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The Middleby Corporation
MIDD · Nasdaq · ·
$135.14-0.2%Nov 13 close
Figures through October 3, 2026, from the 10-Q filed November 12, 2026
Past performance
- 1W
- -1.0%
- 1M
- +24.3%
The Middleby Corporation against specialty industrial machinery
The Middleby Corporation is the 27th largest of 68 graded companies. Showing 5 of them, including MIDD itself. 9 more are in this industry but have no grade yet, so they are left out rather than shown blank.
| Company | Grade | Market value | Revenue | Profit margin | Free cash flow | Price to earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GE Vernova Inc.GEV | A+ | $212.4B | $44B | 23.5% | $17.1B | 21.12 |
| Eaton Corporation PlcETN | A+ | $137.1B | $32B | 12.2% | $3.8B | 35.26 |
| Parker-Hannifin CorporationPH | B+ | $120.5B | $22.4B | 16.6% | $3.9B | 32.81 |
| Emerson Electric Co.EMR | A+ | $91.3B | $19B | 14.2% | $3.5B | 34.73 |
| The Middleby CorporationMIDD | D | $5.9B | $3.2B | 1.2% | $372.2M | 158.99 |
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Graded on the same five checks, from their own SEC filings.
How it compares with its industry
Three ratings, each a percentile against the 76 companies we cover in Specialty Industrial Machinery. Deliberately kept apart rather than blended into one score — cheap, rising and well-run are three different facts, and a single number would hide which one is which.
Momentum
46of 100 in its industry
Middle of its industry
12 months to a month ago0.3%
6 months to a month ago-7.2%
The most recent month is left out on purpose: returns tend to persist over 7–12 months and the newest one tends to reverse. This describes what the price has done, and says nothing about what it will do.
Value
65of 100 in its industry
Above most of its industry
Profit for the price-7.71%
Cash for the price7.89%
Sales for the price55.46%
Assets for the price45.43%
Operating profit for the whole business8.32%
Yields, so higher means cheaper — a loss-making company ranks last instead of dropping out. Cheap is not the same as good: a high yield is often a price that fell for a reason. All five measures available.
Capital allocation
3/6Loose
All six answerable
Return on capital9.0%
Shareholder yield11.84%
Share count, 3 years-17.7%
Net debt / EBITDA3.04x
Insiders, 12 months+$15.1M
What management does with the money — scored on whatever the filings answer, never as a share of the total.
The six capital-allocation checks
- Return on the money invested9.0% on invested capital
- Debt against earnings3.12x net debt to operating earnings
- Cash returned to shareholders12.3% a year in buybacks and dividends
- Share count over three yearsShare count 20.7% lower over three years
- Payouts covered by cash flowPays out more than it generates
- Open-market insider buyingNet buying of $15.1M by 2 insiders
A description of where this company sits among its competitors, not a recommendation. Ratings updated Nov 14, 2026.
A blank price-to-earnings means a loss, not a missing figure — the ratio has no meaning when there are no earnings to divide by, and printing a negative one would make the least profitable company look the cheapest.
Grades are trailing twelve months from each company’s own SEC filings, so they move only when a company files. Every column is computed by the same code that graded The Middleby Corporation on the overview — nothing here comes from a data vendor’s own ratios.
Industry membership is not a judgement about how similar two businesses are. It groups companies by what they are classified as, which is a starting point for comparison rather than a claim that they compete.