Meritage Homes Corp [MTH] stock prices are down -1.40% to $77.0 at the moment. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The MTH shares have gain 7.32% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 9.39%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Meritage Homes Corp [NYSE: MTH] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on May 05, 2025, when BofA Securities initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $82. Previously, Seaport Research Partners upgraded its rating to Neutral on March 06, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $70. On December 13, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral and revised its price target to $197 on the stock. Raymond James downgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform. Goldman upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $235 on October 31, 2024. Wedbush upgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on October 15, 2024, and upped its price target to $195. In a note dated August 14, 2024, Wolfe Research upgraded an Outperform rating on this stock but restated the target price of $230.
The stock price of Meritage Homes Corp [MTH] has been fluctuating between $59.27 and $106.99 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $88.5 within the next 12 months. Meritage Homes Corp [NYSE: MTH] shares were valued at $77.0 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 14.94% based on the average MTH price forecast.
Analyzing the MTH fundamentals
The Meritage Homes Corp [NYSE:MTH] reported sales of 6.22B for trailing twelve months, representing a drop of -4.03%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.23% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.16%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.13%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.13%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.1, Equity is 0.16 and Total Capital is 0.13. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.34.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 75.95 points at the first support level, and at 74.91 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 77.54, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 78.09.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Meritage Homes Corp [NYSE:MTH]’s Current Ratio is 11.20. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.82 and the Cash Ratio stands at 3.84. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.88, the price to book ratio is 1.04 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 8.78.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Clinton Malissia, EVP – Gen. Counsel, Secretary, that happened on Aug 12 ’25 when 6518.0 shares were sold. Officer, Clinton Malissia completed a deal on Aug 12 ’25 to buy 6518.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director ARRIOLA DENNIS V bought 2200.0 shares on Jul 25 ’25.
