• Meritage Homes average debt/equity ratio for 2023 was 0.25, a 24.24% increase from 2022.
• Meritage Homes average debt/equity ratio for 2022 was 0.33, a 19.51% decline from 2021.
• Meritage Homes average debt/equity ratio for 2021 was 0.41, a 24.07% decline from 2020.

Debt/equity ratio can be defined as a measure of a company's financial leverage calculated by dividing its long-term debt by stockholders' equity.