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Company Dossier · Industrials

Middleby

MIDDNasdaqIndustrial Machinery & Supplies & ComponentsWILMINGTON, US-DE, USMid capWebsite ↗
  • Russell 1000
  • MidCap 400

What Middleby is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.

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The latest read

Computed from the data on Oct 23, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.

  • Revenue over the four quarters to July 4, 2026: $3.39 billion, up 23% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to September 27, 2025: $0.60 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Capital expenditure over the four quarters to September 27, 2025: $0.08 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Share buybacks in the fiscal year to January 3, 2026: $0.72 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Latest earnings call or results release (August 11, 2026): sentiment 0.40 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.80 of 1.Palanor Discourse
  • Latest annual report (filed March 4, 2026): 0 risk factors added, 2 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
  • Insiders were net buyers in Q4 2025: $15.1 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
  • 451 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+33 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
  • H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 7 (6 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)

Company Posture

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Credit

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No bond term sheets or tagged debt on file for Middleby yet.

Charts

Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.

Cash flow

Business

Middleby: free cash flow, trailing twelve months

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure, $ billions, from SEC filings

$0.60BData to Sep 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Middleby: operating cash flow and capital expenditure

Trailing twelve months, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Middleby: revenue, trailing twelve months

$ billions, from SEC filings

$3.4BData to Jul 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Capital returned and raised

Business

Middleby: share buybacks by fiscal year

Cash paid to repurchase common stock, $ billions, from the 10-K

$0.72BData to Jan 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Middleby: debt maturity schedule, latest annual report

Scheduled repayments of long-term debt principal by year from the fiscal year end, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Jan 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Middleby: debt due within a year and cash

At each balance-sheet date, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Middleby: interest coverage

Operating income ÷ interest expense, trailing twelve months, from SEC filings

5.2Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

What the company says

Business

Middleby: guidance raised minus lowered

Guidance Ledger statements by quarter

0.00Data to Dec 2025
ImageDataGuidance Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR
Business

Middleby: earnings call sentiment

Palanor Discourse score per call, −1 to +1

0.40Data to Aug 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
Business

Middleby: earnings call confidence

Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1

0.80Data to Aug 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
Business

Middleby: risk factors added per annual report

New Item 1A risk factors in each 10-K

0.0Data to Mar 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Hiring and ownership

Business

Middleby: H-1B filings certified

Labor Condition Applications by quarter received

7.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, dol.gov
Business

Middleby: insider net buying

Open-market purchases minus sales by officers and directors, $ millions, by quarter

$15.1MData to Dec 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Middleby: institutional holders

Managers reporting a position on Form 13F, by quarter

451.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Filings and records

The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.

  1. Sep 22, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: CONVECTION CONVEYOR OVEN MANIFOLD AND DAMPER SYSTEMUS 12742546
  2. Sep 22, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: HEATING MANIFOLD FOR GRILLUS 12742553
  3. Sep 8, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: AUTOMATED FROZEN GOODS DISPENSERUS 12729903
  4. Sep 1, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: Gas Burner with Secondary and Tertiary Air SuppliesUS 12723754
  5. Jul 21, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: HEATED BEVERAGE SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING MATRIXED VALVES FOR SIMULTANEOUS CONTROL OF TEMPERATURE AND EITHER PRESSURE OR FLOW RATEUS 12685405
  6. Jul 6, 20268-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  7. Jul 6, 20268-K
    Acquisition or sale completedItem 2.01
  8. Jul 6, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  9. May 26, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  10. May 21, 20268-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  11. Mar 25, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  12. Mar 6, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  13. Mar 4, 202610-K
    Annual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 2 removed
  14. Feb 4, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  15. Jan 6, 20268-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  16. Dec 4, 20258-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  17. Aug 21, 20258-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  18. May 16, 20258-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  19. Feb 26, 202510-K
    Annual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
  20. Feb 25, 20258-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  21. Feb 25, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  22. Feb 28, 202410-K
    Annual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 1 removed

Peers

Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.

CompanyRevenueFree cash flowThrough
IDEX Corporation IEX$3.6B$0.6BJun 30, 2026
ESAB Corp ESAB$3.0B$0.2BJul 3, 2026
Nordson Corporation NDSN$3.0B$0.7BJul 31, 2026
Donaldson Company DCI$3.9B$0.4BJul 31, 2026
Pentair PNR$4.2B$0.7BMar 31, 2026
Valmont Industries VMI$4.2B$0.3BJun 27, 2026
Fortive FTV$4.2B$1.0BApr 3, 2026
Crane Co. CR$2.6B—Jun 30, 2026

Identity

SEC CIK
769520
LEI
JDFO86U9VQRBKW5KYA35
Wikidata
Q17108492

Built from SEC EDGAR filings (public domain), the Guidance and KPI Ledgers, Palanor Discourse, U.S. Department of Labor filings, USPTO, USAspending and Senate lobbying records, and rights-checked news headlines. Updated nightly; this page was built Oct 23, 2026. How the Dossier is built

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