M/i Homes, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, M/i Homes, Inc. had return on equity of 13.2%, an operating margin of 11.5% and debt equal to 0.0% of equity. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20.4% | 19.7% | 19.8% | 22.5% | 24.3% | 25.3% | 25.3% | 26.6% | 23.0% | 20.7% |
| Operating margin | — | −1.6% | −3.3% | 3.8% | 5.7% | 6.8% | 7.9% | 6.4% | 7.1% | 7.1% | 7.5% | 10.5% | 13.8% | 15.4% | 14.6% | 15.7% | 11.5% | 8.2% |
| Net margin | −10.9% | −4.3% | −6.0% | 1.8% | 14.6% | 4.2% | 3.6% | 3.3% | 3.7% | 4.7% | 5.1% | 7.9% | 10.6% | 11.9% | 11.5% | 12.5% | 9.1% | 6.6% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 11.3% | −6.3% | −6.2% | −6.3% | −7.4% | −11.1% | −6.1% | 1.2% | −3.2% | −0.5% | 2.4% | 5.1% | −1.1% | 4.2% | 13.5% | 3.8% | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| Return on equity | −19.0% | −8.3% | −11.7% | 4.4% | 36.6% | 9.8% | 9.1% | 9.1% | 10.3% | 13.4% | 13.7% | 21.2% | 27.5% | 26.6% | 20.3% | 20.7% | 13.2% | 8.6% |
| Return on assets | — | −4.0% | −5.1% | 1.8% | 15.6% | 4.4% | 4.0% | 3.8% | 4.2% | 5.5% | 6.2% | 10.1% | 13.5% | 14.1% | 12.0% | 13.2% | 8.6% | 5.8% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.93 | 0.85 | 1.02 | 1.07 | 1.05 | 1.08 | 1.14 | 1.15 | 1.18 | 1.21 | 1.28 | 1.27 | 1.19 | 1.04 | 1.05 | 0.95 | 0.87 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.6% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.5% | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | n/m | n/m | 1.8x | 3.7x | 6.2x | 6.4x | 6.2x | 7.3x | 8.0x | 8.8x | 33.0x | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| R&D as % of revenue | — | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | — | −359.1% | −50.4% | −266.7% | −166.2% | 37.3% | −86.0% | −10.0% | 47.9% | 65.3% | −10.6% | 35.6% | 117.4% | 30.4% | 31.7% | 49.4% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | — | 0.0% | −2.4% | −9.6% | −9.4% | −8.6% | 5.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | −23.1% | — | — | 8.4% | 1.2% | — | 31.7% | 12.0% | 103.3% | 158.2% | 147.2% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 24.6% | 25.9% | 24.7% | 23.9% | 18.1% | 22.0% | 22.1% | 20.9% |
| Operating margin | 13.6% | 14.4% | 13.4% | 12.0% | 6.5% | 9.3% | 9.5% | 7.7% |
| Net margin | 11.1% | 11.4% | 10.4% | 9.4% | 5.6% | 7.4% | 7.4% | 6.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.5% | 6.5% | 3.0% | 3.7% | −1.1% | 14.7% | 3.0% | −1.6% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities The company doesn't report a short-term split. Not assessable.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
- More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard M/i Homes's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 14 / 20
Net income has been a median 9.1% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 8 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 22.9%, moving by 2.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 11 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 11.4%; its worst year was 7.0%.
- Cash conversion 7 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 10 years, at a median 2.8% of revenue.
- Discipline 20 / 20
The diluted share count fell 11.6% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.3% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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