Middleby

Name: Middleby (MIDD) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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MIDD

Middleby has retired 26.0% of its shares since 2000, from 61,144,326 to 45,222,349.

26.0%retired since 2000

18.7%last 5 years

10.2%last 12 months

45Mshares today

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.

Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 60,946,3262026-08-10, 45,222,349

Early years use the fiscal-year average share count from the 10-K.

A share bought in 1999

1.3× more of Middleby today, without buying another share. It was one of 60,946,326 shares then. It is one of 45,222,349 now.

Every filing we read26 fiscal years, split adjusted

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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Middleby buybacks, answered

Is Middleby buying back its stock?

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%.

How many shares has Middleby bought back?

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.

How many shares does Middleby have outstanding?

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.

What do Middleby's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

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.

How does Middleby compare with other cannibal stocks?

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.

Insider buying, last 12 months

GARDEN EDWARD PDirector2025-12-15, 14,740 shares at $146.92 $2.2M total

GARDEN EDWARD PDirector2025-12-12, 43,838 shares at $146.53 $6.4M total

GARDEN EDWARD PDirector2025-12-11, 44,325 shares at $144.55 $6.4M total

Nerbonne Robert ADirector2025-12-09, 780 shares at $128.52 $100K total