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MIDDLEBY Corp

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Signs4 good1 warning1 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY26FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21
Revenue$3.20B$730.6M$753.0M$3.24B$4.03B$2.51B
Operating income$574.9M$644.1M$652.4M$639.6M$324.4M
Net income−$277.7M$92.4M$86.6M$400.9M$436.6M$207.3M
Total assets$6.32B$7.28B$6.91B$6.87B$5.20B
Total liabilities
Equity$2.78B$3.64B$3.25B$2.80B$1.98B
EPS (diluted)$-5.32$1.69$1.59$7.41$7.95$3.76
Shares out.47.2M53.6M53.6M53.6M54.7M55.6M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2026
Operating margin
18.0%
Net margin
−8.7%
Return on equity
−10.0%
Return on assets
−4.4%
Return on capital (ROCE)
11.0%
Liabilities / assets
Debt / equity
Book value / share
$58.84
Revenue growth (YoY)
338.1%
Net income growth (YoY)
−400.7%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2026
Accruals / assets
14.4%clean
Piotroski F-Score
3/4weak

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
71
/ 100
Profitability 40Growth 50Catalyst 67Earnings quality 100Financial strength 100

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

1 severe1 warning4 good
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Reported a net loss
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Insider transactions

SEC Form 4 · most recent
12 acquisitions0 disposalsnet +32,969 shares · last 12
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Cerwin Brittany COfficer — Chief Accounting OfficerMar 13, 2026Grant1,807
Fuchsen Matthew ROfficer — Chief Development OfficerMar 13, 2026Grant2,345
Pool Iii James KOfficer — Chief Technology and*Mar 13, 2026Grant4,130
Spittle SteveOfficer — Chief Commercial OfficerMar 13, 2026Grant4,130
Mittelman Bryan E.Officer — Chief Financial OfficerMar 13, 2026Grant3,012
Fitzgerald Timothy JohnOfficer — Chief Executive OfficerMar 13, 2026Grant10,579
Garden Edward PDirectorMar 6, 2026Grant1,161
Bowerman JulieDirectorMar 6, 2026Grant1,161
Scherger Stephen R.DirectorMar 6, 2026Grant1,161
Eisenberg Glenn ADirectorMar 6, 2026Grant1,161
Nerbonne Robert ADirectorMar 6, 2026Grant1,161
Hix Christopher MDirectorMar 6, 2026Grant1,161

Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 20262.3M2.9-1.3%
Apr 30, 20262.4M4.3+31.0%
Apr 15, 20261.8M3.4+9.0%
Mar 31, 20261.7M3.4+9.6%
Mar 13, 20261.5M2.8-8.4%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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Corporate family

Spin-offs from MIDDLEBY Corp (1)

From the spin-off filings we track. Follow a company to walk its own history.

Event-driven situations (2)