AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Middleby (MIDD)

Middleby Q2 2025 sales fall 1.4% to $978 million; diluted EPS $1.99 vs $2.13

Negative Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Middleby reported second-quarter 2025 net sales of $977.9 million, down 1.4% from $991.5 million a year earlier, and GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1.99 versus $2.13. Management attributed the results to economic uncertainty in key end markets and issued third-quarter and full-year 2025 guidance, which projects revenue and adjusted EPS below the prior-year trend in the filing's figures. For shareholders, lower sales and earnings were partly offset by $322.7 million of share repurchases in the quarter.

Key points

  • Q2 2025 net sales were $977.9 million, down 1.4%; organic net sales fell 5.4%
  • GAAP net earnings were $106.0 million ($1.99 diluted EPS) versus $115.4 million ($2.13) a year earlier
  • Adjusted EBITDA was $200.2 million versus $216.4 million; the quarter included a $10 million tariff impact
  • Full-year 2025 guidance: total revenue of $3.81-3.87 billion, adjusted EBITDA of $770-800 million, adjusted EPS of $8.65-9.05

The filing

CompanyMiddleby (MIDD)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECAug 6, 2025, 7:05 AM ET
Accession number0001628280-25-038082

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 12:58 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on August 06, 2025.

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