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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000833079-25-000135"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTH"
cik: "0000833079"
company_name: "Meritage Homes CORP"
filed_at: "2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T02:05:17.114909+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Meritage Q3 EPS $1.39 (-48% YoY), revenue $1.4B (-12%), guides Q4 EPS $1.51-1.70

## Summary
- Net earnings fell 49% to $99M, diluted EPS $1.39 vs $2.67; adjusted EPS $1.55.
- Home closing revenue $1.399B, down 12% YoY; home closing margin 19.1% (down 570 bps).
- Orders rose 4% to 3,636 units; community count up 20% to 334, a record high.
- Q4 guidance: home closing volume 3,800-4,000, revenue $1.46-1.54B, EPS $1.51-1.70.
- Returned $85M to shareholders via dividends and buybacks; $664M remaining in repurchase authorization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000833079-25-000135
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTH
- cik: 0000833079
- company_name: Meritage Homes CORP
- filed_at: 2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/833079/000083307925000135/0000833079-25-000135-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833079/000083307925000135/mth-20251028.htm

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