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United States · SEC Form 4 · Snapshot date: 2026-10-18 · Built: 2026-10-18 · 中文

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US · SEC FORM 4

MIDDLEBY Corp

MIDD · Nasdaq · CIK 0000769520 · Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery

INSIDER SIGNAL

No active buy signal

0 qualifying P purchase groups
in the current 180-day scoring window

16 Form 4 transaction lines observed in the same window
0 sales · 16 option, withholding, award, gift or other lines

Last qualifying purchase2025-12-15 · GARDEN EDWARD P · $2.2M

WHY NO ACTIVE SIGNAL?

Purchase activityNone
Recent buyingNone
Recent salesNone
Buy signal statusInactive
Score anatomy

No score is calculated because there is no qualifying purchase in the active window. Unavailable inputs are not treated as zero or as a bearish signal.

ClusterNot calculated
Purchase sizeNot calculated
RoleNot calculated
RecencyNot calculated
ConvictionNot calculated

Why is there no score?

  • No qualifying open-market purchase supplies cluster, size, role, recency or conviction inputs.
  • Sales and other Form 4 activity remain visible as context and do not create a negative score.

Sales and other Form 4 activity are shown separately and do not create a negative buy signal. Absence of buying is not scored as bearish.

Insider activity timeline

Owner lanes show the latest 180 days. Symbol shape identifies the transaction type; sales remain context only.

AprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Palisi Chapin SarahDirector
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Cerwin Brittany CChief Accounting Officer
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Pool III James KChief Technology and*
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Spittle SteveChief Commercial Officer
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FITZGERALD TIMOTHY JOHNChief Executive Officer
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Shah Tejas P.Director
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● Purchase▼ Sale○ Other

Showing the six most active owners; 5 additional owner(s) remain in Form 4 evidence.

Purchase breadth, concentration & cluster buying

These modules activate when qualifying purchases enter the 180-day research window.

SIGNAL HISTORY

No recorded active-signal snapshot

Scores are archived only when the company qualifies for a published US buy-signal snapshot. Last qualifying purchase: 2025-12-15 · GARDEN EDWARD P.

Recent Form 4 activity

8Purchases
0Sales
44Other Form 4 lines
39SEC filings · 365 days
BUYING0 qualifying P line(s) · 180 days
SELLING0 sale line(s) · context only
OTHER16 exercise / withholding / award / gift / other lines
10b5-1 / PLANNEDNot assessed

P is an open-market or private purchase. S is a sale. M, F, A and G usually describe exercises, tax withholding, awards and gifts. These categories remain visually separate.

Market context

Market context has not been captured for this ticker yet. The daily market-context job processes the US universe in rotating batches.

Short interest

Short interest is external context reported to FINRA by broker-dealers. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Shares short
1,696,654
Previous report
1,945,372
Avg daily volume
615,501
Days to cover
2.8

FINRA settlement date: 2026-09-30 · Captured 2026-10-12 · FINRA equity short interest ↗. A share count, published about a week after each of two settlement dates a month; not a percentage of shares outstanding.

Historical equity purchases

Qualifying code P transactions in the local Form 4 history, including purchases outside the current signal window.

Transaction dateReporting ownerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2025-12-15GARDEN EDWARD PPurchase (P)Common Stock14,740USD 146.92USD 2,165,601SEC filing ↗
2025-12-12GARDEN EDWARD PPurchase (P)Common Stock43,838USD 146.53USD 6,423,634SEC filing ↗
2025-12-11GARDEN EDWARD PPurchase (P)Common Stock44,325USD 144.55USD 6,407,246SEC filing ↗
2025-12-09Nerbonne Robert APurchase (P)Common Stock780USD 128.52USD 100,246SEC filing ↗
2025-05-21GARDEN EDWARD PPurchase (P)Common Stock137,000USD 148.03USD 20,279,599SEC filing ↗
2025-05-16GARDEN EDWARD PPurchase (P)Common Stock621USD 149.62USD 92,914SEC filing ↗
2025-05-15GARDEN EDWARD PPurchase (P)Common Stock13,477USD 149.23USD 2,011,127SEC filing ↗
2025-05-14GARDEN EDWARD PPurchase (P)Common Stock37,473USD 148.40USD 5,560,993SEC filing ↗
2025-05-13GARDEN EDWARD PPurchase (P)Common Stock249,339USD 149.59USD 37,299,749SEC filing ↗
2025-05-12Scherger Stephen R.Purchase (P)Common Stock2,000USD 146.70USD 293,400SEC filing ↗
2025-05-09GARDEN EDWARD PPurchase (P)Common Stock203,058USD 139.13USD 28,252,057SEC filing ↗
2023-08-21Nerbonne Robert APurchase (P)Common Stock720USD 139.32USD 100,310SEC filing ↗
2022-05-24Ziyad NassemPurchase (P)Common Stock2,035USD 135.83USD 276,414SEC filing ↗
2022-05-13Nerbonne Robert APurchase (P)Common Stock1,450USD 139.57USD 202,376SEC filing ↗
2022-05-12FITZGERALD TIMOTHY JOHNPurchase (P)Common Stock7,500USD 132.29USD 992,175SEC filing ↗

