Meritage Homes Corp’s recent filing unveils that its Director ARRIOLA DENNIS V acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.15 million on Jul 25 ’25. In the deal valued at $70.00 per share,2,200 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, ARRIOLA DENNIS V now holds 9,512 shares worth roughly $0.69 million.
Then, ARRIOLA DENNIS V bought 20 shares, generating $1,544 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $77.21, the Director now owns 7,220 shares.
Before that, Keough Joseph bought 4,000 shares. Meritage Homes Corp shares valued at $264,640 were divested by the Director at a price of $66.16 per share. As a result of the transaction, Keough Joseph now holds 41,700 shares, worth roughly $3.03 million.
BofA Securities initiated its Meritage Homes Corp [MTH] rating to a Buy in a research note published on May 05, 2025; the price target was $82. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Seaport Research Partners’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in early March from “a Sell” to “a Neutral”. JP Morgan also remained covering MTH and has decreased its forecast on December 13, 2024 with a “Neutral” recommendation from previously “an Overweight” rating. Raymond James revised its rating on November 07, 2024. It rated MTH as “a Mkt perform” which previously was an “an Outperform”.
Price Performance Review of MTH
On Monday, Meritage Homes Corp [NYSE:MTH] saw its stock jump 2.01% to $72.56. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 3.11%. Meritage Homes Corp shares have fallen nearly -28.47% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -5.66% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Meritage Homes Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Meritage Homes Corp stocks on 2025-07-15, dropping by -0.23 million shares to a total of 2.92 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 3.15 million shares. There was a decline of -7.83%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
