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MIDDLEBY price to free cash flow MIDD

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
10.3×
10-year median
16.3×
Against its 10-year history
22nd
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
6.4× to 37.9×
Peer median
19.7×

MIDDLEBY's price to free cash flow is 10.3× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 16.3×, lower than on 78% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 6.4× in Mar 2020 to 37.9× in Feb 2023.

The median for 10 industrial machinery stocks of a similar size is 19.7×.

Price to free cash flow over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far10.3×8.7×12.5×
202510.4×8.1×11.4×
20249.1×8.0×14.8×
202314.2×11.6×37.9×
202231.7×15.2×34.1×
202116.9×14.2×18.7×
202013.7×6.4×16.7×
201916.0×15.2×19.0×
201814.8×14.8×23.5×
201722.0×17.9×27.5×
201625.5×17.6×28.4×
201523.0×18.8×23.5×
201421.5×20.1×38.4×
201335.5×13.1×41.7×
201212.6×10.1×16.3×
201115.3×11.6×18.7×

Against its peers

Companies in Industrial - Machinery nearest MIDDLEBY's size, closest first, today.

CompanyPrice to free cash flow
MIDDMIDDLEBY10.3×
NOVTNovanta46.6×
POWLPowell Industries22.5×
JBTMJBT MAREL18.2×
AAONAaonn/m
TEXTerexn/m
ENSEnerSys8.4×
ALHAlliance Laundry16.5×
ESABESAB21.2×
GTESGates Industrial15.7×
MIRMirion Technologies27.6×
Peer median19.7×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.