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MTH (Meritage Homes) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share : $1.69 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Meritage Homes Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

Meritage Homes's adjusted free cash flow per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-0.663. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $1.69 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

During the past 12 months, Meritage Homes's average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was -13.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 246.90% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate of Meritage Homes was 246.90% per year. The lowest was -61.30% per year. And the median was -11.95% per year.

As of today (2025-05-13), Meritage Homes's current stock price is $71.07. Meritage Homes's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $1.69. Meritage Homes's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is 42.05.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of Meritage Homes was 1525.75. The lowest was 32.99. And the median was 52.66.


Meritage Homes Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Meritage Homes's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share 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 Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Chart

Meritage Homes Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.12 0.04 0.98 1.60 1.67

Meritage Homes Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 1.95 1.86 1.84 1.67 1.69

Competitive Comparison of Meritage Homes's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share

For the Residential Construction subindustry, Meritage Homes's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Homebuilding & Construction Industry

For the Homebuilding & Construction industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Meritage Homes's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Meritage Homes's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Meritage Homes Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

What is Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the free cash flow per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 free cash flow per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent free cash flow in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent free cash flow in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 free cash flow in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent free cash flow per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

For example, Meritage Homes's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare= Free Cash Flow per Share /CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=-0.663/134.9266*134.9266
=-0.663

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Meritage Homes Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 -0.498 100.684 -0.667
201509 0.227 100.392 0.305
201512 0.546 99.792 0.738
201603 -1.012 100.470 -1.359
201606 -0.381 101.688 -0.506
201609 -0.498 101.861 -0.660
201612 0.474 101.863 0.628
201703 -1.028 102.862 -1.348
201706 -0.597 103.349 -0.779
201709 -0.564 104.136 -0.731
201712 0.987 104.011 1.280
201803 -0.288 105.290 -0.369
201806 -0.030 106.317 -0.038
201809 0.931 106.507 1.179
201812 2.258 105.998 2.874
201903 0.348 107.251 0.438
201906 0.954 108.070 1.191
201909 0.611 108.329 0.761
201912 2.221 108.420 2.764
202003 0.497 108.902 0.616
202006 2.470 108.767 3.064
202009 1.708 109.815 2.099
202012 1.977 109.897 2.427
202103 -0.247 111.754 -0.298
202106 -1.765 114.631 -2.077
202109 -1.467 115.734 -1.710
202112 1.167 117.630 1.339
202203 0.077 121.301 0.086
202206 -3.050 125.017 -3.292
202209 0.411 125.227 0.443
202212 7.672 125.222 8.267
202303 1.557 127.348 1.650
202306 2.947 128.729 3.089
202309 1.269 129.860 1.319
202312 -1.509 129.419 -1.573
202403 1.029 131.776 1.054
202406 -1.700 132.554 -1.730
202409 -1.364 133.029 -1.383
202412 -1.464 133.157 -1.483
202503 -0.663 134.927 -0.663

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.


Meritage Homes  (NYSE:MTH) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share may underestimate the company's free cash flow. Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can seem to be too high even the actual Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, the free cash flow per share of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/FCF calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is also called CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Meritage Homes's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=71.07/1.69
=42.05

* 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.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of Meritage Homes was 1525.75. The lowest was 32.99. And the median was 52.66.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real free cash flow value.


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Meritage Homes Business Description

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Address
18655 North Claret Drive, Suite 400, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, 85255
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, comprising 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 offers title and escrow, mortgage, and insurance services. The company generates key revenue from the homebuilding segment.
Executives
Joseph Keough director 3715 NORTHSIDE PKWY NW, SUITE 4-600, ATLANTA GA 30327
Alison Sasser officer: SVP - Chief Accounting Officer 8800 E RAINTREE DRIVE, SUITE 300, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85260
Clinton Szubinski officer: EVP - Chief Operating Officer 8800 E RAINTREE DRIVE, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85260
Steven J Hilton officer: Chief Executive Officer 6613 N SCOTTSDALE RD, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85250
R. Odell Michael director 3111 WEST ALLEGHENY AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA PA 19130
Hilla Sferruzza officer: Chief Accounting Officer 8800 EAST RAINTREE DRIVE, SUITE 300, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85260
Louis E Caldera director C/O BELO CORP, PO BOX 655237, DALLAS TX 75265-5237
Peter L Ax director
Javier Feliciano officer: EVP Chief Human Resources Off 8800 EAST RAINTREE DRIVE, SUITE 300, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85260
Phillippe Lord officer: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT 8800 EAST RAINTREE DRIVE, SUITE 300, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85260
Dennis V Arriola director 162 CANCO ROAD, PORTLAND ME 04103
Gerald W Haddock director C/O ENSCO, 5847 SAN FELIPE, HOUSTON TX 77057
Raymond Oppel director
Malissia Clinton officer: EVP - Gen. Counsel, Secretary 333 THREE D SYSTEMS CIRCLE, ROCK HILL SC 29730
C Timothy White officer: EVP - Gen. Counsel, Secretary