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The price of Meritage Homes Corp (NYSE: MTH) closed at $65.77 in the last session, down -2.65% from day before closing price of $67.56. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.65 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.78 million shares were traded. MTH stock price reached its highest trading level at $67.13 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $65.465.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at MTH’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.64 and its Current Ratio is at 11.51. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.36 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.35.
On May 05, 2025, BofA Securities started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $82.
Seaport Research Partners Upgraded its Sell to Neutral on March 06, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $70.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 22 ’25 when Lord Phillippe sold 6,950 shares for $80.01 per share. The transaction valued at 556,070 led to the insider holds 221,320 shares of the business.
Lord Phillippe bought 6,950 shares of MTH for $556,070 on Aug 22 ’25. On Aug 12 ’25, another insider, Clinton Malissia, who serves as the EVP – Gen. Counsel, Secretary of the company, sold 6,518 shares for $71.59 each. As a result, the insider received 466,620 and left with 8,749 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, MTH now has a Market Capitalization of 4630648832 and an Enterprise Value of 5792671232. As of this moment, Meritage’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 8.78, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.47. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.77 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.88. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.958 whereas that against EBITDA is 8.447.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for MTH is 1.36, which has changed by -0.2917868 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.18286073 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, MTH has reached a high of $98.74, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $59.27. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -10.49%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -7.92%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, MTH traded on average about 908.02K shares per day over the past 3-months and 990270 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 70.41M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 69.41M. Insiders hold about 2.45% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 101.99% stake in the company. Shares short for MTH as of 1760486400 were 3291663 with a Short Ratio of 3.63, compared to 1757894400 on 3427977. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3291663 and a Short% of Float of 4.78.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for MTH is 1.67, which was 1.665 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.02464476. The current Payout Ratio is 13.99% for MTH, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-09-16 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-09-16. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2025-01-03 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
The company has 6.0 analysts who recommend its stock at the moment. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $1.46, with high estimates of $1.7 and low estimates of $1.3.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $7.05 and $6.7 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $6.87. EPS for the following year is $7.4, with 7.0 analysts recommending between $7.9 and $6.91.
Revenue Estimates
According to 7 analysts,. The current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $1.53B. It ranges from a high estimate of $1.61B to a low estimate of $1.48B. As of. The current estimate, Meritage Homes Corp’s year-ago sales were $1.61BFor the next quarter, 7 analysts are estimating revenue of $1.41B. There is a high estimate of $1.55B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $1.37B.
A total of 7 analysts have provided revenue estimates for MTH’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $6.07B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $5.89B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $5.96B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $6.36BBased on 7 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $6.36B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $6.71B and the low estimate is $6.06B.
