CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSGP) has been one of the Fund’s longest investments. As we described earlier, the stock fell when CoStar’s management announced an incremental $20 million investment to target a $200 million, high-margin incremental and recurring revenue opportunity. CoStar’s stock reached a high of just under $225 this summer but fell to a low of $180 after this announcement. We thought the market significantly overreacted and decided to “max out” (we can buy up to a 5% position at cost) our CoStar investment. Over the 15 years we’ve been investors in CoStar, we’ve witnessed first-hand the company’s successful track record of investments and believe this latest one will be no different. The stock has already recovered a good amount, and sits around $200 at this writing.
From Baron Funds' Baron Opportunity Fund fourth quarter 2016 commentary.
