Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. MTH scored 30.7, CVCO scored 57.1 — CVCO leads.
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Different reporting periods. MTH's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but CVCO's are as of March 2026 — a 3-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
MTH
Meritage Homes Corporation
Residential Construction · Quality-Growth
30.7
$58.81 · $3.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
26.4
CVCO leads
CVCO
Cavco Industries, Inc.
Residential Construction · Quality-Growth
57.1
$532.43 · $4.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestMTH12.3x
Fastest growthCVCO+11.4%
Strongest balance sheetCVCO0.04
Highest qualityCVCO80 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueMTH-4%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
MTH
stronger →← stronger
CVCO
62
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
80
19
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
25
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
46
CVCO is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
MTH
CVCO
$415mC
FCF
$232mC
-8.3%D
Rev
+11.4%B
0.38A-
D/E
0.04A
12.3xA-
P/E
23.9xC+
—
PEG
45.77D
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
MTH
CVCO
4% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
22% above
~-2%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~13%/yr
+16%
1-yr DCF upside
-26%
+4%
5-yr DCF upside
-18%
-10%
10-yr DCF upside
-7%
These two disagree on this pair: the Value pillar ranks cheapness against sector peers, while price-vs-fair-value is an absolute read. A name can be the better value in its sector and still the dearer one on cash flows.
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
MTH
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
CVCO
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
Cyclical growth
The companies
MTHMeritage Homes Corporation
Residential Construction · $58.81 · beta 1.34
Why now
Residential Construction · market cap $3.8b. Down 31% from 52-week high of $85.38 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue -8% — in contraction; any catalyst that reverses this triggers re-rating. 9 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $77.56 (implying +32% upside).
Moat
FCF converts 126% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Revenue contracting -8% — the operational turn is not yet visible in the top line. Down 31% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. ROE 7% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate.
CVCOCavco Industries, Inc.
Residential Construction · $532.43 · beta 1.27
Why now
Residential Construction · market cap $4.1b. Down 25% from 52-week high of $713.01 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +11%, comfortably above the S&P median. 4 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $665.00 (implying +25% upside).
Moat
ROE 17% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 128% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where MTH and CVCO diverge
On the headline score the gap is 26.4 points in favor of CVCO. The widest single difference is Growth, where CVCO leads by 31.2 points.
GrowthMTH 18.8 · CVCO 50.0CVCO +31.2
ValueMTH 24.8 · CVCO 46.5CVCO +21.7
QualityMTH 61.9 · CVCO 80.1CVCO +18.2
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is CVCO or MTH the better stock?
CVCO scores higher: CVCO 57.1, MTH 30.7 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do CVCO and MTH differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where CVCO leads by 31 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. CVCO leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are CVCO and MTH scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.