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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
J Jacobs Solutions	$147.06 -0.6%	$136.52	$106.23 ▼ $152.40	$17.58B	0.79	822,299 shs	581,373 shs
LRE (LRE)	$1.47 -28.4%	$0.00	$1.10 ▼ $2.49	$18.28M	1.38	18,062 shs	25,759 shs
MDC M.D.C.	$62.98	$62.92	$36.47 ▼ $63.00	$4.73B	1.54	1.97 million shs	N/A
MTH Meritage Homes	$77.21 +0.3%	$69.84	$59.27 ▼ $106.99	$5.49B	1.29	986,951 shs	980,017 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
J Jacobs Solutions	0.00%	-0.04%	+6.81%	+15.01%	+0.82%
LRE (LRE)	0.00%	-0.61%	-16.71%	+25.11%	-11.98%
MDC M.D.C.	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
MTH Meritage Homes	0.00%	+6.70%	+10.18%	+13.61%	-14.30%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
J Jacobs Solutions	2.7702 of 5 stars	1.3	5.0	1.7	0.0	4.1	1.7	1.3
LRE (LRE)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MDC M.D.C.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MTH Meritage Homes	4.4552 of 5 stars	3.3	3.0	2.5	0.0	3.4	3.3	2.5

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
J Jacobs Solutions	2.67	Moderate Buy	$155.25	5.57% Upside
LRE (LRE)	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
MDC M.D.C.	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
MTH Meritage Homes	2.60	Moderate Buy	$87.71	13.61% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest J, MTH, MDC, and LRE Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/6/2025	J Jacobs Solutions	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$152.00 ➝ $166.00
8/6/2025	J Jacobs Solutions	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$155.00 ➝ $157.00
7/28/2025	J Jacobs Solutions	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$147.47 ➝ $166.00
7/28/2025	MTH Meritage Homes	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$70.00 ➝ $60.00
7/28/2025	MTH Meritage Homes	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Market Perform ➝ Market Perform	$77.00 ➝ $75.00
7/25/2025	MTH Meritage Homes	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$97.00 ➝ $100.00
7/25/2025	MTH Meritage Homes	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$103.00 ➝ $90.00
7/24/2025	MTH Meritage Homes	Zelman & Associates Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy
7/16/2025	J Jacobs Solutions	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Sector Weight ➝ Overweight	$155.00

(Data available from 8/18/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
J Jacobs Solutions	$11.50B	1.53	$7.79 per share	18.88	$36.76 per share	4.00
LRE (LRE)	$126.97M	0.16	$0.39 per share	3.74	$2.08 per share	0.71
MDC M.D.C.	$4.64B	1.02	$5.31 per share	11.85	$45.24 per share	1.39
MTH Meritage Homes	$6.40B	0.86	$11.25 per share	6.86	$71.06 per share	1.09

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
J Jacobs Solutions	$821.09M	$4.01	36.67	21.44	2.01	4.16%	17.13%	6.15%	N/A
LRE (LRE)	$4.20M	N/A	0.00	∞	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MDC M.D.C.	$401.01M	$5.28	11.93	∞	N/A	8.64%	12.32%	7.34%	N/A
MTH Meritage Homes	$786.19M	$11.12	6.94	7.17	N/A	10.27%	12.37%	8.59%	11/4/2025 (Estimated)

Latest J, MTH, MDC, and LRE Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
8/5/2025	Q3 2025	J Jacobs Solutions	$1.56	$1.62	+$0.06	$1.55	$3.09 billion	$3.03 billion
7/23/2025	Q2 2025	MTH Meritage Homes	$1.99	$2.04	+$0.05	$2.04	$1.60 billion	$1.62 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
J Jacobs Solutions	$1.28	0.87%	N/A	31.92%	4 Years
LRE (LRE)	$0.03	2.04%	N/A	N/A	N/A
MDC M.D.C.	$2.20	3.49%	N/A	41.67%	1 Years
MTH Meritage Homes	$1.72	2.23%	N/A	15.47%	2 Years

Latest J, MTH, MDC, and LRE Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/31/2025	J Jacobs Solutions	quarterly	$0.32	0.91%	8/22/2025	8/22/2025	9/19/2025
5/22/2025	MTH Meritage Homes	quarterly	$0.43	2.67%	6/16/2025	6/16/2025	6/30/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
J Jacobs Solutions	0.65	1.39	1.39
LRE (LRE)	1.09	0.17	0.17
MDC M.D.C.	0.50	9.76	3.92
MTH Meritage Homes	0.35	2.16	2.16

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
J Jacobs Solutions	85.65%
LRE (LRE)	N/A
MDC M.D.C.	88.08%
MTH Meritage Homes	98.44%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
J Jacobs Solutions	0.38%
LRE (LRE)	N/A
MDC M.D.C.	23.30%
MTH Meritage Homes	2.20%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
J Jacobs Solutions	45,000	119.54 million	119.08 million	Optionable
LRE (LRE)	N/A	13.64 million	N/A	Not Optionable
MDC M.D.C.	1,760	75.05 million	57.56 million	Optionable
MTH Meritage Homes	1,898	71.16 million	69.59 million	Optionable

