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$19.89 0.09 (0.45%)
5/16/2008 4:00 PM

Meritage Homes Corp (MTH)

CAPS Rating:
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The Company is a designer & builder of single-family attached & detached homes in southern & western US. It offers a variety of homes that are designed to appeal to a range of homebuyers, including first-time, move-up, luxury & active adult buyers.

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657 Outperforms
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Residential Construction (27), Micro Cap (4824)
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Meritage Homes Corp At A Glance

Current Price: $19.89
Last Trade Time: 5/16/2008 4:00 PM
Open: $20.18
Previous Close: $19.80
Daily Range: $19.32 - $20.39
52-Week Range: $7.04 - $37.34
Volume: 808,588
Market Cap: $607.58M
P/E Ratio: 14.67
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Meritage Homes Corp (MTH)

Avatar StocksForCash (87.56) Submitted: 2/13/08 9:41 AM

Okay ... so I tried a swing short on some of the homies that had popped up a few weeks ago. Most of them worked out for minor gains and a few lost. Now, with the rate cuts, Fed. stimulus, gas going down and whatever else, ... changed my thinking that now is the time to be accumulating home builder...More

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Meritage Homes Corp (MTH)

Avatar TDRH (100.00) Submitted: 3/11/08 6:02 PM

May pay the price after the next fed meeting on the 18th, but investors have to realize soon that the fed rate and the 30 year fixed mortgage are decoupled. (Bent's blog) Dropping the fed rate will not help borrowers facing foreclosure and will not offset the higher lending standards.

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Avatar Troy2008 (95.60) Submitted: 5/13/08 1:52 AM : Underperform Start Price: $21.95 MTH Score: 11.77

This is about the worst Home builder out there. nuff said? short it.

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Avatar hescee (89.39) Submitted: 5/09/08 2:02 PM : Underperform Start Price: $19.08 MTH Score: -1.50

up to 13

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Avatar saunafool (99.70) Submitted: 5/09/08 2:40 AM : Underperform Start Price: $16.85 MTH Score: -14.96

Housing is still toast, read floridabuilders blog.

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Avatar pytheian (98.05) Submitted: 5/08/08 4:01 PM : Underperform Start Price: $20.73 MTH Score: 6.08

CFO: "our first quarter 2008 home closing revenue declined 35% year-over-year, on 26% fewer homes closed and a 13% reduction in average closing price".

Has a long road ahead of it of just staying solvent and managing the balance sheet. Selling a product whose market supply is overwhelming; little scope for appreciation of inventory. Improving the situation (paying down debt) doesn't mean you're in a good one. Best management can't make a bad business (for the forseeable future) a good investment. Won't call a bottom but pretty sure we're not close to it yet.

Keep selling.

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Avatar Haugurafpeningum (90.32) Submitted: 5/04/08 2:01 PM : Outperform Start Price: $19.93 MTH Score: -1.34

FHT

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TrackJMP < 20 03/25/08 Outperform NS $19.21+3.54%+5.78%-2.24
TrackBrandes < 20 09/30/07 Outperform NS $14.12+40.86%-6.50%+47.37 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies
TrackBillMiller < 20 09/30/07 Outperform NS $14.12+40.86%-6.50%+47.37 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies
TrackSusquehanna < 20 02/09/07 Outperform NS $43.85-54.64%-1.65%-52.99

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