAAP basis results are shown in detail below, along with definitions for those terms.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

For information regarding the purpose for which management uses the non-GAAP financial measures disclosed in this release and why management believes they provide useful information to investors regarding the Company’s financial condition and results of operations, please refer to the Company’s latest periodic report.

EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure that represents GAAP net income attributable to CoStar Group before (i) interest income (expense), (ii) provision for income taxes, and (iii) depreciation and amortization.

Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure that represents EBITDA before (i) stock-based compensation expense, (ii) acquisition and integration related costs, (iii) restructuring charges and related costs, and (iv) settlements and impairments incurred outside the Company’s normal business operations.

Non-GAAP net income is a non-GAAP financial measure that represents GAAP net income attributable to CoStar Group before (i) purchase amortization and other related costs, (ii) stock-based compensation expense, (iii) acquisition and integration related costs, (iv) purchase accounting adjustments, (v) restructuring charges and related costs, and (vi) settlements and impairments. From this figure, we then subtract an assumed provision for income taxes to arrive at non-GAAP net income. The company assumes a 38% tax rate in order to approximate our long-term effective corporate tax rate.

Non-GAAP net income per diluted share (also referred to as non-GAAP EPS) is a non-GAAP financial measure that represents non-GAAP net income divided by the number of diluted shares outstanding for the period used in the calculation of GAAP net income per diluted share.

Earnings Conference Call

Management will conduct a conference call at 11:00 AM EDT on Thursday, October 29, 2015 to discuss earnings results for the third quarter of 2015 and the Company’s outlook. The audio portion of the conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet at www.costargroup.com/investors/events To join the conference call by telephone, please dial (800) 553-5260 (from the United States and Canada) or (612) 332-1213 (from all other countries) and refer to conference code 370580. An audio recording of the conference call will be available for replay approximately one hour after the call's completion and will remain available for a period of time following the call. To access the recorded





conference call, please dial (800) 475-6701 (from the U.S. and Canada) or (320) 365-3844 (from all other countries) using access code 370580. The webcast replay will also be available in the Investors section of CoStar Group's website for a period of time following the call.






CoStar Group, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations-Unaudited
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the Three Months
 
For the Nine Months
 
 
Ended September 30,
 
Ended September 30,
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
 
$
189,078

 
$
153,056

 
$
518,755

 
$
419,840

Cost of revenues
 
53,728

 
40,932

 
143,758

 
114,056

Gross margin
 
135,350

 
112,124

 
374,997

 
305,784

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Selling and marketing
 
80,506

 
40,668

 
242,418

 
109,302

  Software development
 
17,048

 
14,227

 
49,040

 
41,721

  General and administrative
 
31,074

 
25,388

 
86,346

 
76,535

  Purchase amortization
 
7,153

 
8,361

 
21,260

 
20,696

 
 
135,781

 
88,644

 
399,064

 
248,254

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income (loss) from operations
 
(431
)
 
23,480

 
(24,067
)
 
57,530

Interest and other income
 
42

 
46

 
473

 
245

Interest and other expense
 
(2,363
)
 
(2,698
)
 
(7,060
)
 
(8,066
)
Income (loss) before income taxes
 
(2,752
)
 
20,828

 
(30,654
)
 
49,709

Income tax expense (benefit), net
 
2,610

 
7,871

 
(4,199
)
 
18,763

Net income (loss)
 
$
(5,362
)
 
$
12,957

 
$
(26,455
)
 
$
30,946

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss) per share - basic
 
$
(0.17
)
 
$
0.41

 
$
(0.83
)
 
$
1.04

Net income (loss) per share - diluted
 
$
(0.17
)
 
$
0.40

 
$
(0.83
)
 
$
1.03

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average outstanding shares - basic
 
31,980

 
31,742

 
31,934

 
29,692

Weighted average outstanding shares - diluted
 
31,980

 
32,075

 
31,934

 
30,134


























CoStar Group, Inc.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures-Unaudited
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Non-GAAP Net Income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the Three Months
 
For The Nine Months
 
 
Ended September 30,
 
Ended September 30,
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
(5,362
)
 
$
12,957

 
$
(26,455
)
 
