---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-22-000225"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MIDD"
cik: "0000769520"
company_name: "MIDDLEBY Corp"
filed_at: "2022-02-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T06:22:44.646098+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Middleby Q4 net sales $866.4M, adjusted EPS $2.11, record backlog $1.4B

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $866.4M (+18.8% YoY); organic sales growth 12.6% excluding acquisitions and FX.
- Diluted EPS $1.80 GAAP; adjusted diluted EPS $2.11.
- Record backlog $1.4B at year-end vs $522.7M at end of FY2020, driven by strong order demand.
- Adjusted EBITDA $193.0M (22.3% margin); total leverage ratio 2.8x; cash $180.4M.
- Added Kamado Joe, Masterbuilt, Char-Griller in 2021, strengthening residential outdoor kitchen presence.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-22-000225
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MIDD
- cik: 0000769520
- company_name: MIDDLEBY Corp
- filed_at: 2022-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769520/000115752322000225/0001157523-22-000225-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769520/000115752322000225/a52582822.htm

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