COMP vs FNF vs MTH Stock Comparison

Compass, Fidelity National Financial and Meritage Homes Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
COMP Compass, Inc.
$9.69 +3.2% 1M +20.7% 1Y
Market cap
$7.36B
P/E
110.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.56B
Div. yield
–
Residential Brokerage Real Estate
2 wins
MTH Meritage Homes CORP
$63.64 -2.1% 1M -10.9% 1Y
Market cap
$4.20B
P/E
12.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.75B
Div. yield
–
Homebuilders Consumer Discretionary
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Fidelity National Financial leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Fidelity National Financial 5, Meritage Homes 4, Compass 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCOMPFNFMTHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.36B $10.55B $4.20B FNF
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 110.1x 13.7x 12.8x MTH
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 60.6x 8.3x 12.8x FNF
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +67.8% +13.0% -13.3% COMP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.6% 5.0% 3.1% FNF
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.0% 5.6% 19.1% MTH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 25.9x -0.1x 0.6x FNF
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.05% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +20.7% -27.4% -10.9% COMP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -5.7%/yr -1.7%/yr +3.7%/yr MTH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 64.9% 27.6% 38.8% FNF
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 40/100 57/100 69/100 MTH

Percentile Scorecard

COMPFNFMTH

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCOMPFNFMTH
Valuation 24 #14 of 18 90 #13 of 119 95 #2 of 21
Growth 80 #4 of 16 33 #78 of 115 37 #13 of 20
Profitability 27 #12 of 16 63 #42 of 113 59 #8 of 18
Financial Health 31 #12 of 17 38 #71 of 114 53 #9 of 18
Shareholder Returns – 60 #43 of 107 100 #1 of 17
Overall 40 57 69
  • COMP ranked among 19 companies in Real Estate Services
  • FNF ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • MTH ranked among 24 companies in Homebuilding

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCOMPFNFMTHSPY
1 month +3.2%-3.5%-2.1% -0.8%
3 months -18.0%-23.2%-13.2% +3.5%
6 months +19.8%-22.9%-8.7% +7.0%
Year to date -8.3%-26.8%-3.3% +12.2%
1 year +20.7%-27.4%-10.9% +13.0%
3 years +375.0%+8.2%+14.1% +86.3%
3 years, per year +68.2%+2.7%+4.5% +23.1%
5 years -25.2%-8.1%+19.7% +68.6%
5 years, per year -5.7%-1.7%+3.7% +11.0%
10 years —+64.7%+283.8% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+5.1%+14.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCOMPFNFMTHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 64.9%27.6%38.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 55.6%29.4%35.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.350.290.99 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.32-0.99-0.28 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -86.3%-40.2%-46.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -28.6%-30.6%-25.3% -1.8%
52-week high $13.58$57.61$85.18 $779.14
52-week low $6.68$38.66$57.86 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCOMPFNFMTH
P/E now vs peer median 110.0xmedian 21.2x 13.8xmedian 10.6x 12.7xmedian 12.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 0.7x 0.7xmedian 1.4x 0.4xmedian 0.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 103.0xmedian 9.8x 4.5xmedian 7.6x 3.0xmedian 9.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 56.9xmedian 12.3x 2.0xmedian 8.6x 10.0xmedian 16.0x
P/B now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 1.8x 1.2xmedian 1.5x 0.8xmedian 1.1x
PEG now vs peer median 4.00median 0.51 0.93median 0.52 -0.53median 1.06

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCOMPFNFMTH
Revenue $10.56B $15.36B $10.75B
Gross profit – $15.08B $1.91B
Operating income -$276.10M $1.46B $1.71B
Net income $66.90M $912.00M $329.27M
Free cash flow $128.30M $5.43B $414.71M
R&D $360.50M – –
EPS (diluted) $0.08 $2.89 $4.98
Cash & equivalents $694.00M $3.58B $807.27M
Total debt $3.14B $4.38B $7.35B
Shares (diluted) 842.38M 267.00M 66.13M
Enterprise value $5.81B -$7.85B $1.12B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCOMPFNFMTH
P/E 110.0x 13.8x 12.7x
P/FCF 56.9x 2.0x 10.0x
P/Operating cash flow 47.2x 1.9x 9.5x
P/S 0.7x 0.7x 0.4x
P/B 2.4x 1.2x 0.8x
P/Tangible book 486.6x 1.2x 0.8x
EV/EBITDA 103.0x 4.5x 3.0x
EV/EBIT -35.3x 7.2x 3.0x
EV/Revenue 0.9x 0.7x 0.5x
EV/FCF 76.0x 1.9x 12.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 63.0x 1.9x 11.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 4.00 0.93 -0.53