$
30,946

Income tax expense (benefit), net
 
2,610

 
7,871

 
(4,199
)
 
18,763

Income (loss) before income taxes
 
(2,752
)
 
20,828

 
(30,654
)
 
49,709

Purchase amortization and other related costs
 
17,117

 
16,151

 
44,147

 
39,243

Stock-based compensation expense
 
9,312

 
6,647

 
25,169

 
20,906

Acquisition and integration related costs
 
1,787

 
707

 
5,347

 
3,178

Restructuring and related costs
 
2,279

 

 
2,279

 

Settlements and impairments
 

 
746

 
2,778

 
1,799

Non-GAAP income before income taxes
 
27,743

 
45,079

 
49,066

 
114,835

Assumed rate for income tax expense, net *
 
38
%
 
38
%
 
38
%
 
38
%
Assumed provision for income tax expense, net
 
(10,542
)
 
(17,130
)
 
(18,645
)
 
(43,638
)
Non-GAAP net income
 
$
17,201

 
$
27,949

 
$
30,421

 
$
71,197

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss) per share - diluted
 
$
(0.17
)
 
$
0.40

 
$
(0.83
)
 
$
1.03

Non-GAAP net income per share - diluted
 
$
0.53

 
$
0.87

 
$
0.94

 
$
2.36

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average outstanding shares - basic**
 
31,980

 
31,742

 
31,934

 
29,692

Weighted average outstanding shares - diluted**
32,229

 
32,075

 
32,229

 
30,134

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* A 38% tax rate is assumed in order to approximate the Company's long-term effective corporate tax rate.
** For periods with GAAP net losses and non-GAAP net income, the weighted-average outstanding shares used to calculate non-GAAP net income per share includes potentially dilutive securities that were excluded from the calculation of GAAP net income per share as the effect was anti-dilutive.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the Three Months
 
For The Nine Months
 
 
Ended September 30,
 
Ended September 30,
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
(5,362
)
 
$
12,957

 
$
(26,455
)
 
$
30,946

Purchase amortization in cost of revenues
 
9,964

 
7,790

 
22,887

 
18,547

Purchase amortization in operating expenses
 
7,153

 
8,361

 
21,260

 
20,696

Depreciation and other amortization
 
5,403

 
4,061

 
14,860

 
11,490

Interest income
 
(42
)
 
(46
)
 
(473
)
 
(245
)
Interest expense
 
2,363

 
2,698

 
7,060

 
8,066

Income tax expense (benefit), net
 
2,610

 
7,871

 
(4,199
)
 
18,763

EBITDA
 
$
22,089

 
$
43,692

 
$
34,940

 
$
108,263

Stock-based compensation expense
 
9,312

 
6,647

 
25,169

 
20,906

Acquisition and integration related costs
 
1,787

 
707

 
5,347

 
3,178

Restructuring and related costs
 
2,279

 

 
2,279

 

Settlements and impairments
 

 
746

 
2,778

 
1,799

Adjusted EBITDA
 
$
35,467

 
$
51,792

 
$
70,513

 
$
134,146







CoStar Group, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - Unaudited
(in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
September 30,
 
December 31,
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
 
(Unaudited)
 
 
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
  Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
375,509

 
$
527,012

  Accounts receivable, net
 
51,066

 
38,694

  Deferred and other income taxes, net
 
35,246

 
20,007

  Income tax receivable
 
1,027

 
1,027

  Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
10,350

 
9,736

  Debt issuance costs, net
 
3,276

 
3,335

Total current assets
 
476,474

 
599,811

 
 
 
 
 
Long-term investments
 
15,507

 
17,151

Property and equipment, net
 
87,627

 
73,753

Goodwill
 
1,249,945

 
1,138,805

Intangible assets, net
 
250,813

 
241,622

Deposits and other assets
 
2,933

 
2,676

Debt issuance costs, net
 
7,437

 
9,864

Total assets
 
$
2,090,736

 
$
2,083,682

 
 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
  Accounts payable and accrued expenses
 
$
99,008

 
$
61,287

  Current portion of long-term debt
 
20,000

 
20,000

  Deferred revenue
 
43,910

 
38,003

Total current liabilities
 
162,918

 
119,290

 
 
