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CoStar Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CSGP)

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Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

CoStar Group Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018
Net income 100,520 87,131 124,372 72,290 83,473 89,318 92,900 64,304 61,148 74,212 35,789 58,186 60,360 72,793 87,927 78,619 63,248 85,169 83,509 58,759 43,835 52,231
Depreciation and amortization 26,063 25,627 27,902 45,856 31,937 32,190 37,168 33,874 33,106 35,410 33,033 31,676 27,979 24,256 23,930 18,822 18,754 19,659 19,743 20,433 20,584 16,983
Amortization of deferred commissions costs 23,378 21,889 20,709 19,377 18,413 17,583 16,663 15,881 15,530 15,317 15,499 15,355 14,915 14,747 14,232 13,639 13,143 12,407 12,071 11,967 12,269 12,006
Amortization of Senior Notes discount and issuance costs 600 597 594 593 590 588 585 583 581 578 576 574 216 292 219 219 219 219 219 221 217 219
Non-cash lease expense 7,378 6,769 15,381 8,028 7,543 7,537 7,367 7,982 6,653 6,483 7,525 6,401 6,139 6,261 6,379 5,510 5,662 5,197 — — — —
Stock-based compensation expense 21,826 20,045 21,110 18,138 18,112 17,847 16,721 16,299 15,144 15,545 12,667 16,730 8,873 15,180 13,271 13,139 13,816 12,029 10,621 8,953 11,228 10,412
Deferred income taxes, net (4,082) (2,907) (9,527) (6,730) (4,735) (10,211) 7,910 6,326 4,465 5,464 (18,342) 3,243 744 2,825 (5,068) 6,929 2,657 3,702 (3,978) 3,353 2,440 1,851
Credit loss expense 9,255 4,683 4,841 6,578 3,569 3,321 3,131 1,711 4,266 1,820 3,817 5,707 9,505 6,183 3,520 2,234 3,039 2,185 2,023 1,662 1,426 1,431
Other operating activities, net 263 277 (665) (625) (1,119) (30) (664) 34 112 (136) 300 236 (789) 541 105 — — — 73 — — —
Accounts receivable (8,444) (32,157) (10,226) (2,859) (19,594) (13,724) (11,915) (9,189) (917) (7,609) (1,987) 3,233 (10,751) (26,613) 3,783 2,101 (5,063) (5,835) (8,781) (13,949) (2,578) (2,511)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 1,515 (5,735) (675) (20,387) 3,537 (385) 3,947 (4,253) (11,744) (2,823) (2,209) (226) 2,533 1,838 (13,490) (2,505) 1,545 206 1,301 14,703 (8,133) (9,522)
Deferred commissions (32,747) (32,281) (32,921) (29,720) (28,326) (25,829) (22,240) (17,876) (16,844) (15,078) (15,651) (16,582) (15,599) (16,523) (17,897) (15,394) (19,668) (13,729) (12,076) (11,867) (13,291) (16,263)
Accounts payable and other liabilities 68,153 (13,731) 21,103 (11,967) 46,679 (32,581) (2,139) 4,562 30,577 (63,051) 53,505 9,548 22,229 15,564 10,087 (15,027) 7,623 15,068 (689) 3,176 (20,907) 4,288
Lease liabilities (6,553) (10,006) (9,781) (11,683) (8,110) (7,822) (7,308) (7,922) (7,886) (7,788) (9,250) (7,121) (7,159) (6,967) (5,655) (6,810) (8,234) (4,743) — — — —
Income taxes payable, net (26,693) 39,609 9,792 (1,281) (68,924) 41,154 9,443 (12,998) (3,141) 12,556 20,190 (22,166) 10,704 1,624 (8,361) 13,361 (13,888) 8,311 9,632 — — —
Deferred revenue (4,924) 13,797 2,297 (4,032) (3,897) 12,417 1,596 (348) 1,468 14,680 (4,935) (6,380) (4,745) 18,248 (4,614) 1,892 1,925 8,708 1,425 3,908 (2,726) 5,272
Other assets (344) (391) 725 (86) 2,244 (666) (2,652) (41) (82) 2,273 241 8,278 (7,972) 1,215 (605) (279) 295 (59) (319) 48 1,968 (3,412)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions (10,037) (40,895) (19,686) (82,015) (76,391) (27,436) (31,268) (48,065) (8,569) (66,840) 39,904 (31,416) (10,760) (11,614) (36,752) (22,661) (35,465) 7,927 (9,507) (3,981) (45,667) (22,148)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities 74,644 36,085 60,659 9,200 (2,081) 41,389 57,613 34,625 71,288 13,641 94,979 48,506 56,822 58,671 19,836 37,831 21,825 63,325 31,265 42,608 2,497 20,754
Net cash provided by operating activities 175,164 123,216 185,031 81,490 81,392 130,707 150,513 98,929 132,436 87,853 130,768 106,692 117,182 131,464 107,763 116,450 85,073 148,494 114,774 101,367 46,332 72,985
Proceeds from sale and settlement of investments — — 864 — — — — — — — — — — 10,259 — — — — — — — —
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment and other assets — — 25,063 — 5,019 15 367 44 201 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Purchase of Richmond assets (29,908) (15,713) (3,639) (5,866) (25,664) — (141) — (364) (123,259) — — — — — — — — — — — —
Purchases of property and equipment and other assets (4,884) (3,917) (14,915) (12,913) (18,330) (12,416) (43,687) (8,440) (2,474) (10,619) (6,210) (29,355) (5,649) (7,133) (2,035) (29,775) (4,958) (9,429) (7,831) (5,950) (7,234) (8,617)
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired — — 58 — (6,331) — (40,377) (4,319) (147,833) (442) (234,073) (7,500) (184,070) (432) (423,835) — (13,721) — (78,295) — — (340,074)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (34,792) (19,630) 7,431 (18,779) (45,306) (12,401) (83,838) (12,715) (150,470) (134,320) (240,283) (36,855) (189,719) 2,694 (425,870) (29,775) (18,679) (9,429) (86,126) (5,950) (7,234) (348,691)
Proceeds from long-term debt — — — — — — — — — — — 999,210 — 745,000 — — — — — — — —
Payments of debt issuance costs — — — — — — — — — — (900) (15,747) — — — — — — — — — —
Payments of long-term debt — — — — (2,155) — — — — — — (745,000) — — — — — — — — — —
Repurchase of restricted stock to satisfy tax withholding obligations (814) (21,631) (2,849) (504) (296) (19,459) (4,008) (901) (738) (27,667) (4,816) (398) (3,509) (30,144) (2,537) (815) (5,546) (18,679) (661) (1,272) (7,002) (15,392)
Proceeds from equity offering, net of transaction costs — — (470) 746,170 — — — — — — — (177) 1,690,148 — — — — — — — — —
Proceeds from exercise of stock options and employee stock purchase plan 10,444 5,731 2,763 3,437 3,635 3,705 3,021 2,701 3,200 9,124 2,111 11,656 6,218 10,295 2,110 6,275 4,634 12,061 1,303 11,554 3,598 10,616
Other financing activities — — — — — — (354) — (57) — — — (1,650) — (1,534) — (123) — — — — —
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 9,630 (15,900) (556) 749,103 1,184 (15,754) (1,341) 1,800 2,405 (18,543) (3,605) 249,544 1,691,207 725,151 (1,961) 5,460 (1,035) (6,618) 642 10,282 (3,404) (4,776)
Effect of foreign currency exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents (353) (10) 1,599 (1,465) (2,251) (581) 205 (1,336) 242 (606) 1,227 19 1,812 (2,117) 1,180 (328) (364) (46) (660) (191) (845) 448
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 149,649 87,676 193,505 810,349 35,019 101,971 65,539 86,678 (15,387) (65,616) (111,893) 319,400 1,620,482 857,192 (318,888) 91,807 64,995 132,401 28,630 105,508 34,849 (280,034)

