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Stocks Info
Meritage Homes Corp is listed on the NYSE in the Consumer Cyclical sector while operating in the Residential Construction industry. The current market capitalization of Meritage Homes Corp is $4.90B. A total of 1.52 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 978.90K shares.
In the most recent transaction, Keough Joseph bought 5,000 shares of MTH for 69.28 per share on Mar 13 ’25. After the transaction, the Director now owns 37,700 company shares. In a previous transaction on Mar 03 ’25, Feliciano Javier sold 4,862 shares at 72.07 per share. MTH shares that EVP Chief People Officer owns now total 36,278.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Lord Phillippe disposed of 36,167 shares on Mar 03 ’25 at a per-share price of $71.30. This resulted in the Chief Executive Officer holding 228,270 shares of MTH after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Sferruzza Hilla sold 14,567 shares at $71.81 per share on Mar 03 ’25. Company shares held by the EVP- Chief Financial Officer now total 108,367.
Dividend
The reasons why investors prefer dividend-paying companies are that dividends generate immediate cash flow and indicate that the company will perform well in the future. Meritage Homes Corp pays an annual dividend of $2.68, resulting in a dividend yield of 3.93%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 6.37. MTH’s most recent ex-dividend date was 2.32% when it declared a $0.43 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 3/17/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 12/17/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 1.4%. The MTH stock dividend was $0.3750 per share in cash.
Despite rarely being accurate, price targets can exert some form of influence at times, and are often regarded as valuable by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, MTH has a high of $106.99 and a low of $59.27.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
As well as showing the assets and liabilities of the company, the balance sheet also shows the amount invested in equity by investors. Investors can analyze a company’s future prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information. MTH’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $618.34M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $1.19B in debt and $543.46M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $71.49, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $3.04B.
Analysts Opinion
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for MTH is Buy with a score of 3.91.
