---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000769520-25-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MIDD"
cik: "0000769520"
company_name: "MIDDLEBY Corp"
filed_at: "2025-02-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T05:14:58.429836+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Middleby Q4 adj. EPS $2.88, record adj. EBITDA $251M, organic sales down 1.3%

## Summary
- Net sales $1,014M (+0.5% reported, -1.3% organic); diluted EPS $2.07, adjusted EPS $2.88.
- Record adjusted EBITDA $251M (24.8% margin); operating income $170M (16.8% of sales).
- Record operating cash flow $687M for FY2024; net leverage reduced to 2.0x.
- Repurchased $16.4M shares in Q4, ~$20M in Q1 2025; acquisitions completed (JC Ford, Gorreri).
- Impairment charges $38.6M vs $78.1M prior year; residential organic sales -2.4%, food processing +4.7%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000769520-25-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MIDD
- cik: 0000769520
- company_name: MIDDLEBY Corp
- filed_at: 2025-02-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769520/000076952025000004/0000769520-25-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769520/000076952025000004/midd-20250225.htm

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