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Meritage Homes (FRA:MEY) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 45.61 (As of Jun. 09, 2024)


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

As of today (2024-06-09), Meritage Homes's current share price is €161.00. Meritage Homes's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €3.53. Meritage Homes's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 45.61.

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

FRA:MEY' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 32.99   Med: 82.21   Max: 2146
Current: 43.38

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 82.21.

FRA:MEY's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
88% of 50 companies
in the Homebuilding & Construction industry
Industry Median: 15.765 vs FRA:MEY: 43.38

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 €1.893. 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 €3.53 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 44.98

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
=161.00/3.53
=45.61

* 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)
=1.893/131.7762*131.7762
=1.893

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Meritage Homes Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 -0.813 100.560 -1.065
201409 -1.183 100.428 -1.552
201412 0.271 99.070 0.360
201503 -0.942 99.621 -1.246
201506 -0.888 100.684 -1.162
201509 0.405 100.392 0.532
201512 1.003 99.792 1.324
201603 -1.818 100.470 -2.384
201606 -0.679 101.688 -0.880
201609 -0.887 101.861 -1.147
201612 0.900 101.863 1.164
201703 -1.922 102.862 -2.462
201706 -1.062 103.349 -1.354
201709 -0.947 104.136 -1.198
201712 1.668 104.011 2.113
201803 -0.467 105.290 -0.584
201806 -0.051 106.317 -0.063
201809 1.596 106.507 1.975
201812 3.970 105.998 4.935
201903 0.615 107.251 0.756
201906 1.689 108.070 2.060
201909 1.110 108.329 1.350
201912 3.999 108.420 4.860
202003 0.900 108.902 1.089
202006 4.386 108.767 5.314
202009 2.901 109.815 3.481
202012 3.251 109.897 3.898
202103 -0.415 111.754 -0.489
202106 -2.931 114.631 -3.369
202109 -2.494 115.734 -2.840
202112 2.065 117.630 2.313
202203 0.139 121.301 0.151
202206 -5.770 125.017 -6.082
202209 0.829 125.227 0.872
202212 14.484 125.222 15.242
202303 2.908 127.348 3.009
202306 5.440 128.729 5.569
202309 2.378 129.860 2.413
202312 -2.767 129.419 -2.817
202403 1.893 131.776 1.893

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  (FRA:MEY) 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.


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Meritage Homes (FRA:MEY) 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.

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