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$56.68 -0.23 (-0.40%)
5/16/2008 4:00 PM

The Middleby Corp (MIDD)

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The Company designs, manufactures, markets, distributes and services of a line of cooking equipment and related products used in all types of commercial restaurants, institutional kitchens, and food processing operations.

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Small Cap (1922), Diversified Machinery (61), Chicago (23)
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The Middleby Corp At A Glance

Current Price: $56.68
Last Trade Time: 5/16/2008 4:00 PM
Open: $57.20
Previous Close: $56.91
Daily Range: $56.02 - $57.20
52-Week Range: $52.00 - $78.94
Volume: 142,358
Market Cap: $965.25M
P/E Ratio: 16.35
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The Middleby Corp (MIDD)

Avatar LakeEffect (81.16) Submitted: 2/03/08 12:12 AM

Ok, I've waffled on this one for a while and resisted picking it until now. I believe the recent haircut provides us a good buying opportunity. Seems like a well-run business that's relatively immune from outsourcing and credit problems that plague some other industries.

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Avatar herb41 (< 20) Submitted: 7/14/07 4:11 PM

as good as this company's prospects look and as strong as its returns on capital are, I just dont see much margin of safety here. According to my discounted FCF calculations, the market may be pricing the company at 20% growth in the next three years followed by 5% thereafter. I assume a discount ...More

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 (MIDD)

Avatar dragonmonkey (23.75) Submitted: 5/16/08 3:34 AM : Outperform Start Price: $57.20 MIDD Score: -0.83

Putting my mouth where my money is. I just bought it, so I might as well rate it. My comfort level is a bit low on this on because I'm not very familiar with their products. Smallish purchase was a bit of a whim based on recent trend, mid-term growth potential, and some advice from others.

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Avatar FutureMonkey (75.07) Submitted: 5/13/08 3:46 PM : Outperform Start Price: $57.36 MIDD Score: -2.84

At current Market Cap of below $1B and $600M in assets and $275M Debt on the balance sheet, MIDD is looking like a safe place to invest your dollars.


Current entry point (May 13, $57.15) is about where MIDD was trading 12 months ago, yet the company has grown revenue and earnings 20% since then.


Trading at just 1.7xTTM sales and 12x forward earnings while growing both at a healthy clip. What is not to like?


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 (MIDD)

Avatar shredlee (30.26) Submitted: 5/12/08 12:44 PM : Outperform Start Price: $56.03 MIDD Score: -0.86

Strong oven manufacturer

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Avatar JSIMMS001 (97.10) Submitted: 5/11/08 4:03 PM : Outperform Start Price: $55.84 MIDD Score: -0.94

I have owned middleby in the past. It did well for me and although I had to sell it in order to pay for some debt it is still not down to the levels where I sold it at. So I am back again in order to give my finances a boost from old faithful. Plus it looks as if it is trading at an even better discount than when I used to have it. Here is to a consistent 20% a year

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Avatar JDSancho (98.75) Submitted: 5/10/08 7:12 PM : Outperform Start Price: $55.84 MIDD Score: -0.94

I expect MIDD to easily attain $4.30 earnings per share by 2010. Given that, I expect MIDD to trade between $80 - $90 by then, giving me a 45% - 60% discount for a purchase under $55. For this reason, it's one of the top 5 largest holdings in my personal portfolio. Of course, this assumes future acquisitions go according to plan. I have faith in the skill of CEO S. Bassoul seeing as he's done an outstanding job thus far, and his is the largest shareholder. As a bonus, Ken Heebner of the CGM Fund Family has a large stake in MIDD (through is Capital Development Fund, LOMCX). I think very highly of Mr. Heebner and I don't think anyone can go wrong investing along side of him.

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TrackJimCramer 80.65 11/08/07 Underperform 3W $59.69-5.04%-3.06%+1.98
TrackRWBaird 51.19 08/02/07 Outperform NS $65.99-14.11%-2.79%-11.31
TrackRBCCapMkts 89.44 04/12/07 Outperform NS $67.28-15.75%-0.67%-15.08
TrackSoleil 23.94 12/29/06 Outperform NS $52.38+8.21%+0.44%+7.77
TrackRothCapital < 20 11/08/06 Outperform NS $47.70+18.83%+3.56%+15.27

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