Meritage Homes Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Meritage Homes in the last twelve months. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" Meritage Homes stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MTH, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Meritage Homes saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 14th, there was short interest totaling 1,930,000 shares, an increase of 22.9% from the April 29th total of 1,570,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 427,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.5 days. Currently, 5.2% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Meritage Homes is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 28th 2021.
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Meritage Homes Co. (NYSE:MTH) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 28th. The construction company reported $3.44 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.47 by $0.97. The construction company earned $1.08 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.05 billion. Meritage Homes had a net margin of 10.35% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.26%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 21.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.83 EPS.
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Meritage Homes' stock was trading at $54.01 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MTH shares have increased by 82.6% and is now trading at $98.60.
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Meritage Homes issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 5th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 13.750-14.750 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $11.850. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Meritage Homes' stock. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $135.00. On average, they anticipate Meritage Homes' stock price to reach $107.14 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.7% from the stock's current price.
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Some companies that are related to Meritage Homes include D.R. Horton (DHI), Lennar (LEN), NVR (NVR), PulteGroup (PHM), Toll Brothers (TOL), KB Home (KBH), M.D.C. (MDC), Tri Pointe Homes (TPH), Cavco Industries (CVCO), M/I Homes (MHO), Beazer Homes USA (BZH) and Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV).
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Meritage Homes trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MTH."

Meritage Homes' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (17.51%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.68%), Earnest Partners LLC (4.06%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (3.58%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (3.41%) and Factorial Partners LLC (2.06%). Company insiders that own Meritage Homes stock include C Timothy White, Clinton Szubinski, Dana Bradford, Gerald W Haddock, Hilla Sferruzza, Javier Feliciano, Peter L Ax, Phillippe Lord, R Odell Michael, Raymond Oppel and Steven J Hilton.
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MTH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Alliancebernstein L.P., Northern Trust Corp, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Emerald Advisers LLC, Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, and Acadian Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Meritage Homes company stock in the last year include C Timothy White, Clinton Szubinski, Dana Bradford, Gerald W Haddock, Hilla Sferruzza, Javier Feliciano, Peter L Ax, Phillippe Lord, R Odell Michael, Raymond Oppel, and Steven J Hilton.
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MTH stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Factorial Partners LLC, BlackRock Inc., Phoenix Holdings Ltd., Boston Partners, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Ameriprise Financial Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC.
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One share of MTH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $98.60.

Meritage Homes has a market capitalization of $3.73 billion and generates $4.50 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $423.48 million in net income (profit) each year or $11.00 on an earnings per share basis.

Meritage Homes employs 1,570 workers across the globe.

Meritage Homes was founded in 2015.

The official website for Meritage Homes is www.meritagehomes.com.

Meritage Homes is headquartered at 8800 EAST RAINTREE DRIVE SUITE 300, SCOTTSDALE AZ, 85260.

Meritage Homes' mailing address is 8800 EAST RAINTREE DRIVE SUITE 300, SCOTTSDALE AZ, 85260. The construction company can be reached via phone at 480-515-8100 or via email at [email protected]