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

69.30 1.73 −2.44%
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) Operating margin

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Meritage Homes Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 6.78%, down 2.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.23%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7.04% (fiscal 2016) to 20.5% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is below the Residential Construction industry median of 7.50% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.88%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 9.23% (5.76)
FY2024 15.0% 0.29
FY2023 14.7% (5.75)
FY2022 20.5% 1.61
FY2021 18.8% 7.09
FY2020 11.8% 3.37
FY2019 8.38% 0.65
FY2018 7.73% 0.24
FY2017 7.49% 0.45
FY2016 7.04% (0.97)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 6.79% (1.40)
Jun 2026 8.19% 2.30
Mar 2026 5.89% (0.20)
Dec 2025 6.09% (2.35)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 7.04% High 20.5%
Ten-year median 9.23%
Current reading's percentile 2

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
GRBK Green Brick Partners, Inc. compare 17.4%
TOL Toll Brothers Inc. compare 13.8%
IBP Installed Building Products, Inc. compare 11.8%
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. compare 9.54%
SKY Champion Homes, Inc. compare 8.27%
MHO M/I Homes, Inc. compare 8.21%
MTH Meritage Homes Corporation 6.78%
KBH KB Home compare 5.18%
NVR NVR, Inc. compare 0.00%
Residential Construction industry median 7.50%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.88%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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