---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000769520-26-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MIDD"
cik: "0000769520"
company_name: "MIDDLEBY Corp"
filed_at: "2026-02-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T23:57:15.371022+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Middleby Q4 revenue $866M (+5% YoY), adj. EPS $2.14; guides FY26 adj. EPS $9.20-9.36

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $866M (+5% YoY, marginally positive organic); adjusted EBITDA $197M vs $226M prior year.
- FY 2025 adjusted EPS $9.27 (excl. discontinued ops) vs $9.49 prior year; GAAP EPS $1.72 Q4.
- Completed sale of 51% Residential Kitchen stake at $885M enterprise value; received ~$565M cash plus $135M note.
- Repurchased 4.9M shares (9.1% of equity) in 2025; $710M deployed in buybacks.
- FY 2026 guidance: revenue $3.27-3.36B, adj. EBITDA $745-780M, adj. EPS $9.20-9.36.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000769520-26-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MIDD
- cik: 0000769520
- company_name: MIDDLEBY Corp
- filed_at: 2026-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769520/000076952026000006/0000769520-26-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769520/000076952026000006/midd-20260226.htm

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