The Middleby Corporation

MIDD

Industrial - Machinery · Industrials

Price

$133.22

-5.09 (-3.68%)

Market Cap

$6.02B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

−8.8% over 5y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 56.7M (2021) → 51.7M (2026)

The Middleby Corporation designs, manufactures, markets, distributes, and services a range of foodservice, food processing, and residential kitchen equipment in the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America. Its Commercial Foodservice Equipment Group segment offers conveyor, combi, convection, baking, proofing, deck, speed cooking, and hydrovection ovens; ranges, fryers, rethermalizers; steam cooking, food warming, catering, induction cooking, and countertop cooking

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue data limited

EPS Growth

YoY Growth Rate

EPS data limited

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

1.6%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$222M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

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Quality

Gross Margin

38.8%

Modest — 38.8% gross margin

Operating Margin

18.6%

Healthy — 18.6% operating margin

ROCE

3.3%

Weak — 3.3% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-4.9%

Shrinking sales (-4.9% YoY)

EPS YoY

-204.7%

Earnings shrinking (-204.7% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

14.3%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (14.3%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.78

Moderate — manageable debt (0.78)

Interest Cover

N/A

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

P/E vs Forward

N/A

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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