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) Return on invested capital

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Meritage Homes Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 3.51%, down 1.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (5.40%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.40% (fiscal 2025) to 19.0% (fiscal 2022) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Residential Construction industry median of 4.98% and in line with the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.42%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 5.40% (4.88)
FY2024 10.3% (1.72)
FY2023 12.0% (6.97)
FY2022 19.0% 2.09
FY2021 16.9% 4.27
FY2020 12.6% 5.42
FY2019 7.19% 0.92
FY2018 6.27% 0.63
FY2017 5.64% 0.10
FY2016 5.54% (0.57)

Against its own ten years

Low 5.40% High 19.0%
Ten-year median 7.19%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. compare 17.4%
IBP Installed Building Products, Inc. compare 16.4%
SKY Champion Homes, Inc. compare 15.8%
GRBK Green Brick Partners, Inc. compare 10.0%
TOL Toll Brothers Inc. compare 9.08%
MHO M/I Homes, Inc. compare 6.06%
KBH KB Home compare 4.60%
MTH Meritage Homes Corporation 3.51%
NVR NVR, Inc. compare 0.00%
Residential Construction industry median 4.98%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.42%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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