Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Meritage Homes Corp shares valued at $154,000 were purchased by ARRIOLA DENNIS V on Jul 25 ’25. At $70.00 per share, ARRIOLA DENNIS V acquired 2,200 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 9,512 shares worth approximately $0.64 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, ARRIOLA DENNIS V purchased 20 shares, netting a total of over 1,544 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $77.21 each, the insider now holds 7,220 shares.
Before that, Keough Joseph had added 4,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $264,640, the Director bought Meritage Homes Corp shares for $66.16 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 4,000 shares, worth approximately $2.81 million.
As published in their initiating research note from BofA Securities on May 05, 2025, Meritage Homes Corp [MTH] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $82. Analysts at Seaport Research Partners upgraded the stock from ‘”a Sell”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in early March. As of December 13, 2024, JP Morgan has decreased its “an Overweight” rating to a “Neutral” for MTH. Earlier on November 07, 2024, Raymond James downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Mkt perform” for MTH stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.
Analyzing MTH Stock Performance
On last trading session, Meritage Homes Corp [NYSE: MTH] plunged -0.93% to $67.34. The stock’s lowest price that day was $67.035, but it reached a high of $68.49 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -5.22%. Over the course of the year, Meritage Homes Corp shares have dropped approximately -33.35%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $84.50 on 01/27/25 and a 52-week low of $59.27 on 04/09/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Meritage Homes Corp (MTH)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 66.71, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 66.09. In the upper region, resistance lies at 68.23. The next price resistance is at 69.13. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 43.89 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Meritage Homes Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Meritage Homes Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by -0.23 million shares to 2.92 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 3.15 million shares. A decline of -7.83% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.78 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.78.
Which companies own the most shares of Meritage Homes Corp (MTH)?
In terms of Meritage Homes Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 88.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 30.2% from the previous closing price of $67.97. Analysts anticipate Meritage Homes Corp stock to reach 107 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 70. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked Meritage Homes Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On October 31, 2024, Goldman assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $235.