 
 
 
Long-term debt, less current portion
 
350,000

 
365,000

Deferred gain on sale of building
 
21,870

 
23,762

Deferred rent
 
29,927

 
27,032

Deferred income taxes, net
 
11,262

 
30,349

Income taxes payable
 
4,801

 
4,703

 
 
 
 
 
Stockholders' equity
 
1,509,958

 
1,513,546

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
 
$
2,090,736

 
$
2,083,682












CoStar Group, Inc.
Results of Segments-Unaudited
(in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the Three Months
 
For the Nine Months
 
Ended September 30,
 
Ended September 30,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Revenues
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

North America
$
182,556

 
$
146,899

 
$
500,059

 
$
402,074

International
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

    External customers
6,522

 
6,157

 
18,696

 
17,766

    Intersegment revenue *
4

 
5

 
25

 
41

Total International revenue
6,526

 
6,162

 
18,721

 
17,807

Intersegment eliminations
(4
)
 
(5
)
 
(25
)
 
(41
)
Total revenues
$
189,078

 
$
153,056

 
$
518,755

 
$
419,840

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

EBITDA
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

North America **
$
20,993

 
$
42,929

 
$
32,816

 
$
106,387

International ***
1,096

 
763

 
2,124

 
1,876

Total EBITDA
$
22,089

 
$
43,692

 
$
34,940

 
$
108,263

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*Intersegment revenue recorded during 2015 was attributable to services performed for the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, CoStar Portfolio Strategy by Grecam S.A.S. (“Grecam”), a wholly owned subsidiary of CoStar Limited, the Company’s wholly owned U.K. holding company.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
**North America EBITDA includes an allocation of approximately $225,000 and $204,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. North America EBITDA includes an allocation of approximately $763,000 and $939,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. This allocation represents costs incurred for International employees involved in development activities of the Company’s North America operating segment.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
***International EBITDA includes a corporate allocation of approximately $74,000 and $59,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. International EBITDA includes a corporate allocation of approximately $200,000 and $197,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. This corporate allocation represents costs incurred for North America employees involved in management and expansion activities of the Company’s International operating segment.










Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures with 2014-2015 Quarterly Results - Unaudited
(in millions, except per share data)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Non-GAAP Net Income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2014
 
2015
 
 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
 
Q1
Q2
Q3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
9.7

$
8.2

$
13.0

$
13.9

 
$
(6.1
)
$
(15.0
)
$
(5.4
)
Income tax expense (benefit), net
 
5.9

5.0

7.8

7.3

 
0.6

(7.4
)
2.6

Income (loss) before income taxes
 
15.6

13.2

20.8

21.2

 
(5.5
)
(22.4
)
(2.8
)
Purchase amortization and other related costs
 
6.2

17.0

16.1

15.5

 
13.5

13.5

17.1

Stock-based compensation expense
 
7.9

6.3

6.7

7.4

 
7.4

8.4

9.3

Acquisition and integration related costs
 
1.1

1.4

0.7

0.6

 
0.6

2.9

1.8

Restructuring and related costs
 



2.0

 


2.3

Settlements and impairments
 
1.0


0.7

1.3

 
1.4

1.4


Non-GAAP income before income taxes
 
31.8

37.9

45.0

48.0

 
17.4

3.9

27.7

Assumed rate for income tax expense, net *
 
38
%
38
%
38
%
38
%
 
38
%
38
%
38
%
Assumed provision for income tax expense, net
 
(12.0
)
(14.4
)
(17.1
)
(18.2
)
 
(6.6
)
(1.5
)
(10.5
)
Non-GAAP net income
 
$
19.8

$
23.5

$
27.9

$
29.8

 
$
10.8

$
2.4

$
17.2

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-GAAP net income per share - diluted
 
$
0.69

$
0.80

$
0.87

$
0.93

 
$
0.34

$
0.08

$
0.53

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average outstanding shares - basic**
 
