MTH vs Peers Stock Comparison

Meritage Homes Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
MTH Meritage Homes CORP
$63.64 -2.1% 1M -10.9% 1Y
Market cap
$4.15B
P/E
12.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.75B
Div. yield
2.94%
Homebuilders Consumer Discretionary

Percentile Scorecard

MTH

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

AxisMTH
Valuation 71 #3 of 8
Growth 57 #4 of 8
Profitability –
Financial Health –
Shareholder Returns –
Overall –
  • MTH ranked among 10 companies in Homebuilding

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodMTHSPY
1 month -2.1% -0.8%
3 months -13.2% +3.5%
6 months -8.7% +7.0%
Year to date -3.3% +12.2%
1 year -10.9% +13.0%
3 years +14.1% +86.3%
3 years, per year +4.5% +23.1%
5 years +19.7% +68.6%
5 years, per year +3.7% +11.0%
10 years +283.8% +258.0%
10 years, per year +14.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureMTHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 38.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 35.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.99 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.28 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -46.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -25.3% -1.8%
52-week high $85.18 $779.14
52-week low $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.

MultipleMTH
P/E now vs peer median 12.7xmedian 11.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 3.0xmedian 7.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 10.0xmedian 17.4x
P/B now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median -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 monthsMTH
Revenue $10.75B
Gross profit $1.91B
Operating income $1.71B
Net income $329.27M
Free cash flow $414.71M
EPS (diluted) $4.98
Cash & equivalents $807.27M
Total debt $7.35B
Shares (diluted) 66.13M
Enterprise value $1.07B

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
MetricMTH
P/E 12.7x
P/FCF 10.0x
P/Operating cash flow 9.5x
P/S 0.4x
P/B 0.8x
P/Tangible book 0.8x
EV/EBITDA 3.0x
EV/EBIT 3.0x
EV/Revenue 0.5x
EV/FCF 12.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.53

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMTH
Revenue growth (1Y) -13.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -5.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -32.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -16.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -34.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -17.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -48.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -26.9%
EPS growth (1Y) -43.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -24.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 298.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -23.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 267.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -23.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMTH
Gross margin 17.8%
EBITDA margin 16.1%
Operating margin 15.9%
Pretax margin 3.9%
Net margin 3.1%
FCF margin 3.9%
Operating cash flow margin 4.1%
Return on equity 6.5%
Return on assets 4.4%
Return on invested capital 19.1%
Return on capital employed –
Asset turnover 1.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMTH
Debt / assets 24.5%
Debt / equity 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.6x
Debt / FCF 4.5x
Liabilities / assets 33.1%
Equity / assets 66.9%
Interest coverage 615.5x
Current ratio –
Quick ratio –
Cash ratio –
Altman Z-score –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMTH
Dividend yield 2.9%
Net buyback yield 10.5%
Shareholder yield 13.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

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.

ConsensusMTH
Forward P/E 12.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.98FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -21.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +5.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.11BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -12.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +14.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMTH
Held by institutions 100.0%
Institutions holding 398
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.7%
Institutions buying 204
Institutions selling 146
Buyers to sellers 1.40

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Meritage Homes (MTH) 2.94%.

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.