---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000833079-24-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTH"
cik: "0000833079"
company_name: "Meritage Homes CORP"
filed_at: "2024-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T14:22:23.310634+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Meritage Homes Q4 2023 EPS $5.38; orders surge 60% YoY to 2,892 units

## Summary
- Net earnings $198.9M ($5.38 diluted EPS) vs $262.4M ($7.09) a year ago, down 24%.
- Home closing revenue $1.64B, down 17% YoY; home closing gross margin 25.2% (adjusted 25.4%).
- Sales orders 2,892 units (+60% YoY); average absorption pace 3.6/month vs 2.2.
- Full-year 2023 diluted EPS $19.93 vs $26.74; net earnings $738.7M, down 26%.
- Cash $921.2M; debt-to-capital 17.9%; board authorized $185M remaining buyback capacity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000833079-24-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTH
- cik: 0000833079
- company_name: Meritage Homes CORP
- filed_at: 2024-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833079/000083307924000006/0000833079-24-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833079/000083307924000006/mth-20240131.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000833079-24-000006.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Meritage Homes CORP reported financial results for quarterly and annual period ended December 31, 2023.
  - Period: quarterly and annual period ended December 31, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On January 31, 2024, Meritage Homes Corporation announced in a press release information concerning its results for the quarterly and annual period ended December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833079/000083307924000006/0000833079-24-000006-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.