Company Analysis

Meritage Homes Corporation (MTH)

NYSE: MTH · Operative Builders · Scottsdale, AZ · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.8
◀ Past 6.5● Present 5.1▶ Future 5.6
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Income statement, as filed

In thousands of US dollars (USD), as filed; per-share figures in US dollars; share counts in thousands. The fiscal year ends in December.
Income statement, by fiscal year, newest first
Fiscal yearFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018FY 2017FY 2016
Period endingDec 31, 2025Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2022Dec 31, 2021Dec 31, 2020Dec 31, 2019Dec 31, 2018Dec 31, 2017Dec 31, 2016
Report filedFeb 13, 2026Feb 20, 2025Feb 14, 2024Feb 15, 2023Feb 16, 2022Feb 12, 2021Feb 18, 2020Feb 15, 2019Feb 12, 2018Feb 17, 2017
Gross profit········566,499531,212
Sales and marketing404,405409,069384,911323,266285,403287,901246,728241,897221,647215,092
General and administrative211,762230,856231,722192,984181,449159,020146,093138,478124,041123,803
Interest expense000413182,1778,3707853,8535,172
Share of profit of equity-method investments3,9739,2256,3716,0934,6574,49611,94516,33315,95919,042
Other income (expense), net44,14545,15647,9482,7144,8646,6629,57711,217r8,784r4,953
Income before income taxes584,6001,002,870949,4301,289,318954,834533,566302,945283,254247,519218,060
Income tax expense131,587216,684210,682297,126217,390110,09153,28255,922104,26468,519
Net income453,013786,186738,748992,192737,444423,475249,663227,332143,255149,541
Earnings per share, basic6.4010.8510.09r13.52r9.805b5.615b3.275b2.835b1.78b1.87b
Earnings per share, diluted6.3510.729.96r13.37r9.645b5.50b3.21b2.79b1.705b1.775b
Weighted average shares, basic70,81972,47673,238r73,388r75,220b75,436b76,200b80,214b80,574b79,952b
Weighted average shares, diluted71,34873,33274,138r74,202r76,466b76,968b77,782b81,456b84,456b85,170b
As filed with the SEC, each figure from the newest report that carries it, and linked to it. Nothing here is computed.Share counts and per-share figures are on the newest report's basis, after the 2-for-1 split of Jan 2025.A dot is a line not tagged for that period. r restated by the company in a later report; b a share figure put on the newest basis or filed in the wrong unit. Hover a figure for its filing and note.
What each line is, and the XBRL concept behind it
Gross profit revenue less the cost of what it soldus-gaap:GrossProfit
Sales and marketing the cost of finding and serving customersus-gaap:SellingAndMarketingExpense
General and administrative the cost of running the company itselfus-gaap:GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Interest expense what its borrowing costus-gaap:InterestExpense
Share of profit of equity-method investments its share of companies it partly ownsus-gaap:IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Other income (expense), net gains and costs outside the businessus-gaap:OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes profit before taxus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Income tax expense tax charged on the period's profitus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income the profit or loss that belongs to the company's shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss
Earnings per share, basic net income per share outstandingus-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic
Earnings per share, diluted net income per share, counting every share that could be issuedus-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average shares, basic the average count of shares outstandingus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Weighted average shares, diluted the average count with every share that could be issuedus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
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