28.3

29.1

31.7

31.8

 
31.8

32.0

32.0

Weighted average outstanding shares - diluted**
 
28.8

29.5

32.1

32.1

 
32.2

32.3

32.2

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* A 38% tax rate is assumed in order to approximate the Company's long-term effective corporate tax rate.
** For periods with GAAP net losses and non-GAAP net income, the weighted-average outstanding shares used to calculate non-GAAP net income per share includes potentially dilutive securities that were excluded from the calculation of GAAP net income per share as the effect was anti-dilutive.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2014
 
2015
 
 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
 
Q1
Q2
Q3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
9.7

$
8.2

$
13.0

$
13.9

 
$
(6.1
)
$
(15.0
)
$
(5.4
)
Purchase amortization
 
6.2

17.0

16.1

15.5

 
13.5

13.5

17.1

Depreciation and other amortization
 
3.7

3.7

4.1

4.2

 
4.3

5.1

5.4

Interest income
 
(0.1
)
(0.1
)
(0.0)

(0.3
)
 
(0.3
)
(0.1
)
(0.0)

Interest expense
 
1.6

3.8

2.7

2.4

 
2.3

2.4

2.4

Income tax expense (benefit), net
 
5.9

5.0

7.8

7.3

 
0.6

(7.4
)
2.6

EBITDA
 
$
27.0

$
37.6

$
43.7

$
43.0

 
$
14.3

$
(1.5
)
$
22.1

Stock-based compensation expense
 
7.9

6.3

6.7

7.4

 
7.4

8.4

9.3

Acquisition and integration related costs
 
1.1

1.4

0.7

0.6

 
0.6

2.9

1.8

Restructuring and related costs
 



2.0

 


2.3

Settlements and impairments
 
1.0


0.7

1.3

 
1.4

1.4


Adjusted EBITDA
 
$
37.0

$
45.3

$
51.8

$
54.3

 
$
23.7

$
11.2

$
35.5










CoStar Group, Inc.
Reconciliation of Forward-Looking Guidance-Unaudited
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
 
 
Reconciliation of Forward-Looking Guidance, Net Income (Loss) to Non-GAAP Net Income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Guidance Range
 
Guidance Range
 
 
For the Three Months
 
For the Twelve Months
 
 
Ended December 31, 2015
 
Ended December 31, 2015
 
 
Low
 
High
 
Low
 
High
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
11,450

 
$
15,050

 
$
(15,000
)
 
$
(11,400
)
Income tax expense (benefit), net
 
3,300

 
4,800

 
(900
)
 
600

Income (loss) before income taxes
 
14,750

 
19,850

 
(15,900
)
 
(10,800
)
Purchase amortization and other related costs
14,000

 
14,000

 
58,200

 
58,200

Stock-based compensation expense
10,800

 
8,800

 
36,000

 
34,000

Acquisition and integration related costs
1,700

 
700

 
7,000

 
6,000

Restructuring and related costs
 

 

 
2,300

 
2,300

Settlements and Impairments
 

 

 
2,800

 
2,800

Non-GAAP income before income taxes
41,250

 
43,350

 
90,400

 
92,500

Assumed rate for income tax expense, net *
38
%
 
38
%
 
38
%
 
38
%
Assumed provision for income tax expense, net
(15,700
)
 
(16,500
)
 
(34,400
)
 
(35,200
)
Non-GAAP net income
 
$
25,550

 
$
26,850

 
$
56,000

 
$
57,300

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss) per share - diluted
 
$
0.35

 
$
0.47

 
$
(0.47
)
 
$
(0.36
)
Non-GAAP net income per share - diluted
$
0.79

 
$
0.83

 
$
1.74

 
$
1.78

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average outstanding shares - basic**
32,000

 
32,000

 
31,900

 
31,900

Weighted average outstanding shares - diluted**
32,300

 
32,300

 
32,200

 
32,200

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* A 38% tax rate is assumed in order to approximate the Company's long-term effective corporate tax rate.
** For periods with GAAP net losses and non-GAAP net income, the weighted-average outstanding shares used to calculate non-GAAP net income per share includes potentially dilutive securities that were excluded from the calculation of GAAP net income per share as the effect was anti-dilutive.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reconciliation of Forward-Looking Guidance, Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA
 
 
 

 

 
 
