CEO, Chairman, President of Middleby Corp. (MIDD) Selim A Bassoul sells 27,143 shares of MIDD on 02/03/2012 at an average price of $98.75 a share.
Middleby Corp. has a market cap of $1.78 billion; its shares were traded at around $95.42 with a P/E ratio of 21.3 and P/S ratio of 2.5. Middleby Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 30% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Middleby Corp. the business predictability rank of 3-star.
CFO Recent Trades:
CFO Timothy John Fitzgerald sold 5,714 shares of MIDD stock on 12/27/2011 at the average price of 97.75. Timothy John Fitzgerald owns at least 163,165 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.38% since.
Director Ryan Levenson sold 830 shares of MIDD stock on 09/01/2011 at the average price of 80.13. Ryan Levenson owns at least 3,170 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 19.08% since.
For the complete insider trading history of MIDD, click here.
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