Meritage Begin Period Cash Flow vs Free Cash Flow Analysis

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Meritage financial indicator trend analysis is infinitely more than just investigating Meritage recent accounting drivers to predict future trends. We encourage investors to analyze account correlations over time for multiple indicators to determine whether Meritage is a good investment. Please check the relationship between Meritage Begin Period Cash Flow and its Free Cash Flow accounts. Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Meritage. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in estimate.

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Begin Period Cash Flow vs Free Cash Flow

Begin Period Cash Flow vs Free Cash Flow Correlation Analysis

The overlapping area represents the amount of trend that can be explained by analyzing historical patterns of Meritage Begin Period Cash Flow account and Free Cash Flow. At this time, the significance of the direction appears to have fragmental relationship.

The correlation between Meritage's Begin Period Cash Flow and Free Cash Flow is 0.43. Overlapping area represents the amount of variation of Begin Period Cash Flow that can explain the historical movement of Free Cash Flow in the same time period over historical financial statements of Meritage, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical values of Meritage's Begin Period Cash Flow and Free Cash Flow is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these accounts tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which Begin Period Cash Flow of Meritage are associated (or correlated) with its Free Cash Flow. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when Free Cash Flow has no effect on the direction of Begin Period Cash Flow i.e., Meritage's Begin Period Cash Flow and Free Cash Flow go up and down completely randomly.

Correlation Coefficient

0.43

Relationship Direction	Positive
Relationship Strength	Weak

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Begin Period Cash Flow

The amount of cash a company has at the beginning of a financial reporting period. It serves as the starting point for calculating the period's cash flow from operations, investing, and financing activities.

Free Cash Flow

The amount of cash a company generates after accounting for cash outflows to support operations and maintain its capital assets.

Most indicators from Meritage's fundamental ratios are interrelated and interconnected. However, analyzing fundamental ratios indicators one by one will only give a small insight into Meritage current financial condition. On the other hand, looking into the entire matrix of fundamental ratios indicators, and analyzing their relationships over time can provide a more complete picture of the company financial strength now and in the future. Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Meritage. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in estimate.

For more detail on how to invest in Meritage Stock please use our How to Invest in Meritage guide.As of now, Meritage's Sales General And Administrative To Revenue is decreasing as compared to previous years. The Meritage's current Enterprise Value is estimated to increase to about 3.2 B, while Selling General Administrative is projected to decrease to under 139.5 M.

	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Gross Profit	1.4B	1.8B	1.5B	1.6B
Total Revenue	5.1B	6.3B	6.1B	6.4B

