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MTH vs. BZH, KBH, LEN, LEN.B, and MHO

Should you buy Meritage Homes stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Meritage Homes with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Meritage Homes include Beazer Homes USA (BZH), KB Home (KBH), Lennar (LEN), Lennar (LEN.B), and M/I Homes (MHO). These companies are all part of the "bldg - rsdnt/comr" industry.

How does Meritage Homes compare to Beazer Homes USA?

Beazer Homes USA (NYSE:BZH) and Meritage Homes (NYSE:MTH) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.

Beazer Homes USA has a beta of 2.18, meaning that its stock price is 118% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Meritage Homes has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Meritage Homes had 2 more articles in the media than Beazer Homes USA. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Meritage Homes and 4 mentions for Beazer Homes USA. Meritage Homes' average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Beazer Homes USA's score of -0.26 indicating that Meritage Homes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Beazer Homes USA
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Meritage Homes
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Beazer Homes USA currently has a consensus target price of $31.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.68%. Meritage Homes has a consensus target price of $79.89, suggesting a potential downside of 6.20%. Given Beazer Homes USA's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Beazer Homes USA is more favorable than Meritage Homes.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Beazer Homes USA
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Meritage Homes
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46

85.7% of Beazer Homes USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Meritage Homes shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of Beazer Homes USA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Meritage Homes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Meritage Homes has higher revenue and earnings than Beazer Homes USA. Beazer Homes USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Meritage Homes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Beazer Homes USA$2.37B0.34$45.59M-$0.15N/A
Meritage Homes$5.86B0.97$453.01M$5.4515.63

Meritage Homes has a net margin of 6.86% compared to Beazer Homes USA's net margin of -0.18%. Meritage Homes' return on equity of 8.08% beat Beazer Homes USA's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Beazer Homes USA-0.18% 0.99% 0.45%
Meritage Homes 6.86%8.08%5.49%

Summary

Meritage Homes beats Beazer Homes USA on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Meritage Homes compare to KB Home?

Meritage Homes (NYSE:MTH) and KB Home (NYSE:KBH) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Meritage Homes has a net margin of 6.86% compared to KB Home's net margin of 4.94%. Meritage Homes' return on equity of 8.08% beat KB Home's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Meritage Homes6.86% 8.08% 5.49%
KB Home 4.94%7.67%4.37%

Meritage Homes has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, KB Home has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the broader market.

Meritage Homes pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. KB Home pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Meritage Homes pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KB Home pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Meritage Homes has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and KB Home has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Meritage Homes presently has a consensus target price of $79.89, suggesting a potential downside of 6.20%. KB Home has a consensus target price of $60.17, suggesting a potential downside of 3.19%. Given KB Home's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe KB Home is more favorable than Meritage Homes.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Meritage Homes
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46
KB Home
3 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.06

In the previous week, KB Home had 19 more articles in the media than Meritage Homes. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for KB Home and 6 mentions for Meritage Homes. Meritage Homes' average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat KB Home's score of 0.12 indicating that Meritage Homes is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Meritage Homes
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
KB Home
6 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

98.4% of Meritage Homes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of KB Home shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Meritage Homes shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of KB Home shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Meritage Homes has higher earnings, but lower revenue than KB Home. Meritage Homes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KB Home, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Meritage Homes$5.86B0.97$453.01M$5.4515.63
KB Home$6.24B0.62$428.79M$3.9415.77

Summary

Meritage Homes beats KB Home on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Meritage Homes compare to Lennar?

Meritage Homes (NYSE:MTH) and Lennar (NYSE:LEN) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Meritage Homes pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Lennar pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Meritage Homes pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lennar pays out 31.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Meritage Homes has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Lennar has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Meritage Homes is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Lennar has higher revenue and earnings than Meritage Homes. Lennar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Meritage Homes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Meritage Homes$5.86B0.97$453.01M$5.4515.63
Lennar$34.19B0.68$2.08B$6.3914.64

Meritage Homes has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Lennar has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the broader market.

Meritage Homes currently has a consensus target price of $79.89, suggesting a potential downside of 6.20%. Lennar has a consensus target price of $95.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.56%. Given Lennar's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lennar is more favorable than Meritage Homes.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Meritage Homes
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46
Lennar
10 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

Meritage Homes has a net margin of 6.86% compared to Lennar's net margin of 4.93%. Meritage Homes' return on equity of 8.08% beat Lennar's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Meritage Homes6.86% 8.08% 5.49%
Lennar 4.93%7.08%4.61%

98.4% of Meritage Homes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of Lennar shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Meritage Homes shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of Lennar shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Lennar had 3 more articles in the media than Meritage Homes. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Lennar and 6 mentions for Meritage Homes. Meritage Homes' average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Lennar's score of 0.23 indicating that Meritage Homes is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Meritage Homes
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Lennar
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Meritage Homes beats Lennar on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Meritage Homes compare to Lennar?

