Middleby has retired 26.0% of its shares since 2000, from 61,144,326 to 45,222,349.
At $107.78 a share, a market value of $4.9B. FCF yield 9.9%, P/E n/m, trailing twelve months to July 2026.
Early years use the fiscal-year average share count from the 10-K.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1999-03-26 | 60,946,326 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2000 | 2000-03-27 | 61,144,326 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-03-25 | 53,831,532 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-03-24 | 54,167,832 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2004-03-26 | 55,333,500 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2005-03-11 | 46,057,200 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-03-09 | 47,823,738 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-22 | 50,626,425 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-02-27 | 55,600,737 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2010 | 2010-01-02 | 52,815,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2011 | 2011-02-25 | 55,374,033 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2012-02-24 | 55,967,730 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2013-02-25 | 56,374,338 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2014-02-24 | 57,373,506 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2015-03-02 | 57,271,680 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2016-01-02 | 57,306,082 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2017-02-27 | 57,539,766 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2018-02-26 | 55,730,624 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2019-02-25 | 55,703,466 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2020-02-24 | 56,189,686 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2021-03-01 | 55,638,477 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2022-02-28 | 54,661,085 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2023-02-27 | 53,609,743 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2024-02-26 | 53,603,418 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2025-02-26 | 53,624,590 | 10-K | |
| 2026 | 2026-03-02 | 47,181,017 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Middleby on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Middleby has 10.2% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 45,222,349 as of August 10, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 18.7%.
Net of every new share it issued, Middleby has 15.9 million fewer shares than at its 2000 peak. That is 26.0% of the company.
45,222,349 shares, as of August 10, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2000 peak it had 61,144,326.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Middleby stock in 2000 owns 1.4 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Middleby ranks No. 316 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Cognizant (26.1%), Murphy Oil (26.0%), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (26.0%), Del Monte (25.8%).
Every answer is computed from Middleby's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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