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Meritage Homes MTH

US equityMarket cap rank #2265Residential Construction
$62.28 −$1.57 (-2.46%)
Market closed · Oct 5, 10:20 pm ET · Last extended-hours $62.28 0.00%
Open$63.55
Prev close$63.85
Day range$62.17 – $63.65
Volume1.05M
Market cap$4.06B
P/E (TTM)13.0
Dividend yield2.92%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership104.7%+0.01 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding470+0 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)29 buys / 19 sellsNet buying
Short interest7.02% of floatDays to cover 5.9 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share23.5%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

18%25%33%40%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$14.62M (2 inflow days, 18 outflow days).

The five largest holders on file together own 41.6% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock18.76%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC6.21%
  • FMR5.98%
  • State Street Global Advisors5.52%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC5.12%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors4.41%
  • Capital Research3.13%
  • Two Sigma Investments, LP2.82%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund85.13%
  • Hedge Fund9.99%
  • Public Company4.71%
  • Individual/Insider2.61%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund1.43%
  • Government Pension Fund1.34%
  • Private Company0.71%
  • REIT0.70%

Reported short interest has risen from 5.49% to 7.02% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 4,574,822 7.0% 5.9
31 Aug 2026 4,430,579 6.8% 8.3
14 Aug 2026 4,506,230 6.9% 5.9
31 Jul 2026 4,116,577 6.3% 4.4
15 Jul 2026 3,362,619 5.0% 3.9
30 Jun 2026 3,665,166 5.5% 3.2

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