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Middleby (MIDD) Competitors

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$136.00 +0.32 (+0.24%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

MIDD vs. AQUA, WBT, SXI, TNC, DOV, SNA, PNR, IEX, GGG, and NDSN

Should you be buying Middleby stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Middleby include Evoqua Water Technologies (AQUA), Welbilt (WBT), Standex International (SXI), Tennant (TNC), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), IDEX (IEX), Graco (GGG), and Nordson (NDSN).

Middleby vs.

Evoqua Water Technologies (NYSE:AQUA) and Middleby (NASDAQ:MIDD) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability and community ranking.

93.5% of Evoqua Water Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of Middleby shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Evoqua Water Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Middleby shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Middleby received 184 more outperform votes than Evoqua Water Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.25% of users gave Evoqua Water Technologies an outperform vote while only 59.38% of users gave Middleby an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Evoqua Water TechnologiesOutperform Votes
196
61.25%
Underperform Votes
124
38.75%
MiddlebyOutperform Votes
380
59.38%
Underperform Votes
260
40.63%

Middleby has a net margin of 10.14% compared to Evoqua Water Technologies' net margin of 4.24%. Evoqua Water Technologies' return on equity of 16.97% beat Middleby's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Evoqua Water Technologies4.24% 16.97% 5.49%
Middleby 10.14%14.66%7.09%

Middleby has higher revenue and earnings than Evoqua Water Technologies. Middleby is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evoqua Water Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Evoqua Water Technologies$1.74B3.51$72.20M$0.6280.45
Middleby$4.04B1.81$400.88M$7.2518.76

In the previous week, Middleby had 10 more articles in the media than Evoqua Water Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Middleby and 0 mentions for Evoqua Water Technologies. Evoqua Water Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Middleby's score of 0.58 indicating that Evoqua Water Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Evoqua Water Technologies Positive
Middleby Positive

Evoqua Water Technologies has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Middleby has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Middleby has a consensus target price of $154.67, indicating a potential upside of 13.73%. Given Middleby's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Middleby is more favorable than Evoqua Water Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Evoqua Water Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Middleby
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

Middleby beats Evoqua Water Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MIDD vs. The Competition

MetricMiddlebyRefrigeration & service industry machinery IndustryIndustrial SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$7.32B$3.71B$9.60B$8.74B
Dividend YieldN/A0.97%2.02%4.08%
P/E Ratio18.7626.3419.0914.18
Price / Sales1.812.507.9987.02
Price / Cash11.1615.2020.2235.24
Price / Book2.042.704.165.93
Net Income$400.88M$166.04M$414.52M$225.73M
7 Day Performance-3.07%-2.73%-3.04%-1.34%
1 Month Performance-2.57%0.75%0.72%1.15%
1 Year Performance8.99%23.04%28.89%24.02%

Middleby Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MIDD
Middleby
3.7108 of 5 stars
$136.00
+0.2%
$154.67
+13.7%
+10.6%$7.32B$4.04B18.7610,722
AQUA
Evoqua Water Technologies
N/A$49.88
flat
N/AN/A$6.10B$1.74B80.454,500
WBT
Welbilt
0.4079 of 5 stars
$24.01
flat
N/A+0.0%$3.44B$1.55B52.204,800
SXI
Standex International
3.9546 of 5 stars
$202.21
-0.9%
N/A+48.5%$2.44B$706.33M33.153,700Insider Selling
TNC
Tennant
4.6418 of 5 stars
$87.19
-1.1%
N/A-0.3%$1.65B$1.24B15.384,457
DOV
Dover
4.7532 of 5 stars
$202.04
-1.0%
N/A+46.3%$27.72B$8.44B18.0725,000Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
SNA
Snap-on
4.0928 of 5 stars
$357.79
-1.0%
N/A+30.0%$18.79B$4.73B18.412,700Dividend Increase
PNR
Pentair
4.4272 of 5 stars
$105.86
-0.4%
N/A+68.4%$17.57B$4.09B26.4710,500Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
IEX
IDEX
4.4857 of 5 stars
$229.39
-0.7%
N/A+15.3%$17.49B$3.19B35.518,800Dividend Announcement
Positive News
GGG
Graco
3.8308 of 5 stars
$89.18
+0.7%
N/A+12.6%$15.06B$2.20B31.514,000Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
NDSN
Nordson
4.5221 of 5 stars
$256.56
-1.0%
N/A+10.0%$14.67B$2.63B31.257,900Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:MIDD) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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