For the quarter ended December 2025, Middleby (MIDD) reported revenue of $866.43 million, down 14.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $2.42, compared to $2.88 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -13.78% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $2.27, the EPS surprise was +6.42%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Middleby performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenue- Food Processing: $264.7 million compared to the $245.01 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +20.7% year over year.
- Revenue- Commercial Foodservice: $601.72 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $576.3 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -1.3%.
- Segment Operating Income- Food Processing: $47.79 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $43.43 million.
- Segment Operating Income- Commercial Foodservice: $131 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $121.86 million.
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Shares of Middleby have returned +5.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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