Gross Profit Total Revenue

Meritage fundamental ratios Correlations

	Total Assets	Short Long Term Debt Total	Total Stockholder Equity	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Non Current Assets Total	Non Currrent Assets Other	Common Stock Shares Outstanding	Non Current Liabilities Total	Other Stockholder Equity	Total Liab	Other Current Liab	Short Term Debt	Cash	Other Assets	Cash And Short Term Investments	Total Current Assets	Intangible Assets	Total Current Liabilities	Property Plant And Equipment Net	Accounts Payable	Net Receivables	Common Stock Total Equity	Property Plant And Equipment Gross	Common Stock	Other Liab
Total Assets		0.22	0.99	-0.36	0.97	-0.03	-0.02	0.32	0.45	-0.06	0.61	0.72	-0.33	0.92	0.89	0.9	0.94	0.59	0.98	-0.31	0.95	0.97	0.37	0.83	0.31	0.56
Short Long Term Debt Total	0.22		0.1	0.56	0.04	-0.15	-0.09	0.71	0.77	0.72	0.68	0.23	0.42	0.05	-0.08	0.01	0.24	0.62	0.25	-0.3	0.16	0.07	0.57	-0.09	0.58	0.56
Total Stockholder Equity	0.99	0.1		-0.48	1.0	-0.01	-0.01	0.2	0.32	-0.2	0.51	0.7	-0.37	0.94	0.93	0.93	0.92	0.51	0.96	-0.27	0.94	0.99	0.28	0.87	0.21	0.48
Net Debt	-0.36	0.56	-0.48		-0.55	-0.02	0.03	0.59	0.56	0.86	0.31	-0.34	0.36	-0.64	-0.7	-0.66	-0.33	0.31	-0.34	-0.14	-0.39	-0.49	0.37	-0.57	0.44	0.31
Retained Earnings	0.97	0.04	1.0	-0.55		-0.01	-0.02	0.11	0.25	-0.28	0.45	0.69	-0.4	0.95	0.95	0.94	0.91	0.44	0.94	-0.24	0.93	0.99	0.21	0.9	0.14	0.44
Non Current Assets Total	-0.03	-0.15	-0.01	-0.02	-0.01		0.96	-0.05	-0.14	-0.01	-0.12	-0.06	-0.19	-0.06	-0.17	-0.05	-0.37	0.03	-0.02	0.18	-0.04	-0.03	0.03	-0.06	0.04	-0.24
Non Currrent Assets Other	-0.02	-0.09	-0.01	0.03	-0.02	0.96		-0.04	-0.06	0.04	-0.05	-0.06	-0.17	-0.08	-0.18	-0.09	-0.35	0.12	-0.01	-0.06	-0.01	-0.03	-0.05	-0.04	-0.05	-0.16
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	0.32	0.71	0.2	0.59	0.11	-0.05	-0.04		0.84	0.87	0.76	0.38	0.3	0.12	-0.02	0.11	0.3	0.61	0.37	-0.19	0.28	0.15	0.92	-0.17	0.94	0.5
Non Current Liabilities Total	0.45	0.77	0.32	0.56	0.25	-0.14	-0.06	0.84		0.72	0.95	0.46	0.06	0.22	0.1	0.18	0.44	0.78	0.5	-0.36	0.38	0.27	0.71	0.1	0.7	0.72
Other Stockholder Equity	-0.06	0.72	-0.2	0.86	-0.28	-0.01	0.04	0.87	0.72		0.54	-0.03	0.41	-0.3	-0.42	-0.33	-0.06	0.53	0.0	-0.23	-0.09	-0.23	0.69	-0.48	0.74	0.43
Total Liab	0.61	0.68	0.51	0.31	0.45	-0.12	-0.05	0.76	0.95	0.54		0.67	-0.06	0.44	0.34	0.41	0.59	0.8	0.68	-0.37	0.56	0.46	0.68	0.3	0.65	0.72
Other Current Liab	0.72	0.23	0.7	-0.34	0.69	-0.06	-0.06	0.38	0.46	-0.03	0.67		-0.15	0.76	0.71	0.75	0.67	0.49	0.79	-0.21	0.7	0.65	0.43	0.61	0.38	0.23
Short Term Debt	-0.33	0.42	-0.37	0.36	-0.4	-0.19	-0.17	0.3	0.06	0.41	-0.06	-0.15		-0.35	-0.39	-0.37	-0.24	-0.07	-0.31	-0.12	-0.44	-0.34	0.17	-0.43	0.2	0.03
Cash	0.92	0.05	0.94	-0.64	0.95	-0.06	-0.08	0.12	0.22	-0.3	0.44	0.76	-0.35		0.96	0.99	0.88	0.37	0.92	-0.18	0.89	0.92	0.24	0.8	0.17	0.32
Other Assets	0.89	-0.08	0.93	-0.7	0.95	-0.17	-0.18	-0.02	0.1	-0.42	0.34	0.71	-0.39	0.96		0.95	0.89	0.31	0.88	-0.18	0.87	0.93	0.1	0.89	0.03	0.34
Cash And Short Term Investments	0.9	0.01	0.93	-0.66	0.94	-0.05	-0.09	0.11	0.18	-0.33	0.41	0.75	-0.37	0.99	0.95		0.85	0.32	0.89	-0.07	0.86	0.9	0.26	0.78	0.19	0.28
Total Current Assets	0.94	0.24	0.92	-0.33	0.91	-0.37	-0.35	0.3	0.44	-0.06	0.59	0.67	-0.24	0.88	0.89	0.85		0.53	0.92	-0.35	0.89	0.92	0.32	0.8	0.26	0.6
Intangible Assets	0.59	0.62	0.51	0.31	0.44	0.03	0.12	0.61	0.78	0.53	0.8	0.49	-0.07	0.37	0.31	0.32	0.53		0.64	-0.41	0.5	0.46	0.47	0.35	0.46	0.68
Total Current Liabilities	0.98	0.25	0.96	-0.34	0.94	-0.02	-0.01	0.37	0.5	0.0	0.68	0.79	-0.31	0.92	0.88	0.89	0.92	0.64		-0.34	0.93	0.93	0.4	0.8	0.35	0.58
Property Plant And Equipment Net	-0.31	-0.3	-0.27	-0.14	-0.24	0.18	-0.06	-0.19	-0.36	-0.23	-0.37	-0.21	-0.12	-0.18	-0.18	-0.07	-0.35	-0.41	-0.34		-0.38	-0.26	0.11	-0.27	0.12	-0.39
Accounts Payable	0.95	0.16	0.94	-0.39	0.93	-0.04	-0.01	0.28	0.38	-0.09	0.56	0.7	-0.44	0.89	0.87	0.86	0.89	0.5	0.93	-0.38		0.92	0.34	0.79	0.28	0.48
Net Receivables	0.97	0.07	0.99	-0.49	0.99	-0.03	-0.03	0.15	0.27	-0.23	0.46	0.65	-0.34	0.92	0.93	0.9	0.92	0.46	0.93	-0.26	0.92		0.24	0.88	0.16	0.48
Common Stock Total Equity	0.37	0.57	0.28	0.37	0.21	0.03	-0.05	0.92	0.71	0.69	0.68	0.43	0.17	0.24	0.1	0.26	0.32	0.47	0.4	0.11	0.34	0.24		-0.11	0.99	0.4
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	0.83	-0.09	0.87	-0.57	0.9	-0.06	-0.04	-0.17	0.1	-0.48	0.3	0.61	-0.43	0.8	0.89	0.78	0.8	0.35	0.8	-0.27	0.79	0.88	-0.11		-0.18	0.39
Common Stock	0.31	0.58	0.21	0.44	0.14	0.04	-0.05	0.94	0.7	0.74	0.65	0.38	0.2	0.17	0.03	0.19	0.26	0.46	0.35	0.12	0.28	0.16	0.99	-0.18		0.37
Other Liab	0.56	0.56	0.48	0.31	0.44	-0.24	-0.16	0.5	0.72	0.43	0.72	0.23	0.03	0.32	0.34	0.28	0.6	0.68	0.58	-0.39	0.48	0.48	0.4	0.39	0.37