Form 4 evidence

52 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 321 in local history.

DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-10-02Spittle SteveAward / grant (A)Common Stock9,181USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-10-02Pool III James KAward / grant (A)Common Stock9,181USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-10-02FITZGERALD TIMOTHY JOHNAward / grant (A)Common Stock21,517USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
Show recent Form 4 evidence (30 grouped rows)
DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-10-02Spittle SteveAward / grant (A)Common Stock9,181USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-10-02Pool III James KAward / grant (A)Common Stock9,181USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-10-02FITZGERALD TIMOTHY JOHNAward / grant (A)Common Stock21,517USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-10-02Cerwin Brittany CAward / grant (A)Common Stock6,695USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-08-26Palisi Chapin SarahAward / grant (A)Common Stock558USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-07-20Spittle SteveC (C)Common Stock1,823USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-07-20Shah Tejas P.C (C)Common Stock349USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-07-20Scherger Stephen R.C (C)Common Stock349USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-07-20Pool III James KC (C)Common Stock1,823USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-07-20Palisi Chapin SarahC (C)Common Stock349USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-07-20OBRIEN GORDONC (C)Common Stock349USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-07-20Hix Christopher MC (C)Common Stock349USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-07-20FITZGERALD TIMOTHY JOHNAward / grant (A)Common Stock4,455USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-07-20EISENBERG GLENN AC (C)Common Stock349USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-07-20Cerwin Brittany CC (C)Common Stock877USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-07-20Bowerman JulieC (C)Common Stock349USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-03-13Spittle SteveTax withholding (F)Common Stock1,626USD 143.08USD 232,648SEC filing ↗
2026-03-13Spittle SteveAward / grant (A)Common Stock4,130USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-03-13Pool III James KTax withholding (F)Common Stock1,626USD 143.08USD 232,648SEC filing ↗
2026-03-13Pool III James KAward / grant (A)Common Stock4,130USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-03-13Mittelman Bryan E.Tax withholding (F)Common Stock1,335USD 143.08USD 191,012SEC filing ↗
2026-03-13Mittelman Bryan E.Award / grant (A)Common Stock3,012USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-03-13Fuchsen Matthew RTax withholding (F)Common Stock688USD 143.08USD 98,439SEC filing ↗
2026-03-13Fuchsen Matthew RAward / grant (A)Common Stock2,345USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-03-13FITZGERALD TIMOTHY JOHNTax withholding (F)Common Stock4,688USD 143.08USD 670,759SEC filing ↗
2026-03-13FITZGERALD TIMOTHY JOHNAward / grant (A)Common Stock10,579USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-03-13Cerwin Brittany CTax withholding (F)Common Stock801USD 143.08USD 114,607SEC filing ↗
2026-03-13Cerwin Brittany CAward / grant (A)Common Stock1,807USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-03-06GARDEN EDWARD PAward / grant (A)Common Stock1,161USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-03-06Scherger Stephen R.Award / grant (A)Common Stock1,161USD —USD —SEC filing ↗

Multiple price lines in one filing are grouped and share-weighted. Price and value are blank when a grouped filing line lacks price evidence.

Snapshot & identity

Snapshot date2026-10-18
Ranking versionUS-v1.2
Data qualityPASS ELIGIBLE · —
TickerMIDD
CIK0000769520
SectorIndustrials
IndustrySpecialty Industrial Machinery Yahoo Finance
SEC SIC3580 Refrigeration & Service Industry Machinery
ExchangeNasdaq

Data coverage

Local Form 4 history321 transaction lines from 2020-03-02 to 2026-10-02
50 P purchase lines · 34 S sale lines · 237 other lines
SEC company submissionsOpen SEC filings ↗

Local ledger as of 2026-10-18. Mapping status is an audit field and does not erase SEC filing evidence.