Meritage Homes CORP
MTH NYSE· Operative Builders
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$63.61
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Meritage Homes CORP made $453M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 6.7% a year.
- Free cash flow was $92.6M in fiscal 2025, — of revenue.
- Meritage Homes CORP returned $416M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 449% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 2.7%.
Market cap
$4.2B
P/E
13.2x
Revenue
—
Net income
$453M
Free cash flow
$92.6M
Operating margin
—
Meritage Homes CORP in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Does it make a profit?
$453M
Yes. It made $453M of profit last year.
How is the share priced?
13.2x
One share costs 13.2 times its yearly profit per share.
What Meritage Homes CORP does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 13, 2026
- Legal name
- Meritage Homes CORP
- CIK
- 0000833079
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Net income | $737M | $992M | $739M | $786M | $453M |
| Diluted EPS | $19.29 | $13.37 | $9.96 | $10.72 | $6.35 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | −$152M | $405M | $356M | −$228M | $118M |
| Capital expenditure | $25.7M | $27.0M | $38.2M | $28.7M | $25.7M |
| Free cash flow | −$178M | $378M | $317M | −$256M | $92.6M |
| Dividends paid | $0.0M | $0.0M | $39.5M | $109M | $121M |
| Share buybacks | $61.0M | $109M | $59.1M | $126M | $295M |
| Share count change | −0.7% | 94.1% | −0.1% | −1.1% | −2.7% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $618M | $862M | $921M | $652M | $775M |
| Shareholders' equity | $3.0B | $3.9B | $4.6B | $5.1B | $5.2B |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on equity | 27.4% | 28.4% | 17.3% | 16.1% | 8.8% |
| Return on tangible equity | 24.5% | 25.3% | 16.1% | 15.4% | 8.8% |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$5.0M
7 insiders
Of sales under plans
90%
$4.5M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
KIRA
At $63.61 a share, the company is worth $4.2B: 13.2 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000833079). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.