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Meritage Homes Corp (NYSE: MTH) closed the day trading at $69.96 down -1.49% from the previous closing price of $71.02. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.49 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.92 million shares were traded. MTH stock price reached its highest trading level at $71.41 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $69.41.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of MTH, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.90 and its Current Ratio is at 10.94. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.36 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.35.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, BofA Securities on May 05, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $82.
On March 06, 2025, Seaport Research Partners Upgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Sell but kept the price unchanged to $70.
JP Morgan Downgraded its Overweight to Neutral on December 13, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $220 to $197.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 12 ’25 when Keough Joseph bought 4,000 shares for $66.16 per share. The transaction valued at 264,640 led to the insider holds 41,700 shares of the business.
Keough Joseph bought 5,000 shares of MTH for $346,400 on Mar 13 ’25. The Director now owns 37,700 shares after completing the transaction at $69.28 per share. On Mar 03 ’25, another insider, Feliciano Javier, who serves as the EVP Chief People Officer of the company, sold 4,862 shares for $72.07 each. As a result, the insider received 350,408 and left with 36,278 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 5025248256 and an Enterprise Value of 5691693568. As of this moment, Meritage’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 7.08, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 7.72. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 70.83. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.80 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.97. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.906 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.255.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for MTH is 1.29, which has changed by -0.27652532 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.13161862 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, MTH has reached a high of $106.99, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $59.27. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 3.81%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -9.66%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, MTH traded about 921.46K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, MTH traded about 1129550 shares per day. A total of 71.83M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 70.18M. Insiders hold about 2.30% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 99.17% stake in the company. Shares short for MTH as of 1749772800 were 3152117 with a Short Ratio of 3.21, compared to 1747267200 on 2505703. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3152117 and a Short% of Float of 4.4899996.
Dividends & Splits
MTH’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.61, up from 1.555 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.021895241The current Payout Ratio is 13.99% for MTH, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-06-16 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-06-16. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2025-01-03 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
Investors are keenly observing as 9.0 analysts analyze and rate the current performance of Meritage Homes Corp (MTH) in the stock market.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $2.22, with high estimates of $2.44 and low estimates of $1.8.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $8.64 and $7.8 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $8.35. EPS for the following year is $9.22, with 9.0 analysts recommending between $9.95 and $8.35.
Revenue Estimates
7 analysts predict $1.61B in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $1.66B to a low estimate of $1.57B. As of the current estimate, Meritage Homes Corp’s year-ago sales were $1.69BFor the next quarter, 7 analysts are estimating revenue of $1.75B. There is a high estimate of $1.83B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $1.64B.
A total of 8 analysts have provided revenue estimates for MTH’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $6.69B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $6.26B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $6.57B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $6.36BBased on 8 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $7.04B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $7.3B and the low estimate is $6.81B.