Meritage Homes (NYSE:MTH) and Lennar (NYSE:LEN.B) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

Meritage Homes pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Lennar pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Meritage Homes pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lennar pays out 31.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Meritage Homes has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Meritage Homes is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Meritage Homes had 5 more articles in the media than Lennar. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Meritage Homes and 1 mentions for Lennar. Lennar's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Meritage Homes' score of 0.31 indicating that Lennar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Meritage Homes
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Lennar
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Lennar has higher revenue and earnings than Meritage Homes. Lennar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Meritage Homes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Meritage Homes$5.86B0.97$453.01M$5.4515.63
Lennar$34.19B0.66$2.08B$6.3914.35

Meritage Homes presently has a consensus target price of $79.89, suggesting a potential downside of 6.20%. Given Meritage Homes' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Meritage Homes is more favorable than Lennar.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Meritage Homes
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46
Lennar
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

98.4% of Meritage Homes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.3% of Lennar shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Meritage Homes shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Lennar shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Meritage Homes has a net margin of 6.86% compared to Lennar's net margin of 4.93%. Meritage Homes' return on equity of 8.08% beat Lennar's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Meritage Homes6.86% 8.08% 5.49%
Lennar 4.93%7.08%4.61%

Meritage Homes has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Lennar has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the broader market.

Summary

Meritage Homes beats Lennar on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Meritage Homes compare to M/I Homes?

M/I Homes (NYSE:MHO) and Meritage Homes (NYSE:MTH) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

M/I Homes presently has a consensus target price of $161.67, indicating a potential downside of 0.52%. Meritage Homes has a consensus target price of $79.89, indicating a potential downside of 6.20%. Given M/I Homes' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe M/I Homes is more favorable than Meritage Homes.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
M/I Homes
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Meritage Homes
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46

95.1% of M/I Homes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Meritage Homes shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of M/I Homes shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Meritage Homes shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Meritage Homes had 4 more articles in the media than M/I Homes. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Meritage Homes and 2 mentions for M/I Homes. Meritage Homes' average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat M/I Homes' score of 0.00 indicating that Meritage Homes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
M/I Homes
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Meritage Homes
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

M/I Homes has a net margin of 8.24% compared to Meritage Homes' net margin of 6.86%. M/I Homes' return on equity of 12.91% beat Meritage Homes' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
M/I Homes8.24% 12.91% 8.52%
Meritage Homes 6.86%8.08%5.49%

Meritage Homes has higher revenue and earnings than M/I Homes. M/I Homes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Meritage Homes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
M/I Homes$4.42B0.94$402.94M$13.2812.24
Meritage Homes$5.86B0.97$453.01M$5.4515.63

M/I Homes has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Meritage Homes has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the broader market.

Summary

M/I Homes beats Meritage Homes on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MTH vs. The Competition

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MetricMeritage HomesBLDG IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.56B$9.09B$10.38B$23.24B
Dividend Yield2.30%2.59%1.89%4.10%
P/E Ratio15.6313.1818.6528.60
Price / Sales0.973.134.5321.36
Price / Cash11.1110.1018.1124.58
Price / Book1.151.535.514.74
Net Income$453.01M$829.47M$567.71M$1.07B
7 Day Performance12.40%4.62%1.74%0.99%
1 Month Performance31.49%10.57%19.67%0.97%
1 Year Performance28.62%8.30%14.49%24.40%

Meritage Homes Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTH
Meritage Homes
3.6832 of 5 stars		$85.17
+2.2%		$79.89
-6.2%		+26.3%$5.56B$5.86B15.631,860
BZH
Beazer Homes USA
1.4894 of 5 stars		$27.37
-1.0%		$31.33
+14.5%		+25.1%$748.13M$2.37BN/A1,018
KBH
KB Home
3.3558 of 5 stars		$54.04
-0.5%		$59.17
+9.5%		+17.1%$3.38B$6.24B13.722,118
LEN
Lennar
3.0608 of 5 stars		$90.03
-5.2%		$96.44
+7.1%		-14.6%$22.30B$34.19B14.0912,532
LEN.B
Lennar
N/A$88.20
-5.1%		N/A-12.3%$21.86B$34.19B13.8012,000

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