Meritage Homes (MTH) FCF Payout Ratio (2023 - 2026)

Meritage Homes (MTH) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.33 for Q1 2026, up 151.47% year-over-year from 0.13 in Q1 2025, and up 168.1% quarter-over-quarter from 0.12 in Q4 2025.

Meritage Homes (MTH) FCF Payout Ratio (2023 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Meritage Homes (MTH) has 4 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.33 in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.33, up 151.47% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.51 (up 274.07% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1.31, up 408.63% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio grew to 0.33 in Q1 2026 per MTH's latest filing, from 0.12 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 4.41 in Q2 2025 and troughed at 0.64 in Q1 2025.
  • A 4-year average of 0.28 and a median of 0.05 in 2023 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: FCF Payout Ratio tumbled 581.82% in 2024, then surged 2122.02% in 2025.
  • A 4-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.09 in 2023, then slumped by 185.5% to 0.25 in 2024, then surged by 148.86% to 0.12 in 2025, then surged by 168.1% to 0.33 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MTH's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.33 in Q1 2026, 0.12 in Q4 2025, and 0.29 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Horton D R 43.54 Bn 42.20 Bn 1.70 Bn -0.29
2 Pultegroup 23.57 Bn 21.76 Bn 881.27 Mn 0.37
3 Lennar 22.65 Bn 20.45 Bn 6.36 Bn -0.27
4 Nvr 17.80 Bn 16.15 Bn 1.31 Bn -
5 Toll Brothers 13.73 Bn 12.64 Bn 604.89 Mn 0.22
6 Taylor Morrison Home 6.88 Bn 6.88 Bn 290.64 Mn -0.46
7 Installed Building Products 5.53 Bn 5.05 Bn 212.30 Mn 0.68
8 Meritage Homes 4.85 Bn 4.09 Bn -269,000.00 0.33
9 Cavco Industries 4.56 Bn 4.52 Bn 135.92 Mn -
10 Champion Homes 4.39 Bn 3.74 Bn 172.19 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.33
Dec 31, 2025 0.12
Sep 30, 2025 -0.29
Jun 30, 2025 4.41
Mar 31, 2025 -0.64
Dec 31, 2024 -0.25
Sep 30, 2024 -0.27
Jun 30, 2024 -0.22
Mar 31, 2024 0.36
Dec 31, 2023 -0.09
Sep 30, 2023 0.10
Jun 30, 2023 0.05
Mar 31, 2023 0.09