The Front Office

Scouting report · MTH

Hilla Sferruzza

  • Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, MTH since 2016-04src

Meritage finance chief since April 2016; joined as corporate controller in 2006

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Scouting sheet

as of 24 Sep 2026
Delivers guidance—no promises on the record yet
Answers the question—no call reviewed yet
Capital allocation—company not reviewed yet
Pay design73ebitda, strategic, roic, relative tsr, time only · 96.8% for · 0.73% of net income
Skin in the game—no holding or price on file
Age
50src
In the role
10 yr
Promises scored
0
Hit rate
—
Dodges / 100 answers
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Airtime on calls
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Every promise, oldest firstno scored promises yet

What to weigh

Watch 3

  • FY2025 cash bonus paid $582,400 of a $1.4m target: 0% on Adjusted EBITDA ($708.8m vs $1.0bn target), 55.3% on closings, 250% on customer satisfaction. Her 2026 cash target was then raised to $1.6msrc
  • Severance floor: at least $2.0m on termination without cause, with a 125% multiplier (200% on a change in control)src
  • Took an outside public board seat (Frontdoor) in June 2026 while serving as CFOsrc

In their favour 1

  • Met the ownership guideline (3x salary for the CFO) at 2025 year end; hedging and pledging are bannedsrc

Career

  1. 2016 – now
    Meritage Homessrc
    Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
    Effective 2016-04-01; kept the Chief Accounting Officer title at first (8K-2016-04-04)
  2. 2013 – 2016
    Meritage Homessrc
    Senior Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer
  3. 2010 – 2013
    Meritage Homessrc
    Chief Accounting Officer & Corporate Controller
  4. 2006 – 2010
    Meritage Homessrc
    Corporate Controller (accounting and financial reporting)

Undated in the sources

  • KPMG; Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwidesrc, Public auditor (KPMG), then management roles (Starwood); order and years not stated

Not located: Before 2006 (KPMG, Starwood) comes only from a press-release search result, with no years or titles in any primary filing located

Achievements

  • Twenty years in Meritage's finance function: controller from 2006, chief accounting officer from 2010, CFO since April 2016src
  • Was CFO through the 2021 CEO handover from co-founder Steven Hilton to Phillippe Lordsrc
  • Year-end 2025 debt-to-capital 26.0% (net 16.9%), up from 20.6% (11.7%), with investment-grade ratings kept at S&P, Moody's and Fitchsrc
  • Elected an independent director and Audit Committee member of Frontdoor, Inc. (home warranties) on 2026-06-29src

Education

  • University of Arizona, BS Business Administrationsrc
  • Washington State University, Executive MBA Business Administrationsrc
  • Certified Public Accountant (Arizona), CPA Accountingsrc

Background

  • Family Neither the 2026 proxy nor the FY2025 10-K makes an Item 401(d) family-relationship statement for her; no relatives are named in any related-party disclosuresrc
  • Boards Independent director of Frontdoor, Inc. (Nasdaq: FTDR) since 2026-06-29, on its Audit Committee; paid Frontdoor's standard $90k cash plus $180k stock a yearsrc
  • Other Holds her MTH shares through a family trust she controlssrc

The promise ledger

No promise on the record yet: the research routine has not scored this company's guidance.

Sources

8
  1. Filing Meritage Homes DEF 14A, 2026 annual meeting (0000833079-26-000098) · 2026-04-07
  2. Filing Meritage Homes 10-K for FY2025, Information about our Executive Officers (0000833079-26-000010) · 2026-02-13
  3. Filing Meritage Homes 8-K Item 5.02, Sferruzza appointed EVP & CFO effective 2016-04-01 (0000833079-16-000162) · 2016-04-04
  4. Filing Meritage Homes 8-K Item 5.07, 2026 annual meeting results (0000833079-26-000113) · 2026-05-21
  5. Filing SEC XBRL companyconcept us-gaap/NetIncomeLoss, CIK 833079 (FY2025 10-K, 0000833079-26-000010) · 2026-02-13
  6. Filing Frontdoor, Inc. 8-K Item 5.02, Sferruzza elected director and Audit Committee member (0001193125-26-288411) · 2026-06-29
  7. Filing Form 4, Hilla Sferruzza (reporting CIK 1482882), 10b5-1 sales to cover tax on vesting, 2026-02-23 (0000833079-26-000071) · 2026-02-25
  8. Web search result WebSearch: Business Wire, 'Frontdoor Names Finance and Real Estate Executive Hilla Sferruzza to Board of Directors' (2026-06-29): prior roles at KPMG and Starwood Hotels, Arizona CPA, EMBA Washington State, BSBA Arizona · 2026-09-24