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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000833079-25-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTH"
cik: "0000833079"
company_name: "Meritage Homes CORP"
filed_at: "2025-01-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T07:42:56.799142+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Meritage Homes Q4 net earnings fall 13% to $172.6M; full year record closings of 15,611 homes

## Summary
- Q4 diluted EPS $4.72 vs $5.38; net earnings $172.6M, down 13% YoY.
- Full year home closing revenue $6.34B (+5%) with record 15,611 closings (+12%).
- Q4 home closing gross margin 23.2% (down 200bps YoY) and orders up 14% to 3,304.
- FY 2025 guidance: home closings 16,250-16,750 units, revenue $6.6-6.9B.
- Acquired Elliott Homes (~5,500 lots); net debt-to-capital 11.7%; stock split Jan 2, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000833079-25-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTH
- cik: 0000833079
- company_name: Meritage Homes CORP
- filed_at: 2025-01-29T23:59:59+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/833079/000083307925000009/0000833079-25-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833079/000083307925000009/mth-20250129.htm

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