Meritage Homes (Meritage Homes) Cash And Cash Equivalents

: $921 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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Meritage Homes's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Jun. 2023 ($1,163.24 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($1,048.76 Mil) but then stayed the same from Sep. 2023 ($1,048.76 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($921.23 Mil).

Meritage Homes's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2021 ($618.34 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($861.56 Mil) and increased from Dec. 2022 ($861.56 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($921.23 Mil).

Meritage Homes Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Meritage Homes's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Meritage Homes Annual Data

Trend

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Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Cash And Cash Equivalents

319.47

745.62

618.34

861.56

921.23

Meritage Homes Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Cash And Cash Equivalents																861.56	957.21	1,163.24	1,048.76	921.23

Meritage Homes Cash And Cash Equivalents Calculation

Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.

Meritage Homes (NYSE:MTH) Cash And Cash Equivalents Explanation

A high number means either:

1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash

2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)

A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.

There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.

1) Sell new bonds or equity to public

2) Sell business or asset

3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)

When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.

Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.

Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.

Be Aware

Depreciation estimates make the calculation of net income susceptible to management's accounting choices. These choices can be either overly aggressive or overly conservative.

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Meritage Homes (Meritage Homes) Business Description

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Address

8800 East Raintree Drive, Suite 300, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, 85260

Website

https://www.meritagehomes.com

Meritage Homes Corp is engaged as a designer and builder of single-family attached and detached homes. It has operations in three regions: West, Central, and East, which are comprised of ten states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah. The company operates with two principal business segments; homebuilding and financial services. The homebuilding segments are engaged in the business of acquiring and developing land, constructing homes, marketing and selling those homes and providing warranty and customer services and the financial services segment offer title and escrow, mortgage, and insurance services. The company generates key revenue from the homebuilding segment.

Executives

Phillippe Lord	officer: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT	8800 EAST RAINTREE DRIVE, SUITE 300, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85260
Peter L Ax	director
Alison Sasser	officer: SVP - Chief Accounting Officer	8800 E RAINTREE DRIVE, SUITE 300, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85260
Hilla Sferruzza	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	8800 EAST RAINTREE DRIVE, SUITE 300, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85260
Javier Feliciano	officer: EVP Chief Human Resources Off	8800 EAST RAINTREE DRIVE, SUITE 300, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85260
Dennis V Arriola	director	162 CANCO ROAD, PORTLAND ME 04103
R. Odell Michael	director	3111 WEST ALLEGHENY AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA PA 19130
Gerald W Haddock	director	C/O ENSCO, 5847 SAN FELIPE, HOUSTON TX 77057
Raymond Oppel	director
Steven J Hilton	officer: Chief Executive Officer	6613 N SCOTTSDALE RD, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85250
Clinton Szubinski	officer: EVP - Chief Operating Officer	8800 E RAINTREE DRIVE, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85260
Malissia Clinton	officer: EVP - Gen. Counsel, Secretary	333 THREE D SYSTEMS CIRCLE, ROCK HILL SC 29730
Louis E Caldera	director	C/O BELO CORP, PO BOX 655237, DALLAS TX 75265-5237
C Timothy White	officer: EVP - Gen. Counsel, Secretary
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