Meritage Homes Corporation MTH R2K
Meritage Homes Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs and builds single-family attached and detached homes in the United States. The company operates through two segments: Homebuilding and Financial Services. It acquires and develops land; and constructs, markets, and sells homes for entry-level and first move-up buyers in Arizona, California, Colorado, Utah, Texas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The company also provides title and escrow, mortgage, insurance, title insurance, and closing/settlement services to its homebuyers. Meritage Homes Corporation was founded in 1985 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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PROS
- Attractive dividend yield of 2.94%.
- Generates positive free cash flow.
CONS
- Revenue declined at -2.4% CAGR over 5 years.
- Earnings shrank at -23.0% CAGR over 5 years.
- In a downtrend (50-DMA below 200-DMA).
* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.
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Fundamental Growth
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Figures from the latest reported periods. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised assuming 4 quarters per year).
Peer comparison
Peer companies in the same sector (Consumer Cyclical).
| # | Name | CMP $ | P/E | Mkt Cap | Div Yld % | ROCE % | ROE % | Rev CAGR 5Y % | Profit CAGR 5Y % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MTH Meritage Homes Corporation R2K | 65.24 | 11.91 | $4.36B | 2.94% | 8.22% | 7.49% | -2.37% | -23.00% |
| 2 | AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. NDXSPXAI | 270.64 | 31.65 | $2.91T | - | 16.60% | 24.29% | 11.73% | 984.47% |
| 3 | TSLA Tesla, Inc. NDXSPXAI | 435.79 | 399.81 | $1.64T | - | 5.29% | 4.90% | 5.19% | -32.94% |
| 4 | HD The Home Depot, Inc. SPX | 317.14 | 22.52 | $316.23B | 2.94% | 28.92% | 128.38% | 1.52% | -6.11% |
| 5 | MCD McDonald's Corporation SPX | 279.20 | 23.04 | $198.37B | 2.66% | 22.63% | - | 5.06% | 11.50% |
| 6 | TJX The TJX Companies, Inc. SPX | 154.75 | 30.11 | $171.12B | 1.24% | 32.91% | 61.25% | 6.53% | 16.24% |
| 7 | BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. NDXSPX | 167.43 | 22.09 | $129.74B | 0.96% | 67.24% | - | 16.35% | 20.90% |
| 8 | LOW Lowe's Companies, Inc. SPX | 214.36 | 18.12 | $120.26B | 2.24% | 29.62% | - | -3.85% | 1.11% |
| 9 | PDD PDD Holdings Inc. NDX | 84.44 | 8.87 | $120.19B | - | 28.69% | 25.40% | 49.00% | 45.85% |
Quarterly Results
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Sep 2015 | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jun 2016 | Sep 2016 | Dec 2016 | Mar 2017 | Jun 2017 | Sep 2017 | Dec 2017 | Mar 2018 | Jun 2018 | Sep 2018 | Dec 2018 | Mar 2019 | Jun 2019 | Sep 2019 | Dec 2019 | Mar 2020 | Jun 2020 | Sep 2020 | Dec 2020 | Mar 2021 | Jun 2021 | Sep 2021 | Mar 2022 | Jun 2022 | Sep 2022 | Mar 2023 | Jun 2023 | Sep 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.28B | - | - | 1.41B | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.37B | 1.63B | 1.42B | 1.44B | 1.12B |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.06B | 1.29B | 1.15B | 1.20B | 927.28M |
| Gross Profit | 126.24M | 152.07M | 103.80M | 138.10M | 131.87M | 157.44M | 109.76M | 140.91M | 144.60M | 171.22M | 123.12M | 158.83M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 344.97M | - | - | 445.39M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 302.38M | 346.22M | 271.63M | 236.40M | 197.02M |
| Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 151.72M | 164.01M | 151.51M | 148.93M | 130.87M |
| Operating Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 150.66M | 182.21M | 120.12M | 87.47M | 66.15M |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 166.11M | 199.72M | 134.24M | 109.81M | 78.48M |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 587.00K |
| Pretax Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 160.16M | 193.06M | 128.25M | 103.13M | 72.52M |
| Tax Provision | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37.35M | 46.18M | 28.95M | 19.10M | 17.21M |
| Net Income | 30.31M | 52.90M | 20.97M | 39.88M | 36.89M | 51.81M | 23.57M | 41.58M | 42.55M | 35.55M | 43.87M | 53.84M | 54.13M | 75.48M | 25.41M | 50.83M | 69.81M | 103.61M | 71.15M | 90.68M | 109.12M | 152.53M | 131.84M | 167.39M | 200.75M | 217.25M | 250.08M | 262.49M | 131.30M | 186.84M | 221.76M | 186.02M | 231.56M | - | - | 122.81M | 146.88M | 99.30M | 84.03M | 55.31M |
| Diluted EPS | 0.73 | 1.26 | 0.50 | 0.95 | 0.88 | 1.22 | 0.56 | 0.98 | 1.02 | 0.87 | 1.07 | 1.31 | 1.33 | 1.91 | 0.65 | 1.31 | 1.79 | 2.65 | 1.83 | 2.38 | 2.84 | 3.97 | 3.44 | 4.36 | 5.25 | 5.79 | 6.77 | 7.10 | 3.54 | 5.02 | 5.98 | 2.53 | 3.15 | - | - | 1.69 | 2.04 | 1.39 | 1.20 | 0.82 |
Profit & Loss (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.30B | 6.14B | 6.39B | 5.86B |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.50B | 4.62B | 4.79B | 4.70B |
| Gross Profit | 4.05M | 167.70M | 141.11M | 218.20M | 396.42M | 452.62M | 488.71M | 531.21M | 566.50M | - | - | - | - | 1.80B | 1.52B | 1.60B | 1.16B |
| Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 516.25M | 616.63M | 639.92M | 616.17M |
| Operating Income | - | 51.54M | 22.94M | 77.80M | 209.41M | 224.52M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.29B | 902.39M | 958.35M | 540.46M |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.31B | 974.76M | 1.03B | 609.88M |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 41.00K | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pretax Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.29B | 949.43M | 1.00B | 584.60M |
| Tax Provision | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 297.13M | 210.68M | 216.68M | 131.59M |
| Net Income | -66.46M | 7.15M | -21.11M | 105.16M | 124.46M | 142.24M | 128.74M | 149.54M | 143.25M | 227.33M | 249.66M | 423.48M | - | 992.19M | 738.75M | 786.19M | 453.01M |
| Diluted EPS | -2.12 | 0.22 | -0.65 | 3.00 | 3.25 | 3.46 | 3.09 | 3.55 | 3.41 | 5.58 | 6.42 | 11.00 | - | 13.37 | 9.96 | 10.72 | 6.35 |
Compounded Sales Growth
| 5 Years: | -2.37% |
| 1 Year: | -17.70% |
Compounded Profit Growth
| 5 Years: | -23.00% |
| 1 Year: | -51.50% |
Stock Price Performance
| 1 Year: | +5.26% |
| 6 Months: | -9.46% |
| 3 Months: | -12.85% |
| 1 Month: | -2.66% |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2008 | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | - | - | 1.22B | 1.22B | 1.58B | 2.00B | 2.32B | 2.68B | 2.89B | 3.25B | 3.37B | 3.40B | 3.86B | - | 5.77B | 6.35B | 7.16B | 7.62B |
| Current Assets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.51B | 6.02B | 6.83B | 7.24B |
| Cash & Equivalents | 205.92M | 249.33M | 103.95M | 173.61M | 170.46M | 274.14M | 103.33M | 262.21M | 131.70M | 170.75M | 311.47M | 319.47M | 745.62M | - | 861.56M | 921.23M | 651.55M | 775.16M |
| Inventory | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.36B | 4.72B | 5.73B | 5.99B |
| Receivables | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 215.02M | 266.97M | 256.28M | 306.96M |
