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Meritage Homes Corp

MTH
71.405USD
-0.255-0.36%
Close 10/24, 16:00ETQuotes delayed by 15 min
5.08BMarket Cap
7.96P/E TTM

Meritage Homes Corp

71.405
-0.255-0.36%
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Meritage Homes Corp

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-23

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively very healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. Despite an average stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Meritage Homes Corp's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
3 / 56
Overall Ranking
53 / 4685
Industry
Homebuilding & Construction Supplies

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 12 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
88.978
Target Price
+24.64%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Meritage Homes Corp Highlights

StrengthsRisks
Meritage Homes Corporation is a designer and builder of single-family attached and detached homes. Its 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. The Financial Services segment offer title and escrow, mortgage, and insurance services. It has operations in three regions: West, Central and East, which are comprised of 10 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Utah, Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. These three regions are its principal homebuilding reporting segments. Its homebuilding activities are conducted under the name of Meritage Homes in each of its homebuilding markets. It also operates Carefree Title Agency, Inc., its wholly owned title company, which provides title insurance and closing/settlement services to its homebuyers in certain states.
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 8.09, at a high 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 74.10M shares, decreasing 7.75% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by ETHSX
Star Investor ETHSX holds 967.95K shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-23

The company's current financial score is 8.52, which is higher than the Homebuilding & Construction Supplies industry's average of 7.35. Its financial status is robust, and its operating efficiency is average. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 1.63B, representing a year-over-year decrease of 4.03%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year decrease of 36.57%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.52
Change
0

Financials

8.65

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets
Total liabilities
Free cash flow
No Data

Quality of Earnings

8.15

Operational Efficiency

7.96

Growth Potential

10.00

Shareholder Returns

7.85

Meritage Homes Corp's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-23

The company’s current valuation score is 8.33, which is higher than the Homebuilding & Construction Supplies industry's average of 7.40. Its current P/E ratio is 8.09, which is 15.59% below the recent high of 9.35 and 68.74% above the recent low of 2.53.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.33
Change
0

Valuation Dimensions

P/E
P/B
P/S
P/CF
Industry Ranking 3/56
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-23

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 7.33, which is lower than the Homebuilding & Construction Supplies industry's average of 7.45. The average price target for Meritage Homes Corp is 88.00, with a high of 107.00 and a low of 70.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.33
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 12 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
88.978
Target Price
+24.17%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

20
Total
6
Median
8
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Meritage Homes Corp
MTH
12
DR Horton Inc
DHI
22
Lennar Corp
LEN
20
Toll Brothers Inc
TOL
18
Pultegroup Inc
PHM
17
KB Home
KBH
15
1
2
3
4

Financial Forecasting

EPS
Revenue
Net Profit
EBIT
No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-23

The company’s current price momentum score is 8.75, which is higher than the Homebuilding & Construction Supplies industry's average of 7.88. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 76.11 and the support level at 66.57, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.29
Change
1.46

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(1)
Neutral(3)
Buy(2)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
0.818
Neutral
RSI(14)
49.965
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
84.250
Buy
ATR(14)
2.157
Low Volatility
CCI(14)
79.362
Neutral
Williams %R
38.692
Buy
TRIX(12,20)
-0.324
Sell
StochRSI(14)
100.000
Overbought
Moving Average
Sell(3)
Neutral(0)
Buy(3)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
70.866
Buy
MA10
69.651
Buy
MA20
70.731
Buy
MA50
74.611
Sell
MA100
71.945
Sell
MA200
71.718
Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-23

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 10.00, which is higher than the Homebuilding & Construction Supplies industry's average of 8.13. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 104.13%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 0.90%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 7.98M shares, representing 11.22% of shares outstanding, with 0.80% decrease in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
10.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
10.18M
-5.36%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
7.98M
-0.02%
State Street Investment Management (US)
3.48M
+0.53%
Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.
2.91M
-0.50%
Citadel Advisors LLC
1.71M
-3.05%
Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.
1.69M
-0.40%
EARNEST Partners, LLC
1.55M
+14.29%
Greenhaven Associates, Inc.
1.49M
+4.01%
Balyasny Asset Management LP
1.42M
+58.86%
Capital World Investors
1.38M
+94.96%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-23

The company’s current risk assessment score is 7.10, which is higher than the Homebuilding & Construction Supplies industry's average of 6.25. The company's beta value is 1.37. This indicates that the stock tends to outperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences larger declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.10
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
1.37
VaR
+3.83%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+36.24%
240-Day Volatility
+41.25%

Return

Best Daily Return
60 days
+6.93%
120 days
+7.75%
5 years
+12.04%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-3.71%
120 days
-5.43%
5 years
-9.82%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
+0.53
120 days
+0.55
5 years
+0.50

Risk Assessment

Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+36.24%
3 years
+41.56%
5 years
+46.77%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
-0.64
3 years
+0.50
5 years
+0.32
Skewness
240 days
+0.44
3 years
+0.42
5 years
+0.35

Volatility

Realised Volatility
240 days
+41.25%
5 years
+39.83%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+3.63%
5 years
+2.99%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
+109.38%
240 days
+109.38%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+31.01%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+20.12%

Liquidity

Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+1.49%
120 days
+1.38%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
+59.07%
60 days
+77.83%
120 days
+65.23%

Peer Comparison

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8.31 /10
Score
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Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
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TOL
8.44 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Interface Inc
Interface Inc
TILE
8.36 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
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Armstrong World Industries Inc
Armstrong World Industries Inc
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8.30 /10
Score
Financial Health
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Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
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8.25 /10
Score
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8.23 /10
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