Meritage Homes Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 9 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Meritage Homes stock have an average target of 82.78, with a low estimate of 69 and a high estimate of 101. The average target predicts an increase of 14.71% from the current stock price of 72.17.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$69	$82.78	$82	$101
Change	-4.39%	+14.71%	+13.63%	+39.96%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Meritage Homes stock from 9 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26
Strong Buy	3	3	3	1	1	2
Buy	0	0	0	1	1	1
Hold	6	6	5	6	6	6
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	9	9	8	8	8	9

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Jonathan Bettenhausen Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Strong Buy Initiates $90	Strong Buy	Initiates	$90	+24.71%	Mar 4, 2026
Jade Rahmani Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold Maintains $78 → $76	Hold	Maintains	$78 → $76	+5.31%	Feb 3, 2026
John Lovallo UBS	UBS	Strong Buy Maintains $104 → $101	Strong Buy	Maintains	$104 → $101	+39.96%	Jan 23, 2026
Rafe Jadrosich B of A Securities	B of A Securities	Strong Buy → Hold Downgrades $75 → $82	Strong Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$75 → $82	+13.63%	Jan 16, 2026
James McCanless Citizens	Citizens	Buy Initiates $90	Buy	Initiates	$90	+24.71%	Jan 7, 2026

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

5.84B

from 5.86B

-0.30%

from 5.86B

Revenue Next Year

6.42B

from 5.84B

9.90%

from 5.84B

EPS This Year

6.00

from 6.35

-5.56%

from 6.35

EPS Next Year

7.46

from 6.00

24.41%

from 6.00

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	5.14B	6.29B	6.14B	6.40B	5.86B	5.84B	6.42B
Revenue Growth	14.22%	22.39%	-2.45%	4.18%	-8.40%	-0.30%	9.90%
EPS	9.65	13.37	9.96	10.72	6.35	6.00	7.46
EPS Growth	75.36%	38.62%	-25.51%	7.63%	-40.77%	-5.56%	24.41%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	12.03	9.67
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	12	11

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	6.2B	7.2B
Avg	5.8B	6.4B
Low	5.6B	5.8B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	5.4%	23.3%
Avg	-0.3%	9.9%
Low	-4.9%	-0.5%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	7.28	8.31
Avg	6.00	7.46
Low	5.27	5.56

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	14.6%	38.5%
Avg	-5.6%	24.4%
Low	-17.0%	-7.3%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.