Meritage Homes (MTH) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)
Meritage Homes (MTH) posted Operating Expenses of $52.38 million for Q2 2026, down 5.1% from $55.18 million a year earlier but up 1.9% from the prior quarter.
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Meritage Homes (MTH) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Operating Expenses at Meritage Homes was $203.36 million, down 15.0% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $211.76 million, down 8.3% from FY2024.
- Annual Operating Expenses shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 5.9% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Meritage Homes' Operating Expenses was $230.86 million in FY2024 (-0.4%), $231.72 million in FY2023 (+20.1%), $192.98 million in FY2022 (+6.4%) and $181.45 million in FY2021 (+14.1%).
- Quarterly Operating Expenses has run from a low of $40 million in Q1 2022 to a high of $68.97 million in Q4 2023 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Expenses has declined in each of the last four quarters, with an average decline of 6.1% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Expenses in the past five years was Q3 2023, with growth of 30.2%; the weakest was Q4 2025, with a decline of 29.4%.
- According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses for the three prior quarters was $51.4 million (Q1 2026), $47.8 million (Q4 2025) and $51.79 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horton D R | 39.14 Bn | 30.03 Bn | 2.15 Bn | 991.20 Mn |
| 2 | Pultegroup | 22.34 Bn | 15.63 Bn | 1.06 Bn | 382.97 Mn |
| 3 | Lennar | 17.27 Bn | 6.70 Bn | 807.31 Mn | 7.54 Bn |
| 4 | Nvr | 16.72 Bn | 10.01 Bn | 485.14 Mn | 150.72 Mn |
| 5 | Toll Brothers | 12.58 Bn | 7.96 Bn | 625.22 Mn | 266.07 Mn |
| 6 | Taylor Morrison Home | 6.77 Bn | 4.76 Bn | 290.64 Mn | 58.97 Mn |
| 7 | Champion Homes | 4.80 Bn | 2.28 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | Cavco Industries | 4.31 Bn | 3.07 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Meritage Homes | 4.24 Bn | 1.16 Bn | 513.60 Mn | 52.38 Mn |
| 10 | M | 3.48 Bn | 550.71 Mn | 235.50 Mn | 958.69 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 52.38 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 51.40 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 47.80 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 51.79 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 55.18 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 57.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 67.74 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 59.20 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 53.18 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 50.73 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 68.97 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 63.09 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 52.14 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 47.52 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 56.61 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 48.44 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 47.93 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 40.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 53.15 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 47.19 Mn |
API Access
Meritage Homes Operating Expenses API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=MTH&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-expenses", "ticker": "MTH", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=MTH&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();