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCOMPFNFMTH
Revenue growth (1Y) 67.8% 13.0% -13.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 27.8% 10.8% -5.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 13.0% -32.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 14.8% -16.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -368.0% 21.4% -34.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 17.8% 61.9% -17.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 223.2% -21.0% -48.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 28.7% 20.9% -26.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 186.5% -26.7% -43.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 27.5% 14.9% -24.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -5.6% -19.0% 298.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 42.5% -2.5% -23.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -12.4% -19.3% 267.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 37.8% -2.6% -23.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCOMPFNFMTH
Gross margin – 98.2% 17.8%
EBITDA margin 0.9% 15.2% 16.1%
Operating margin -2.6% 9.5% 15.9%
Pretax margin -3.3% 11.3% 3.9%
Net margin 0.6% 5.0% 3.1%
FCF margin 1.2% 35.3% 3.9%
Operating cash flow margin 1.5% 36.2% 4.1%
Return on equity 2.3% 10.3% 6.5%
Return on assets 0.8% 0.8% 4.4%
Return on invested capital 0.0% 5.6% 19.1%
Return on capital employed -4.0% – –
Asset turnover 1.3x 0.1x 1.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.3x 6.1x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 2.5% 0.6% 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCOMPFNFMTH
Debt / assets 37.7% 3.8% 24.5%
Debt / equity 1.1x 0.5x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 25.9x -0.1x 0.6x
Debt / FCF 24.5x 0.8x 4.5x
Liabilities / assets 64.2% 92.3% 33.1%
Equity / assets 35.8% 7.7% 66.9%
Interest coverage -3.4x 6.0x 615.5x
Current ratio 1.1x – –
Quick ratio 0.7x – –
Cash ratio 0.5x – –
Altman Z-score 1.55 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCOMPFNFMTH
Dividend yield – 5.2% 2.9%
Net buyback yield -0.4% 1.9% 10.5%
Shareholder yield -0.4% 7.1% 13.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 60.6% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 10.2% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 2.0% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 4.3% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCOMPFNFMTH
Forward P/E 60.6xFY2026 8.3xFY2026 12.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.16FY2026 $4.82FY2026 $4.96FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -3.0%FY2026 -21.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +37.5% +16.6% +4.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $15.07BFY2026 $14.25BFY2026 $5.10BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +116.5%FY2026 -1.4%FY2026 -12.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -1.9% +3.0% +14.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCOMPFNFMTH
Held by institutions 93.4% 83.3% 100.0%
Institutions holding 431 711 398
Change in shares held, QoQ +7.4% +1.9% +2.7%
Institutions buying 242 320 204
Institutions selling 119 257 146
Buyers to sellers 2.03 1.25 1.40

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

COMPFNFMTH
COMP 1.00 0.24 0.46
FNF 0.24 1.00 0.32
MTH 0.46 0.32 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, COMP, FNF and MTH?

Fidelity National Financial (FNF) is the largest by market capitalisation: Compass (COMP) $7.36B, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) $10.55B, Meritage Homes (MTH) $4.20B.

Which stock is cheaper, COMP, FNF and MTH?

Meritage Homes (MTH) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Compass (COMP) 110.1x, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) 13.7x, Meritage Homes (MTH) 12.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) is cheapest (Compass (COMP) 60.6x, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) 8.3x, Meritage Homes (MTH) 12.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Compass (COMP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Compass (COMP) +67.8%, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) +13.0%, Meritage Homes (MTH) -13.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Fidelity National Financial (FNF) has the highest net margin (Compass (COMP) 0.6%, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) 5.0%, Meritage Homes (MTH) 3.1%). On return on invested capital, Meritage Homes (MTH) leads (Compass (COMP) 0.0%, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) 5.6%, Meritage Homes (MTH) 19.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Compass (COMP) returned the most: Compass (COMP) +20.7%, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) -27.4%, Meritage Homes (MTH) -10.9%. Over five years, Meritage Homes (MTH) compounded fastest (Compass (COMP) -5.7%/yr, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) -1.7%/yr, Meritage Homes (MTH) +3.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Compass (COMP) 0.00%, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) 0.05%, Meritage Homes (MTH) 0.00%. Compass (COMP) and Meritage Homes (MTH) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) has been the steadiest (Compass (COMP) 64.9%, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) 27.6%, Meritage Homes (MTH) 38.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, COMP, FNF and MTH?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.