| Total Liabilities | - | - | 724.94M | 732.47M | 881.35M | 1.16B | 1.21B | 1.42B | 1.47B | 1.67B | 1.64B | 1.42B | 1.52B | - | 1.82B | 1.74B | 2.02B | 2.43B |
| Current Liabilities | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 613.49M | 641.62M | 596.68M | 510.44M |
| Long Term Debt | - | - | - | - | 726.33M | 905.05M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.15B | 1.01B | 1.34B | 1.83B |
| Total Debt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.17B | 1.06B | 1.39B | 1.89B |
| Total Equity | 527.21M | 485.43M | 500.00M | 488.91M | 694.21M | 841.39M | 1.11B | 1.26B | 1.42B | 1.58B | 1.72B | 1.97B | 2.35B | - | 3.95B | 4.61B | 5.14B | 5.20B |
| Shares Outstanding | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 73.14M | 72.85M | 71.92M | 68.17M |
Cash Flows (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | 184.07M | 32.55M | -74.14M | -220.49M | -86.28M | -211.25M | -3.33M | -103.40M | -87.13M | 262.20M | 346.82M | 530.36M | - | 405.27M | 355.57M | -227.58M | 118.29M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -145.42M | -174.51M | 141.18M | 23.84M | 1.03M | -62.87M | -16.49M | -20.11M | -17.07M | -33.53M | -13.49M | -18.23M | - | -32.29M | -43.62M | -44.07M | -57.70M |
| Financing Cash Flow | 4.75M | -3.41M | 2.61M | 193.49M | 188.92M | 103.31M | 178.70M | -7.00M | 143.25M | -87.95M | -325.33M | -85.97M | - | -129.76M | -252.28M | 1.98M | 63.01M |
| Capital Expenditure | -3.61M | -6.39M | -7.08M | -10.86M | -15.78M | -20.79M | -16.09M | -16.66M | -18.10M | -33.41M | -24.39M | -19.93M | - | -26.97M | -38.19M | -28.66M | -25.72M |
| Free Cash Flow | 180.47M | 26.16M | -81.22M | -231.35M | -102.06M | -232.04M | -19.43M | -120.06M | -105.23M | 228.78M | 322.44M | 510.43M | - | 378.30M | 317.38M | -256.23M | 92.57M |
| Net Change in Cash | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 243.23M | 59.67M | -269.67M | 123.60M |
| Share Buybacks | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 100.00M | 16.04M | 69.59M | 60.99M | 109.30M | 59.07M | 125.93M | 295.00M |
| Dividends Paid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 39.53M | 108.59M | 121.07M |
Ratios (Annual)
Figures in %.
| Metric | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28.6% | 24.7% | 25.0% | 19.7% |
| Operating Margin % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20.4% | 14.7% | 15.0% | 9.2% |
| Net Margin % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15.8% | 12.0% | 12.3% | 7.7% |
| ROE % | -13.7% | 1.4% | -4.3% | 15.1% | 14.8% | 12.8% | 10.2% | 10.5% | 9.1% | 13.2% | 12.6% | 18.0% | - | 25.1% | 16.0% | 15.3% | 8.7% |
| ROCE % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24.9% | 15.8% | 14.6% | 7.6% |
Shareholding Pattern
Top Institutional Holders
| # | Holder | % Held | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackrock Inc. | 17.58% | 11.72M | $764.91M |
| 2 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 5.95% | 3.97M | $258.84M |
| 3 | FMR, LLC | 5.38% | 3.59M | $234.08M |
| 4 | State Street Corporation | 5.18% | 3.45M | $225.39M |
| 5 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 4.32% | 2.88M | $188.07M |
| 6 | Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 4.31% | 2.88M | $187.76M |
| 7 | Capital World Investors | 2.98% | 1.99M | $129.69M |
| 8 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2.49% | 1.66M | $108.41M |
| 9 | Greenhaven Associates, Inc. | 2.18% | 1.45M | $94.91M |
| 10 | Two Sigma Investments, LP | 2.10% | 1.40M | $91.40M |
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