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Meritage Homes (Meritage Homes) ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 25.19% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Joel Greenblatt defined Return on Capital differently in his book The Little Book That Still Beats the Market (Little Books. Big Profits). He defines ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % as EBIT divided by the total of Property, Plant and Equipment and net working capital. Meritage Homes's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 25.19%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Meritage Homes's ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

MTH' s ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.45   Med: 18.57   Max: 43.16
Current: 23.95

During the past 13 years, Meritage Homes's highest ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % was 43.16%. The lowest was 10.45%. And the median was 18.57%.

MTH's ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
66.36% of 107 companies
in the Homebuilding & Construction industry
Industry Median: 12.37 vs MTH: 23.95

Meritage Homes's 5-Year average Growth Rate of ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % was 14.20% per year.


Meritage Homes ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Meritage Homes's ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Meritage Homes Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 24.05 43.16 33.22 35.92 23.44

Meritage Homes Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 33.36 17.11 24.77 29.13 25.19

Competitive Comparison

For the Residential Construction subindustry, Meritage Homes's ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Meritage Homes ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Homebuilding & Construction industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Meritage Homes's ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Meritage Homes's ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Meritage Homes ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

Joel Greenblatt defined Return on Capital differently in his book The Little Book That Still Beats the Market (Little Books. Big Profits) . He defines Return on Capital as follows:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)

EBIT stands for Earnings Before Interest and Taxes.

Fixed Assets are also known as non-current assets. They include the Property, Plant and Equipment that the firm needs in its operation.

GuruFocus calculates net working capital as: (Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Deferred Revenue + Other Current Liabilities). We're trying to account for OPERATING assets and liabilities (part of daily business) when calculating working capital. Cash and marketable securities are considered NON-OPERATING assets and are not included in calculation. We will also back out all interest bearing debt, short term debt and the portion of long term debt that is due in the current period from the current liabilities. This debt will be considered when computing cost of capital and it would be inappropriate to count it twice.

Working Capital(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(0 + 4501.358 + 93.501) - (615.79 + 48.133 + 0)
=3930.936

Working Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(0 + 4721.291 + 111.364) - (605.014 + 36.605 + 0)
=4191.036

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

So ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % of Meritage Homes for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 can be restated as:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)
=EBIT/Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment+Net Working Capital)
     Q: Sep. 2023  Q: Dec. 2023
=EBIT/( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) + (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )/ count )
=1035.476/( ( (50.822 + max(3930.936, 0)) + (48.953 + max(4191.036, 0)) )/ 2 )
=1035.476/( ( 3981.758 + 4239.989 )/ 2 )
=1035.476/4110.8735
=25.19 %

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBIT data.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Meritage Homes  (NYSE:MTH) ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

The way Joel Greenblatt defines Return on Capital is a more accurate measure of how efficiently the company generates returns onthe capital actually invested in the business. EBIT is used instead of net income because the tax and interest payment may be affected by factors other than the core business operation. Intangible assets are not included in the calculation because they don't need to be replaced.

Joel Greenblatt uses his definition of Return on Capital and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % to rank companies.


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Meritage Homes (Meritage Homes) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
8800 East Raintree Drive, Suite 300, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, 85260
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
Dana Bradford director BALLANTYNE OF OMAHA INC, 4350 MCKINLEY STREET, OMAHA NE 68112