Company research

MIDD · NASDAQ

Middleby Corp

Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery

$117.59

+3.11%

Close on Oct 29, 2026

Research data through 2026-10-29

Long-term research evidence only. No price targets, no trading signals, no recommendations.

Free research · no account required

Pro Investor Academy research

Research data through Oct 29, 2026. Research is updated periodically, not in real time.

Quality

60

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Quality research reads 60 of 100, a middle-of-the-universe reading. The measurements behind it are mixed.

Quality research measures durability of the business itself from stored fundamentals: balance-sheet strength, profitability consistency and cash generation. It is a research reading, not a prediction of future returns.

How this is measured

Fundamental Momentum

Deteriorating

36

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Fundamental Momentum research reads 36 of 100. Stored measurements classify recent reported fundamentals as deteriorating. This describes reported financial change already disclosed, with no forward-looking claim.

Fundamental Momentum research measures the direction of recently reported company fundamentals compared with the company's own history. It describes reported change, not future price movement.

How this is measured

Capital Returns

Favorable

68

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Capital Returns research reads 68 of 100, recorded as favorable. No dividend is recorded for this company, so the reading rests on buybacks and dilution control. Share count has been reduced at about 4.4% a year in the stored window.

Capital Returns research measures how a company has actually returned cash to shareholders: dividend record, buyback effectiveness, dilution control and how those payments were funded.

How this is measured

Investor intelligence

What Investor adds for MIDD

The research below is part of Investor membership. Values are withheld from this page entirely — nothing premium is loaded into it. Start the free trial and the intelligence you asked for unlocks right here.

Investor

See how this company ranks.

Unlock its Pro Investor Score and ranking across the research universe.

7 days · No credit card required

Investor

Understand the risk before you invest.

Unlock Risk Intelligence, Price Risk, and Market Confirmation.

7 days · No credit card required

Investor

Know why, not just what.

Unlock the Pro Research Brief with What Changed & Why, research history and tensions.

7 days · No credit card required

Investor

See what professional investors are reporting.

Unlock Pro Investor Intelligence: disclosed professional-manager and insider activity beside company research.

7 days · No credit card required

Investor

Ask the research.

Unlock Pro Investor AI to ask questions grounded in Pro Investor Academy research and evidence.

7 days · No credit card required

Investor

Keep researching after today.

Save companies and monitor how their research changes over time.

7 days · No credit card required

Explore other companies in this industry. These are objective industry neighbours, not suggested alternatives.

Want to know what qualified today?

Pro Investor Academy continuously applies its research rules across the eligible universe and surfaces a small number of investments for deeper research when they qualify.

Appears in

Rule-based membership

Membership means the company satisfied a published rule on the latest research build. It is not a recommendation.

Learn the metrics on this page

Plain-English definitions, with the formula and the limitations of each measure.

In the company’s own words

What this company does

The Middleby Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Middleby" or the "company"), through its operating subsidiary Middleby Marshall Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Middleby Marshall") and its subsidiaries, is a leader in the design, manufacture, marketing, distribution, and service of a broad line of (i) foodservice equipment, integrated IoT solutions and universal controllers used in all types of commercial restaurants and institutional kitchens and (ii) food preparation, cooking, baking, chilling and packaging equipment for food processing operations.

Founded in 1888 as a manufacturer of baking ovens, Middleby Marshall Oven Company was acquired in 1983 by TMC Industries Ltd., a publicly traded company that changed its name in 1985 to The Middleby Corporation. The company has established itself as a leading provider of (i) commercial restaurant equipment and (ii) food processing equipment as a result of its acquisition of industry leading brands and through the introduction of innovative products.

The company's annual reports on Form 10-K, including this Annual Report on Form 10-K, as well as the company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to such reports are available, free of charge, on the company's website, www.middleby.com . These reports are available as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

On December 4, 2025, the company entered into a partnership interest purchase agreement to sell a 51% stake in its Residential Kitchen Equipment Group to an affiliate of 26North Partners LP in a transaction valuing the business at $885 million (the "Residential Transaction").

Quoted from the business section of this company’s 10-K filed March 4, 2026. Read the filing

General research only. Not personalized advice. Public filings may be delayed, amended, incomplete, or reflect positions that have changed since the reporting date.