The Middleby Corporation (MIDD)Industrials | Specialty Industrial Machinery | Elgin, United States | NasdaqGS
144.10 USD
+4.65
(3.335%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 143.53 -0.57 (-0.574%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 6:40 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 1:08 a.m. EDT
MIDD is showing technical divergence where sentiment has shifted from 'this is value' to 'growth is coming,' but the fundamentals lag dangerously. While the stock is rallying on a 26% price move and management turnover stabilization, the -64% earnings growth and negative free cash flow create a massive gap between current valuation (20.5x trailing PE) and reality. It is a contrarian momentum play that relies entirely on a disconnect between the future spin-off synergy narrative and current quarterly performance. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.066623 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.067734 |
| AutoETS | 0.067734 |
| AutoTheta | 0.115493 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 63% |
| H-stat | 1.76 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.223 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.24 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2004-06-01 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2004-06-01 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 82.37 |
| Revenue per Share | 61.973 |
| Market Cap | 6,798,784,512 |
| Trailing P/E | 20.44 |
| Forward P/E | 13.79 |
| Beta | 1.42 |
| Profit Margins | -8.68% |
| Website | https://www.middleby.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 1:08 a.m. EDT: Options flow reveals a distinct bullish skew with significant OTM Call positioning. There is heavy Open Interest (OI) and unusual flow activity in mid-strike calls ($150-$190), particularly the $185 and $190 strikes for Dec '26, indicating speculative expectations of a re-rating above current levels. Conversely, put activity is dispersed and lower volume, clustered at $110-$130 OTM, suggesting a 'long gamma' or bullish momentum play rather than a hedge. The ATM IV is moderate, but the skew towards calls implies speculators are betting on the continuation of the recent price surge.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2004-06-02 | 0.066667 | 0.644853 |
| 2003-11-07 | 0.041667 | 0.870285 |
| 2000-12-18 | 0.016667 | 1.665916 |
| 1991-02-26 | 0.003333 | 0.917085 |
| 1990-11-14 | 0.003333 | 1.189681 |
| 1990-08-16 | 0.003333 | 0.702004 |
| 1990-05-17 | 0.003333 | 0.513709 |
| 1990-03-05 | 0.003333 | 0.532267 |
| 1989-11-15 | 0.003333 | 0.342261 |
| 1989-08-17 | 0.003333 | 0.268250 |
| 1989-05-19 | 0.003333 | 0.249445 |
| 1989-02-21 | 0.003333 | 0.261381 |
| 1988-11-14 | 0.008333 | 0.939897 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.16200304 |
| Address1 | 1,400 Toastmaster Drive |
| All Time High | 201.34 |
| All Time Low | 0.125 |
| Ask | 157.29 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 4 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.7 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 584,730 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 588,195 |
| Average Volume | 588,195 |
| Average Volume10Days | 584,730 |
| Beta | 1.418 |
| Bid | 134.57 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 3 |
| Book Value | 56.747 |
| City | Elgin |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 2 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 144.1 |
| Current Ratio | 2.567 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 147.8 |
| Day Low | 140.48 |
| Debt To Equity | 82.37 |
| Display Name | The Middleby |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,772,118,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,772,118,000 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.642 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.671 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,772,112,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,157,000 |
| Ebitda | 694,851,968 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.21706 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 12.754 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.768 |
| Enterprise Value | 8,861,810,688 |
| Eps Current Year | 9.29427 |
| Eps Forward | 10.44826 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 7.05 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,086,134,400 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 148.7878 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -4.68779 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.03150655 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 16.200304 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 169.44 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -25.339996 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.14955144 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 110.82 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 33.280006 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.30030686 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 110.82 - 169.44 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 555,600,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 36,480,362 |
| Forward Eps | 10.44826 |
| Forward P E | 13.79177 |
| Free Cashflow | -232,189,248 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 8,826 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.39108002 |
| Gross Profits | 1,251,915,008 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.01541 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.11828 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 47,181,018 |
| Industry | Specialty Industrial Machinery |
| Industry Disp | Specialty Industrial Machinery |
| Industry Key | specialty-industrial-machinery |
| Ir Website | http://www.middleby.com/corp_investors.asp |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,086,134,400 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.066667 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,398,400 |
| Last Split Date | 1,403,827,200 |
| Last Split Factor | 3:1 |
| Long Business Summary | The Middleby Corporation designs, manufactures, markets, distributes, and services of commercial restaurant and food processing equipment worldwide. Its Commercial Foodservice Equipment Group segment offers conveyor, combi, convection, baking, proofing, deck, speed cooking, and hydrovection ovens; ranges, fryers, and rethermalizers; steam cooking, food warming, catering, induction, and countertop cooking equipment; heated cabinets, charbroilers, ventless cooking systems, kitchen ventilation, toasters, griddles, charcoal grills, professional mixers and refrigerators, stainless steel fabrication, custom millwork, blast chillers, coldrooms, ice machines, and frozen dessert equipment; soft serve ice cream, coffee and beverage dispensing, home and professional craft brewing equipment; and fry dispenser, bottle filling and canning equipment, IoT solutions, and controls development and manufacturing. The Food Processing Equipment Group segment provides batch, baking, proofing, conveyor belt, spiral, serpentine, and continuous processing ovens; frying and automated thermal processing systems; tumblers, massagers, grinders, slicers, reduction and emulsion systems, mixers, and blenders; battering, breading, and seeding equipment; water cutting systems, food presses, suspension, filling and depositing solution, and forming equipment; and automated loading and unloading and washing systems, auto guided vehicles, food safety, handling, cooling freezing, and defrosting and packaging equipment. The company was formerly known as Middleby Marshall Oven Company and changed its name to The Middleby Corporation in 1985. The Middleby Corporation was founded in 1888 and is based in Elgin, Illinois. |
| Long Name | The Middleby Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 6,798,784,512 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_289062 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,398,400 |
| Net Income To Common | 367,267,008 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,934,400 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 6,716,808,632 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 8 |
| Open | 141.18 |
| Operating Cashflow | 630,196,992 |
| Operating Margins | 0.18811001 |
| Overall Risk | 1 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.51 |
| Phone | 847 741 3300 |
| Post Market Change | -0.5735016 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.3979886 |
| Post Market Price | 143.5265 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,465,644 |
| Previous Close | 139.45 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 15.504178 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.5393412 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.1238225 |
| Profit Margins | -0.08676 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.799 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.7 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 4.65001 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 3.33454 |
| Regular Market Day High | 147.8 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 140.48 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 140.48 - 147.8 |
| Regular Market Open | 141.18 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 139.45 |
| Regular Market Price | 144.1 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,001 |
| Regular Market Volume | 647,067 |
| Return On Assets | 0.054770004 |
| Return On Equity | 0.11451 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.145 |
| Revenue Per Share | 61.973 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 1 |
| Shares Outstanding | 46,621,841 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0357 |
| Shares Short | 1,664,363 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,657,455 |
| Short Name | The Middleby Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0458 |
| Short Ratio | 3.37 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | IL |
| Symbol | MIDD |
| Target High Price | 203.0 |
| Target Low Price | 150.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 185.25 |
| Target Median Price | 191.5 |
| Total Cash | 223,755,008 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 4.742 |
| Total Debt | 2,286,780,928 |
| Total Revenue | 3,201,201,920 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 7.05 |
| Trailing P E | 20.439716 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 140.32104 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 3.7789612 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.026930822 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 647,067 |
| Website | https://www.middleby.com |
| Zip | 60,120 |