secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Meritage Homes CORP (MTH)
CIK:        0000833079
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-29T20:30:37+00:00
Accession:  0000833079-26-000125
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833079/000083307926000125/0000833079-26-000125-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833079/000083307926000125/mth-20260729.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000833079-26-000125

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