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Meritage Homes (Meritage Homes) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 44.22 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Meritage Homes Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-29), Meritage Homes's current share price is $169.35. Meritage Homes's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $3.83. Meritage Homes's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 44.22.

The historical rank and industry rank for Meritage Homes's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

MTH' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 32.99   Med: 119.35   Max: 2146
Current: 44.19

During the past years, Meritage Homes's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 2146.00. The lowest was 32.99. And the median was 119.35.

MTH's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
87.5% of 48 companies
in the Homebuilding & Construction industry
Industry Median: 16.33 vs MTH: 44.19

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 adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $2.057. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $3.83 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Meritage Homes Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Meritage Homes's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Price-to-FCF Chart

Meritage Homes Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 351.16 1,462.35 47.10 54.44

Meritage Homes Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 50.51 47.40 36.40 54.44 45.75

Competitive Comparison of Meritage Homes's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

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.



Meritage Homes Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=169.35/3.83
=44.22

* 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's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Meritage Homes's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=2.057/129.4194*129.4194
=2.057

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

Meritage Homes Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 -1.105 100.560 -1.422
201409 -1.525 100.428 -1.965
201412 0.334 99.070 0.436
201503 -1.020 99.621 -1.325
201506 -0.996 100.684 -1.280
201509 0.455 100.392 0.587
201512 1.092 99.792 1.416
201603 -2.024 100.470 -2.607
201606 -0.763 101.688 -0.971
201609 -0.995 101.861 -1.264
201612 0.949 101.863 1.206
201703 -2.056 102.862 -2.587
201706 -1.194 103.349 -1.495
201709 -1.128 104.136 -1.402
201712 1.974 104.011 2.456
201803 -0.576 105.290 -0.708
201806 -0.060 106.317 -0.073
201809 1.862 106.507 2.263
201812 4.516 105.998 5.514
201903 0.695 107.251 0.839
201906 1.908 108.070 2.285
201909 1.222 108.329 1.460
201912 4.443 108.420 5.304
202003 0.994 108.902 1.181
202006 4.939 108.767 5.877
202009 3.416 109.815 4.026
202012 3.955 109.897 4.658
202103 -0.494 111.754 -0.572
202106 -3.531 114.631 -3.987
202109 -2.934 115.734 -3.281
202112 2.334 117.630 2.568
202203 0.154 121.301 0.164
202206 -6.099 125.017 -6.314
202209 0.821 125.227 0.848
202212 15.343 125.222 15.857
202303 3.113 127.348 3.164
202306 5.893 128.729 5.925
202309 2.538 129.860 2.529
202312 -3.017 129.419 -3.017
202403 2.057 129.419 2.057

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


Meritage Homes  (NYSE:MTH) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


Meritage Homes Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Related Terms

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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