Guidance Range
 
Guidance Range
 
 
For the Three Months
 
For the Twelve Months
 
 
Ended December 31, 2015
 
Ended December 31, 2015
 
 
Low
 
High
 
Low
 
High
Net income (loss)
 
$
11,450

 
$
15,050

 
$
(15,000
)
 
$
(11,400
)
Purchase amortization and other related costs
 
14,000

 
14,000

 
58,200

 
58,200

Depreciation and other amortization
 
5,800

 
5,800

 
20,600

 
20,600

Interest and other expense (income), net
 
2,300

 
2,300

 
8,900

 
8,900

Income tax expense (benefit), net
 
3,300

 
4,800

 
(900
)
 
600

Stock-based compensation expense
 
10,800

 
8,800

 
36,000

 
34,000

Acquisition and integration related costs
 
1,700

 
700

 
7,000

 
6,000

Restructuring and related costs
 

 

 
2,300

 
2,300

Settlements and impairments
 

 

 
2,800

 
2,800

Adjusted EBITDA
 
$
49,350

 
$
51,450

 
$
119,900

 
$
122,000







All Contacts

Scott Yinger
Interim Chief Financial Officer
(202) 623-5262
syinger@costargroup.com

Richard Simonelli
Vice President, Investor Relations
(202) 346-6394
rsimonelli@costargroup.com


About CoStar Group, Inc.

CoStar Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSGP) is the leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics and online marketplaces. Founded in 1987, CoStar conducts expansive, ongoing research to produce and maintain the largest and most comprehensive database of commercial real estate information. Our suite of online services enables clients to analyze, interpret and gain unmatched insight on commercial property values, market conditions and current availabilities. LoopNet is the most heavily trafficked commercial real estate marketplace online with more than 10.0 million registered members. Apartments.com, ApartmentFinder.com and ApartmentHomeLiving.com form the premier online apartment resource for renters seeking great apartment homes and provide property managers and owners a proven platform for marketing their properties. CoStar Group operates websites with over 23.7 million unique monthly visitors in aggregate as of September 2015. Headquartered in Washington, DC, CoStar maintains offices throughout the U.S. and in Europe and Toronto with a staff of approximately 2,850 worldwide, including the industry’s largest professional research organization. For more information, visit www.costargroup.com.

This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about CoStar's financial expectations, the Company's plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements including words such as “hope,” "anticipate," "may," "believe," "expect," "intend," "will," "should," "plan," "estimate," "predict," "continue" and "potential" or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Such statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of management of CoStar and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in the forward-looking statements. The following factors, among others, could cause or contribute to such differences: the risk that the trends stated or implied by this release cannot or will not be sustained at the current pace, including trends related to sales, earnings, revenue, margin improvement, integration of acquisitions, and reduction of costs; the risk that the Company is unable to sustain current growth rates or increase them; the risk that the Company is unable to achieve its margin goals or continue to deliver new sales at high incremental margin across all of its services as stated in this release; the risk that synergies from the acquisitions of Apartments.com and Apartment Finder will not be as expected, may not be fully realized, may take longer to realize than expected or may not drive revenue and earnings growth as expected; the risk that the businesses of Apartments.com, Apartment Finder and CoStar may not be combined successfully or in a timely and cost-efficient manner; the risk that the Company will be unable to continue reducing costs at the rate expected or when expected; the risk that the impact of the shut-down of non-core services at Apartment Finder on costs, earnings and revenue differs from expectations; the risk that revenues for the fourth quarter and full year 2015 will not be as stated in this press release; the possibility that the impact of seasonality on the LoopNet marketplace will differ from expectations; the risk that net income for the fourth quarter and full year 2015 will not be as stated in this press release; the risk that non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per diluted share for the fourth quarter and full year 2015 will not be as stated in this press release; the risk that the Company’s investment and marketing plans and expected amounts, or the timing of any such investments, may change and that such investments do not produce the expected results; the risk that Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter and full year 2015 will not be as stated in this press release; and the risk that the impact of





investments on earnings will differ from current expectations. Additional factors that could cause results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements can be found in CoStar’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, each of which is filed with the SEC, including in the “Risk Factors” section of those filings, and the Company’s other filings with the SEC available at the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov). CoStar assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.