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Meritage Account Relationship Matchups

Meritage fundamental ratios Accounts

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Total Assets	3.4B	3.9B	4.8B	5.8B	6.4B	6.7B
Short Long Term Debt Total	1.1B	1.0B	1.2B	1.2B	1.1B	707.2M
Total Stockholder Equity	2.0B	2.3B	3.0B	3.9B	4.6B	4.8B
Net Debt	699.5M	274.5M	541.7M	289.1M	141.0M	134.0M
Retained Earnings	1.5B	1.9B	2.6B	3.6B	4.3B	4.5B
Non Current Assets Total	2.9B	182.6M	91.8M	95.8M	332.3M	643.6M
Non Currrent Assets Other	2.7B	103.3M	(116.8M)	(164.7M)	218.6M	281.4M
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	38.9M	38.5M	38.2M	37.1M	37.1M	32.7M
Liabilities And Stockholders Equity	3.4B	3.9B	4.8B	5.8B	6.4B	6.7B
Non Current Liabilities Total	1.0B	1.0B	1.2B	1.2B	1.1B	674.9M
Other Stockholder Equity	505.4M	455.8M	414.8M	327.9M	291.0M	289.8M
Total Liab	1.4B	1.5B	1.8B	1.8B	1.7B	901.7M
Other Current Liab	191.8M	267.9M	342.6M	373.4M	298.3M	172.5M
Short Term Debt	5.4M	34.2M	28.3M	0.0	9.5M	9.0M
Cash	319.5M	745.6M	618.3M	861.6M	921.2M	967.3M
Other Assets	29.2M	3.0B	3.8B	4.4B	5.1B	5.4B
Cash And Short Term Investments	319.5M	745.6M	618.3M	861.6M	921.2M	967.3M
Total Current Assets	458.9M	3.7B	4.7B	5.7B	6.0B	6.3B
Total Current Liabilities	405.3M	496.4M	595.9M	671.8M	641.6M	673.7M
Property Plant And Equipment Net	50.6M	38.9M	37.3M	38.6M	49.0M	46.5M
Accounts Payable	155.0M	175.3M	216.0M	273.3M	271.7M	285.2M
Net Receivables	88.5M	98.6M	147.5M	215.0M	267.0M	280.3M
Common Stock Total Equity	382K	375K	373K	366K	420.9K	325.3K
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	50.6M	38.9M	123.9M	123.3M	122.7M	134.3M
Common Stock	382K	375K	373K	366K	364K	328.1K
Other Liab	24.2M	25.1M	49.8M	38.0M	43.7M	33.7M
Long Term Debt	1.0B	1.0B	1.2B	1.2B	1.0B	846.3M
Good Will	114.1M	103.3M	124.8M	164.7M	218.6M	229.5M
Inventory	2.7B	2.8B	3.7B	4.4B	4.7B	5.0B
Property Plant Equipment	50.6M	38.9M	37.3M	38.6M	44.4M	30.8M
Other Current Assets	(2.7B)	59.5M	215.5M	241.4M	111.4M	116.9M
Net Tangible Assets	2.0B	2.3B	3.0B	3.9B	4.5B	4.8B
Retained Earnings Total Equity	1.5B	1.9B	2.6B	3.6B	4.2B	4.4B
Long Term Debt Total	1.0B	1.0B	1.2B	1.2B	1.3B	1.1B
Capital Surpluse	505.4M	455.8M	414.8M	327.9M	295.1M	382.9M
Deferred Long Term Liab	3.6M	3.3M	4.7M	3.8M	4.4M	3.5M
Long Term Investments	4.4M	4.4M	5.8M	11.8M	17.2M	29.2M

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Quarterly Earnings Growth

(0.11)

Dividend Share

2.52

Earnings Share

22.1

Revenue Per Share

177.112

Quarterly Revenue Growth

(0.01)

The market value of Meritage is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Meritage that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Meritage's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Meritage's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Meritage's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Meritage's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.

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Retained Earnings	+ 1.0	Total Stockholder Equity
Total Stockholder Equity	+ 0.99	Total Assets
Net Receivables	+ 0.99	Total Stockholder Equity
Net Receivables	+ 0.99	Retained Earnings
Cash And Short Term Investments	+ 0.99	Cash
Common Stock	+ 0.99	Common Stock Total Equity

Other Assets	- 0.7	Net Debt
Cash And Short Term Investments	- 0.66	Net Debt
Cash	- 0.64	Net Debt
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	- 0.57	Net Debt
Retained Earnings	- 0.55	Net Debt
Net Receivables	- 0.49	Net Debt