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The Middleby (The Middleby) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 6.34% (As of Dec. 2023)
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The Middleby's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $10,093 Mil. The Middleby's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $640 Mil. The Middleby's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.34%.

The historical rank and industry rank for The Middleby's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

MIDD' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.13   Med: 5.27   Max: 12.33
Current: 6.38

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of The Middleby was 12.33%. The lowest was 3.13%. And the median was 5.27%.

MIDD's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
63.26% of 3035 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 4.37 vs MIDD: 6.38

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. The Middleby's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 14.12%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


The Middleby Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Middleby's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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The Middleby Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.85 4.00 5.14 6.68 6.34

The Middleby Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.68 6.55 6.66 7.66 6.34

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, The Middleby's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


The Middleby Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, The Middleby's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Middleby's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



The Middleby Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

The Middlebys Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=639.726/10092.928378
=6.34 %

The Middleby's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $640 Mil.



The Middleby  (NAS:MIDD) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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The Middleby (The Middleby) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1400 Toastmaster Drive, Elgin, IL, USA, 60120
The Middleby Corp is engaged in designing, manufacturing, marketing, distribution and service of a broad line of foodservice equipment used in all types of commercial restaurants and institutional kitchens, food preparation, cooking, baking, chilling and packaging equipment for food processing operations, and premium kitchen equipment including ranges, ovens, refrigerators, ventilation, dishwashers and outdoor cooking equipment primarily used in the residential market. The company conducts its business through three principal business segments namely the Commercial Foodservice Equipment Group, the Food Processing Equipment Group and the Residential Kitchen Equipment Group. The firm derives majority revenue from Commercial Foodservice Equipment Group segment.
Executives
Chapin Sarah Palisi director 1400 TOASTMASTER DRIVE, ELGIN IL 60120
Pool Iii James K officer: Chief Technology and* 1400 TOASTMASTER DRIVE, ELGIN IL 60120
Robert A Nerbonne director 1400 TOASTMASTER DRIVE, ELGIN IL 60120
Miller John R Iii director C/O THE MIDDLEBY CORPORATION, 1400 TOASTMASTER DRIVE, ELGIN IL 60120
Matthew R Fuchsen officer: Chief Development Officer 1400 TOASTMASTER DRIVE, ELGIN IL 60120
Brittany C Cerwin officer: Chief Accounting Officer 1400 TOASTMASTER DRIVE, ELGIN IL 60120
Cathy L Mccarthy director 1400 TOASTMASTER DRIVE, ELGIN IL 60120
Nassem Ziyad director C/O MIDDLEBY CORPORATION, 1400 TOASTMASTER DRIVE, ELGIN IL 60120
Timothy John Fitzgerald officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O MIDDLEBY CORPORATON, 1400 TOASTMASTER DRIVE, ELGIN IL 60120
Steve Spittle officer: Chief Commercial Officer 1400 TOASTMASTER DRIVE, ELGIN IL 60120
Bryan E. Mittelman officer: Chief Accounting Officer THE MIDDLEBY CORPORATION, 1400 TOASTMASTER DRIVE, ELGIN IL 60120
Martin M Lindsay officer: Treasurer C/O THE MIDDLEBY CORPORATION, 1400 TOASTMASTER DR, ELGIN IL 60120
Gordon Obrien director 1400 TOASTMASTER DRIVE, ELGIN IL 60120
Robert B Lamb director C/O THE MIDDLEBY CORPORATION, 1400 TOASTMASTER DR, ELGIN IL 60120
Selim A Bassoul director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O MIDDLEBY CORP, 1400 TOASTMASTER DRIVE, ELGIN IL 8477413300