---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000833079-22-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTH"
cik: "0000833079"
company_name: "Meritage Homes CORP"
filed_at: "2022-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T15:40:30.900256+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Meritage Homes Q4 diluted EPS $6.25, up 57% YoY; guides FY2022 EPS $23.15-$24.65

## Summary
- Q4 diluted EPS $6.25 vs $3.97 YoY; net earnings $237.5M; home closing revenue $1.5B (+6% YoY).
- Home closing gross margin improved 500 bps to 29.0% in Q4; full year 2021 margin 27.8% vs 22.0%.
- Year-end community count 259 (+33% YoY); backlog 5,679 homes valued at $2.5B (+39% YoY).
- FY2022 guidance: 14,500-15,500 closings, home closing revenue $6.1-$6.5B, diluted EPS $23.15-$24.65.
- Net debt-to-capital 15.1%; $618M cash; repurchased $61M of shares in FY2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000833079-22-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTH
- cik: 0000833079
- company_name: Meritage Homes CORP
- filed_at: 2022-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833079/000083307922000006/0000833079-22-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833079/000083307922000006/mth-20220126.htm

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