MIDD - The Middleby Corporation
Price:
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CONSENSUS:
Buy
DETAILS
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PRICE TARGET:
$159.25
DETAILS
HIGH:
$205.00
LOW:
$145.00
MEDIAN:
$156.00
CONSENSUS:
$159.25
UPSIDE:
40.87%
AlphaVal
Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value
Platform & Compounding FCF
50% confidence
Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF
Adjust Assumptions
10.4%
12.0%
3.0%
Key Value Driver
FCF growth rate (10% base case)
Terminal Value % of EV
35%
Implied Market Multiple
11.4x
Market is pricing in (growth)
2.9%
vs our 10.4% base
Plain-Language Summary
Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 10% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 12%, the base-case intrinsic value is $222.79 per share.
Analyst Consensus (External Reference)
Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above -- shown only as an outside comparison.
Average Target (21 analysts)
$159.25
Analyst Range
$145.00 – $205.00
Divergence from AlphaVal
40%
Warnings
Wall Street's average price target is $159.25 (from 21 analysts). Our estimate is 40% above the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.
Key Risks
- P/E alone misleads — earnings depressed by growth investment
- Cyclical or commodity businesses may be misclassified as platforms
- Terminal value dominance suggests sensitivity to long-run assumptions