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31).


Operating cash flow demonstrates a consistent upward trajectory over the analyzed period, characterized by strong net income generation and significant non-cash add-backs. Net cash provided by operating activities grew from a range of 46 million to 114 million US dollars in 2018 to frequently exceeding 100 million US dollars in the 2021-2023 period, peaking at 185 million US dollars in December 2022. This growth is supported by a steady increase in net income and rising non-cash expenses, specifically stock-based compensation and depreciation and amortization.

Operating Cash Flow Drivers
Net income exhibits general growth, moving from quarterly averages in the 50-80 million US dollar range in 2018 to reaching 100 million US dollars or more by mid-2023. Non-cash adjustments provide a substantial boost to liquidity; stock-based compensation expense increased from approximately 10 million US dollars per quarter in 2018 to over 21 million US dollars by June 2023. Similarly, depreciation and amortization trends show a long-term increase, reflecting a growing asset base.
Investing Activities and Capital Allocation
Investing activities are characterized by aggressive capital deployment toward acquisitions and strategic asset growth. Significant cash outflows for acquisitions were observed in March 2018 (340 million US dollars), December 2019 (423 million US dollars), and throughout 2020. A distinct shift in investment focus is evident starting in 2021 with the consistent purchase of Richmond assets, with outflows continuing through June 2023. Capital expenditures on property and equipment remained relatively stable, with a notable peak of 43 million US dollars in December 2021.
Financing and Liquidity Management
The company utilized significant external financing to fund its expansion strategy. Major liquidity events occurred in 2020, including 745 million US dollars from long-term debt in March and 1.69 billion US dollars from an equity offering in June. A second major equity infusion of 746 million US dollars occurred in December 2022. These inflows offset the heavy investment in acquisitions and assets, maintaining a flexible cash position despite high capital expenditure.
Working Capital Trends
Changes in operating assets and liabilities show high volatility. There is a recurring pattern of significant outflows related to deferred commissions and accounts receivable, suggesting that growth in revenue is accompanied by an increase in capitalized costs and credit extensions. However, these are periodically offset by large increases in accounts payable and other liabilities, most notably in December 2020 and June 2023.

Overall, the financial profile indicates a company leveraging strong operational cash generation and aggressive capital market activity to fund a high-growth acquisition strategy. The transition from smaller, sporadic acquisitions to systematic asset purchases, supported by multi-billion dollar debt and equity raises, reflects a strategic shift toward scaled expansion.

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