J, MTH, MDC, and LRE Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Meritage Homes Corp. Stock Grades | MTH | Barron's

August 18 at 8:43 AM | barrons.com

Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE:MTH) Position Lifted by Swiss National Bank

August 18 at 3:47 AM | marketbeat.com

Fox Run Management L.L.C. Raises Holdings in Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE:MTH)

August 17 at 6:10 AM | marketbeat.com

Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc. Increases Stock Position in Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE:MTH)

August 17 at 5:59 AM | marketbeat.com

Boston Partners Buys 172,520 Shares of Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE:MTH)

August 17 at 5:24 AM | marketbeat.com

Deutsche Bank AG Acquires 26,843 Shares of Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE:MTH)

August 17 at 3:44 AM | marketbeat.com

Citigroup Inc. Acquires 63,982 Shares of Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE:MTH)

August 16 at 3:54 AM | marketbeat.com

Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. Grows Stake in Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE:MTH)

August 16 at 3:29 AM | marketbeat.com

Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE:MTH) Shares Acquired by Cetera Investment Advisers

August 16 at 3:11 AM | marketbeat.com

Vanguard Group Inc. Boosts Holdings in Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE:MTH)

August 15 at 3:33 AM | marketbeat.com

PNC Financial Services Group Inc. Buys 3,648 Shares of Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE:MTH)

August 15 at 3:20 AM | marketbeat.com

Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE:MTH) Shares Acquired by LGT Group Foundation

August 14, 2025 | marketbeat.com

AIA Group Ltd Takes $664,000 Position in Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE:MTH)

August 14, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE:MTH) Shares Acquired by Public Sector Pension Investment Board

August 13, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Mithril Silver and Gold ("MTIRF") Announces US Listing on OTCQB

August 12, 2025 | newsfilecorp.comN

Meritage Homes (MTH) Stock Is Up, What You Need To Know

August 12, 2025 | msn.com

Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE:MTH) Shares Bought by Mutual of America Capital Management LLC

August 12, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Mizuho Markets Americas LLC Boosts Position in Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE:MTH)

August 11, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Maryland State Retirement & Pension System Grows Position in Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE:MTH)

August 11, 2025 | marketbeat.com

US Bancorp DE Has $983,000 Stock Holdings in Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE:MTH)

August 11, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Q3 EPS Estimates for Meritage Homes Cut by Zacks Research

August 11, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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J, MTH, MDC, and LRE Company Descriptions

Jacobs Solutions NYSE:J

$147.06 -0.89 (-0.60%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$146.82 -0.24 (-0.16%)

As of 04:20 PM Eastern

Jacobs Solutions Inc. provides consulting, technical, engineering, scientific, and project delivery services for the government and private sectors in the United States, Europe, Canada, India, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, and Africa. It operates through Critical Mission Solutions, People & Places Solutions, Divergent Solutions, and PA Consulting segments. The company offers cyber, data analytics, systems and software application integration and consulting, enterprise level and mission IT, design, nuclear, and enterprise level operations and maintenance services; software development, testing, mission integration, program management, research, development, test, evaluation services, training, and environmental remediation services; and other technical consulting solutions, as well as construction and construction management services. It also provides consulting services for consumer and manufacturing, defense and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government, health and life sciences, and transport industries. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

(LRE) NYSE:LRE

LRR Energy, L.P. (LRR Energy) operates, acquires, exploits and develops producing oil and natural gas properties in North America. The Company's properties consist of onshore oil and natural gas properties. Its oil and natural gas properties include the Permian Basin region in West Texas and Southeast New Mexico, the Mid-Continent region in Oklahoma and East Texas, and the Gulf Coast region in Texas. As of December 31, 2014, the Company's total estimated proved reserves were approximately 33.8 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBoe), of which approximately 88% were proved developed reserves (approximately 73% proved developed producing and approximately 15% proved developed non-producing). The Company's general partner is LRE GP, LLC.

M.D.C. NYSE:MDC

M.D.C. Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the homebuilding and financial service businesses. Its homebuilding operations include purchasing finished lots or developing lots for the construction and sale primarily of single-family detached homes to first-time and first-time move-up homebuyers under the Richmond American Homes name. The company conducts its homebuilding operations in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Washington, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Alabama, Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia. Its financial services operations comprise originating mortgage loans primarily for homebuyers; providing insurance coverage primarily to its homebuilding subsidiaries and subcontractors for homes sold by its homebuilding subsidiaries, and for work performed in completed subdivisions; acting as a re-insurer on the claims; selling third-party personal property and casualty insurance products to homebuyers; and offering title agency services to homebuilding subsidiaries and customers in Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. As of April 19, 2024, M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of SH Residential Holdings, LLC.

Meritage Homes NYSE:MTH

$77.21 +0.21 (+0.27%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$77.24 +0.03 (+0.04%)

As of 04:10 PM Eastern

Meritage Homes Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs and builds single-family attached and detached homes in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Homebuilding and Financial Services. It acquires and develops land; and constructs, markets, and sells homes for entry-level and first move-up buyers in Arizona, California, Colorado, Utah, Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The company also offers title and escrow, mortgage, insurance, and closing/settlement services to its homebuyers. Meritage Homes Corporation was founded in 1985 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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