MTH Meritage Homes CORP

Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?

Bought back stock in 3/4 quarters. Q2 2026: $45M, Q1 2026: $45M, Q3 2025: $30M, Q2 2025: $0M

Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?

Latest quarter $45M vs trailing avg $25M (+80%)

What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30%+. Bear: negative FCF or no buybacks.

Buyback $120M / FCF $178M = 67% of FCF

How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.

Missing shares repurchased or outstanding data

Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?

No insider open-market purchases in the last 12 months

Are both company buybacks and insider buying independently active? Bull when the company is buying back stock in 2+ quarters and insiders have made 2+ open-market purchases.

Need both buyback and insider purchase data

Over the last 90 days, are insiders net buyers or net sellers on the open market?

Insiders bought $0M, sold $5M in the last 90 days (net selling)

Active buyback + insiders net selling 3x+ more than buying. Company cash may be supporting price while insiders exit.

Company buying back stock while insiders sold 5576935.6x more than bought. 4 C-suite officers among sellers

• Sasser Alison (SVP - Chief Accounting Officer) sold 1,273 shares on 2026-05-12
• Feliciano Javier (EVP Chief People Officer) sold 2,910 shares on 2026-02-23
• Feliciano Javier (EVP Chief People Officer) sold 555 shares on 2026-02-23
• Feliciano Javier (EVP Chief People Officer) sold 115 shares on 2026-02-23
• Sferruzza Hilla (EVP- Chief Financial Officer) sold 5,110 shares on 2026-02-23
• Sferruzza Hilla (EVP- Chief Financial Officer) sold 5,618 shares on 2026-02-23
• Sferruzza Hilla (EVP- Chief Financial Officer) sold 200 shares on 2026-02-23
• Sasser Alison (SVP - Chief Accounting Officer) sold 151 shares on 2026-02-24
• Lord Phillippe (Chief Executive Officer) sold 6,688 shares on 2026-02-23
• Lord Phillippe (Chief Executive Officer) sold 25,963 shares on 2026-02-23