Meritage Homes Corporation

MTH stock score: 46/100

$60.23 · +3.17% · Scored Oct 20, 2026

Technical
40
Fundamental
52
News
45

The reading

Meritage Homes (MTH) scores 46 out of 100, which reads weak, higher than 29% of Consumer Cyclical stocks and 33% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 40, fundamentals 52.

Among the fundamentals, Current Ratio at 100 and Fund Ownership at 100 score highest, while Earnings Growth (Quarterly) at 4 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 27 and contrarian oscillators 61 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is neutral at 45; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 44 to 71, and it is down 9 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward MTH’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

52

Pulling it up

  • Current Ratio100

    Current ratio measures ability to pay short-term liabilities with current assets.

  • Fund Ownership100

    Fund ownership tracks institutional investor holdings and changes.

  • Institutional Ownership100

    Institutional ownership measures the percentage held by professional investors.

Holding it back

  • Earnings Growth (Quarterly)4

    Quarterly earnings growth measures profit increase versus the prior-year quarter.

  • Earnings Growth (Annual)4

    Annual earnings growth tracks year-over-year profit expansion.

  • Earnings Growth (5-Year)16

    5-year earnings growth evaluates long-term profit trajectory and consistency.

40 weighted scorers; 1 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

30

Pulling it up

  • Money Flow Index (14)88

    Money Flow Index (14-period) is a volume-weighted RSI that identifies overbought and oversold conditions.

  • MACD (12)85

    Moving Average Convergence Divergence tracks the relationship between two exponential moving averages.

  • Bollinger Bands (50)79

    Bollinger Bands (50-period) measure where price sits between bands two standard deviations around its 50-period average.

Holding it back

  • Ichimoku Cloud0

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)0

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • SMA 1002

    Simple Moving Average (100-period) provides a longer-term perspective on price trends.

61 weighted scorers; 4 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
45

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly581
Daily303
Weekly282
Monthly452
Quarterly542

Composite score, last 90 days

05010046Jul 25, 2026Oct 20, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 55Jul 26, 2026: 55Jul 27, 2026: 71Jul 28, 2026: 71Jul 29, 2026: 69Jul 30, 2026: 70Jul 31, 2026: 65Aug 2, 2026: 54Aug 3, 2026: 56Aug 5, 2026: 57Aug 6, 2026: 55Aug 7, 2026: 57Aug 8, 2026: 57Aug 9, 2026: 57Aug 10, 2026: 54Aug 11, 2026: 56Aug 12, 2026: 57Aug 13, 2026: 57Aug 14, 2026: 56Aug 15, 2026: 55Aug 16, 2026: 56Aug 17, 2026: 53Aug 18, 2026: 55Aug 19, 2026: 58Aug 20, 2026: 54Aug 22, 2026: 52Aug 23, 2026: 52Aug 24, 2026: 54Aug 25, 2026: 55Aug 26, 2026: 54Aug 27, 2026: 50Aug 28, 2026: 50Aug 29, 2026: 51Aug 30, 2026: 51Aug 31, 2026: 48Sep 1, 2026: 48Sep 2, 2026: 48Sep 3, 2026: 47Sep 4, 2026: 48Sep 5, 2026: 48Sep 6, 2026: 48Sep 7, 2026: 48Sep 8, 2026: 46Sep 9, 2026: 45Sep 10, 2026: 44Sep 11, 2026: 46Sep 12, 2026: 46Sep 13, 2026: 46Sep 14, 2026: 47Sep 15, 2026: 48Sep 16, 2026: 46Sep 17, 2026: 47Sep 18, 2026: 45Sep 19, 2026: 46Sep 20, 2026: 46Sep 21, 2026: 47Sep 22, 2026: 49Sep 23, 2026: 48Sep 24, 2026: 48Sep 25, 2026: 48Sep 26, 2026: 48Sep 27, 2026: 48Sep 28, 2026: 48Sep 29, 2026: 47Sep 30, 2026: 46Oct 1, 2026: 47Oct 2, 2026: 48Oct 3, 2026: 48Oct 4, 2026: 48Oct 5, 2026: 46Oct 6, 2026: 47Oct 7, 2026: 45Oct 8, 2026: 45Oct 9, 2026: 45Oct 10, 2026: 45Oct 11, 2026: 45Oct 12, 2026: 44Oct 13, 2026: 45Oct 14, 2026: 45Oct 15, 2026: 46Oct 16, 2026: 46Oct 17, 2026: 46Oct 18, 2026: 46Oct 19, 2026: 45Oct 20, 2026: 46
Show the daily numbers
DateComposite
Oct 20, 202646
Oct 19, 202645
Oct 18, 202646
Oct 17, 202646
Oct 16, 202646
Oct 15, 202646
Oct 14, 202645
Oct 13, 202645
Oct 12, 202644
Oct 11, 202645
Oct 10, 202645
Oct 9, 202645
Oct 8, 202645
Oct 7, 202645
Oct 6, 202647
Oct 5, 202646
Oct 4, 202648
Oct 3, 202648
Oct 2, 202648
Oct 1, 202647
Sep 30, 202646
Sep 29, 202647
Sep 28, 202648
Sep 27, 202648
Sep 26, 202648
Sep 25, 202648
Sep 24, 202648
Sep 23, 202648
Sep 22, 202649
Sep 21, 202647
Sep 20, 202646
Sep 19, 202646
Sep 18, 202645
Sep 17, 202647
Sep 16, 202646
Sep 15, 202648
Sep 14, 202647
Sep 13, 202646
Sep 12, 202646
Sep 11, 202646
Sep 10, 202644
Sep 9, 202645
Sep 8, 202646
Sep 7, 202648
Sep 6, 202648
Sep 5, 202648
Sep 4, 202648
Sep 3, 202647
Sep 2, 202648
Sep 1, 202648
Aug 31, 202648
Aug 30, 202651
Aug 29, 202651
Aug 28, 202650
Aug 27, 202650
Aug 26, 202654
Aug 25, 202655
Aug 24, 202654
Aug 23, 202652
Aug 22, 202652
Aug 20, 202654
Aug 19, 202658
Aug 18, 202655
Aug 17, 202653
Aug 16, 202656
Aug 15, 202655
Aug 14, 202656
Aug 13, 202657
Aug 12, 202657
Aug 11, 202656
Aug 10, 202654
Aug 9, 202657
Aug 8, 202657
Aug 7, 202657
Aug 6, 202655
Aug 5, 202657
Aug 3, 202656
Aug 2, 202654
Jul 31, 202665
Jul 30, 202670
Jul 29, 202669
Jul 28, 202671
Jul 27, 202671
Jul 26, 202655
Jul 25, 202655

Key facts

Market cap
$3.9B
Sector
Consumer Cyclical
Industry
Residential Construction
Beta
1.34
Risk grade (1–10)
1
Next earnings
Oct 28, 2026

Residential Construction peers

CompanyMarket capScore
IBP Installed Building Products$5.0B52
SKY Champion Homes$4.1B53
CVCO Cavco Industries$4.0B54
MHO M/I Homes$3.1B52
GRBK Green Brick Partners$2.7B55
KBH KB Home$2.6B44

Questions

What is MTH's stock score today?

MTH scores 46/100 (Weak) as of Oct 20, 2026: technical 40, fundamental 52, and news sentiment 45, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is MTH a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 46 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean weak today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the MTH score calculated?

101 weighted scorers feed it today: 40 fundamental, scored against Consumer Cyclical ranges, and 61 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.