---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000833079-26-000125"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTH"
cik: "0000833079"
company_name: "Meritage Homes CORP"
filed_at: "2026-07-29T20:30:37+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-29T20:32:24.263681+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Meritage Homes Q2 2026 net earnings down 38% YoY; home closing revenue falls 14%

## Summary
- Net earnings $90.6M ($1.37 diluted EPS) vs $146.9M ($2.04) in Q2 2025, down 38%.
- Home closing revenue $1.39B, down 14% YoY; closings 3,725 units (-11%).
- Home closing gross margin 18.3% vs 21.1% YoY, down 280 bps; adjusted margin 18.6%.
- Orders 3,575 units (-9% YoY); average community count up 14% but absorption pace down 19%.
- Full year 2026 guidance: home closing volume and revenue expected around 5% below 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000833079-26-000125
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTH
- cik: 0000833079
- company_name: Meritage Homes CORP
- filed_at: 2026-07-29T20:30:37+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/833079/000083307926000125/0000833079-26-000125-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833079/000083307926000125/mth-20260729.htm

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