Meritage Homes Corporation

MTH Consumer Cyclical Residential Construction

Meritage Homes Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $5.9 billion, down 8.40% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−17.4%
EPS
−25.7%
Free cash flow
+66.2%
Total debt
+1.25%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

70.91 2.38 −3.25%
Market cap
$4.6B
P/E
15.9×
Fwd P/E
14.9×
Dividend yield
2.64%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
3.21
Beneish M
−1.98
Dividend safety
49/100

Meritage Homes Corporation (MTH) Gross margin

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Meritage Homes Corporation's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 17.7%, down 2.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (20.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 17.9% (fiscal 2016) to 28.7% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is below the Residential Construction industry median of 19.2% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 34.3%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 20.0% (5.26)
FY2024 25.3% 0.29
FY2023 25.0% (3.78)
FY2022 28.7% 0.76
FY2021 28.0% 6.24
FY2020 21.7% 2.76
FY2019 19.0% 0.72
FY2018 18.3% 0.34
FY2017 17.9% 0.04
FY2016 17.9% (1.51)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 17.9% (0.72)
Jun 2026 18.6% 0.81
Mar 2026 17.8% 1.10
Dec 2025 16.7% (2.67)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 17.9% High 28.7%
Ten-year median 20.0%
Current reading's percentile 7

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
IBP Installed Building Products, Inc. compare 33.1%
GRBK Green Brick Partners, Inc. compare 29.0%
SKY Champion Homes, Inc. compare 25.5%
TOL Toll Brothers Inc. compare 23.8%
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. compare 22.7%
MHO M/I Homes, Inc. compare 21.8%
MTH Meritage Homes Corporation 17.7%
KBH KB Home compare 16.5%
NVR NVR, Inc. compare 0.00%
Residential Construction industry median 19.2%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 34.3%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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