Meritage Homes Corporation is a designer and builder of single-family attached and detached homes. The Company’s segments include homebuilding and financial services. The homebuilding segment is engaged in the business of acquiring and developing land, constructing homes, marketing and selling those homes and providing warranty and customer services. It has operations in three regions: West, Central and East, which are comprised of 12 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Utah, Texas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. These three regions are its principal homebuilding segments. The financial services segment offers title and escrow, mortgage, and insurance services. Its financial services operations also provide mortgage services to its homebuyers through an unconsolidated joint venture. The Company’s homebuilding activities are conducted under the name of Meritage Homes in each of its homebuilding markets.
High Dividend
The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 13.81%.
Overvalued
The company’s latest PE is 12.22, at a high 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Buying
The latest institutional holdings are 80.81M shares, increasing 1.95% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by Paul Tudor Jones
Star Investor Paul Tudor Jones holds 219.20K shares of this stock.
Lower Market Activity
The company has less investor interest, with a 20-day turnover ratio of -0.31.