---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000769520-24-000031"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MIDD"
cik: "0000769520"
company_name: "MIDDLEBY Corp"
filed_at: "2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T14:07:23.813756+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Middleby Q2 net sales $992M (-4.7% YoY); EPS $2.13 ($2.39 adjusted)

## Summary
- Diluted GAAP EPS $2.13; adjusted EPS $2.39; operating income $176M (17.7% of sales).
- Organic sales -4.8% YoY; Commercial Foodservice -3.9%, Residential -6.7%, Food Processing -5.7%.
- Adjusted EBITDA $216M (21.8% organic margin); operating cash flow $149.5M (record).
- Net leverage reduced to 2.3x; net debt $2.0B vs $2.2B at FY 2023 end.
- Orders trended positively in all three segments vs Q2 2023; positioned for H2 growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000769520-24-000031
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MIDD
- cik: 0000769520
- company_name: MIDDLEBY Corp
- filed_at: 2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769520/000076952024000031/0000769520-24-000031-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769520/000076952024000031/midd-20240801.htm

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