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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 Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.066623
AutoARIMA0.067734
AutoETS0.067734
AutoTheta0.115493

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.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
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
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2004-06-02
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.066667
lastDividendDate 2004-06-02

Info Dump

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