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Middleby Corp insider trading

Every open-market purchase and sale by Middleby Corp's officers, directors and largest shareholders since November 4, 2021, and what the share price did next.

Insider purchase Insider sale Marker size reflects trade value. Weekly closes adjusted for splits; may be delayed.
Middleby Corp insider open-market trades
DateInsiderTrade SharesPriceValue 1M after 3M after 6M after

From insiders' Form 4 filings with the SEC: open-market purchases and sales only (awards, option exercises and shares withheld for tax are excluded), combined to one line per insider per day. "Plan" marks trades the filing says were made under a pre-set Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, which are scheduled in advance. Price changes run from the close on the trade date; hover a figure for the change relative to the S&P 500. Past moves don't predict future ones.

Does following Middleby Corp’s insiders pay?

From March 11, 2010 to December 15, 2025, 17 insiders reported 28 open-market purchases and 69 sales not made under a pre-set plan in Middleby Corp. Twelve months after each purchase was reported, the shares were +39.7% against the S&P 500 on average (median −7.1%), over 26 purchases with a full year of prices; 42% beat the index. After sales, the shares moved −5.0% against the index over 12 months (a negative figure means selling was the right call). Buying each purchase the day after it was reported, an equal amount each, held 12 months or until that insider reported a sale, would have turned $10,000 on July 11, 2017 into $13,540 by November 2, 2026, +3.3% a year. It held shares 82% of the time; the S&P 500 on those same days, with Treasury bills otherwise, made $32,359 (+13.5% a year), and held throughout $36,028 (+14.8%).

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Copying Middleby Corp's insidersS&P 500, same days investedS&P 500, held throughout $10,000 copying every open-market purchase by Middleby Corp's insiders from July 11, 2017, before costs and taxes, marked weekly. Uninvested money earns the Treasury bill rate; the portfolio held shares 82% of the time.
Middleby Corp: each insider's record
InsiderRolePurchases12 months after their purchasesBeat the S&P 500Sales12 months after their salesLatest report
Palisi Chapin Sarah Director 1 +123.8% (1) 100% 21 −21.2% (21) March 3, 2025
Nerbonne Robert A Director 15 +43.6% (14) 50% 0 — December 9, 2025
Miller John R III Director 0 — — 11 −2.8% (11) June 6, 2024
Putnam Philip G Director 0 — — 8 +14.2% (8) December 12, 2016
Streeter Sabin C Director 0 — — 6 +24.1% (6) May 23, 2014
Lindsay Martin M Treasurer 0 — — 5 −4.6% (5) December 18, 2017
Mccarthy Cathy L Director 1 +156.9% (1) 100% 4 −15.3% (4) November 8, 2024
Pool III James K Chief Technology and* 0 — — 5 −17.7% (5) September 1, 2023
Garden Edward P Director 4 −29.0% (3) 0% 0 — December 15, 2025
Ziyad Nassem Director 4 +26.7% (4) 25% 0 — May 25, 2022
Fitzgerald Timothy John Chief Executive Officer 2 +74.9% (2) 50% 1 +9.2% (1) May 16, 2022
Lamb Robert B Director 0 — — 2 −26.5% (2) March 9, 2017
Levenson Ryan Director 0 — — 2 +36.5% (2) March 21, 2012
Obrien Gordon Director 0 — — 2 −0.5% (2) September 14, 2017
Bassoul Selim A CEO, Chairman, President 0 — — 1 +9.8% (1) December 13, 2010
Brewer David Chief Operating Officer 0 — — 1 +4.4% (1) September 13, 2013
Scherger Stephen R. Director 1 −30.1% (1) 0% 0 — May 14, 2025

Moves are the shares’ return including dividends minus the S&P 500’s, from the close on the first trading day after each report; the number of trades with a finished 12-month window is in brackets. Green means the trade went the insider’s way (a purchase ahead of the index, a sale followed by the shares trailing it). A trade reported both by a director or officer and by a fund or company they are linked to counts once here, under the person. Purchases count only where the share price actually traded was at least $5. These figures describe what the shares did, not why anyone traded. Insiders across all companies.

When several insiders traded Middleby Corp

Months when 2 or more insiders became net buyers, or 3 or more net sellers, of Middleby Corp in reports dated in the 91 days before the month end, and how the stock did against the S&P 500 from that month end. After the 4 buying crowds with six months of prices, it averaged −0.9% against the index. After 4 selling crowds, +2.2%. One company's history is too short to judge by; the test across every company is the better guide.

MonthCrowd3 months on, vs S&P 5006 months12 months
December 31, 20252 buying−7.6%+9.8%not yet
May 30, 20252 buying−16.1%−35.7%−23.7%
May 31, 20223 buying−0.8%−3.7%−16.0%
August 31, 20214 selling−5.7%−0.5%−10.1%
March 31, 20205 buying+18.6%+25.9%+135.2%
December 30, 20163 selling−1.1%−15.3%−17.6%
August 31, 20123 selling+10.8%+18.2%+50.2%
December 31, 20103 selling+5.5%+6.4%+9.5%

Colours show whether the crowd was right: green when buyers were followed by a rise above the index, or sellers by a fall below it. Total returns from the month end; past patterns are not a forecast.

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