Designs and builds single-family homes in the United States. Acquires and develops land for residential construction. Now — the numbers.
The biggest line carries real weight, but it doesn’t decide everything on its own.
This is an established company with proven profits.
The gap is $1.1B. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
The market pays 9.5× for every dollar of annual profit — cheap, which is either an opportunity or a warning.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 81% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 35% above today's price.
Buys and sells are dead even — no clear signal either way.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Profit indicators sit around the sector average.
A solid grade overall — yet the debt outweighs the cash. The strength here comes from earnings power.
The price looks reasonable next to what the company earns.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Price Momentum: The stock has lagged the market in recent months; investor interest is weak right now.
Growth: Sales growth trails the sector average.
The stock trades 40% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
It pays out $1.82 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
Buyers haven’t stepped back in yet; the price hasn’t found its footing. Report-card grade: 45/100. For a turnaround signal, the stock first needs to close the gap with the market.
The growth engine is running at low revs right now. Report-card grade: 46/100.
On our five-subject report card, MTH sits in the middle of the class: some subjects shine, others don’t. The grade moves as the numbers move.
The takeaway: MTH is an established business that has proven its profits for years. The real debate here isn’t the price — it’s whether the company can keep up this pace.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.