MIDD insider buying – MIDDLEBY Corp
28 insider purchases since 2016 worth $113.7M by 7 different insiders. Last 12 months: 2 purchases, $15.1M. Most recent filing: 2025-12-15.
Same time range as the chart above - each mark sits under the week of the trade. Circles = purchases (height = price paid, size = amount), red triangles = open-market sales of $50k+. Prices as reported, not adjusted for later stock splits. 16 older purchases (before the 5-year window) are listed in the table below.
Purchases are open-market buys (SEC Form 4, code "P") - insiders paying with their own money. Sales are open-market sales (code "S") of $50,000 or more; many sales are pre-planned (Rule 10b5-1) or made for taxes and diversification. Each row links to the original filing.
Bought, sold, still holding?
| Insider | Bought | First / last buy | Sold since 2016 | Holds now* | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARDEN EDWARD P Director | $108.5M 4× · 743,871 sh | 2025-05-09 2025-12-11 | – | 3,382,006 shares as of 2026-03-10 | Holds - never sold |
| FITZGERALD TIMOTHY JOHN CEO | $2.5M 2× · 26,250 sh | 2020-03-13 2022-05-12 | 1× · $1.9M last 2017-03-01 | 452,283 shares as of 2026-08-28 | Holds (sold earlier) |
| Nerbonne Robert A Director | $1.6M 15× · 16,660 sh | 2019-08-09 2025-12-09 | – | 26,162 shares as of 2026-03-06 | Holds - never sold |
| Ziyad Nassem Director | $717,784 4× · 6,035 sh | 2017-05-17 2022-05-24 | – | 14,139 shares as of 2025-03-06 | Holds - never sold |
| Scherger Stephen R. Director | $293,400 1× · 2,000 sh | 2025-05-12 2025-05-12 | – | 5,758 shares as of 2026-08-28 | Holds - never sold |
| Palisi Chapin Sarah Director | $75,180 1× · 1,000 sh | 2020-03-13 2020-03-13 | 6× · $495,667 last 2025-03-03 | 8,729 shares as of 2026-08-28 | Sold part |
| McCarthy Cathy L Director | $49,290 1× · 680 sh | 2020-03-13 2020-03-13 | 4× · $480,370 last 2024-11-07 | 10,880 shares as of 2026-03-06 | Sold part |
* Shares held after the insider's most recent SEC filing for this company (all share classes, direct and indirect). If an insider stops filing, later changes are not known.
Insider buying and selling by year
| Year | Purchases | Bought | Buyers | Sales | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | $108.9M | 3 | 1 | $81,755 |
| 2024 | 0 | – | – | 4 | $529,879 |
| 2023 | 1 | $100,310 | 1 | 4 | $892,833 |
| 2022 | 4 | $1.6M | 3 | 3 | $701,116 |
| 2021 | 1 | $201,650 | 1 | 7 | $2.4M |
| 2020 | 11 | $2.4M | 5 | – | – |
| 2019 | 3 | $152,334 | 1 | 1 | $252,740 |
| 2018 | 1 | $237,000 | 1 | – | – |
| 2017 | 1 | $131,070 | 1 | 8 | $7.7M |
| 2016 | 0 | – | – | 5 | $3.0M |
Insider purchases
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Holdings | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-15 | GARDEN EDWARD P | Director | 102,903 | $145.73 | $15.0M | +3.1% | SEC |
| 2025-12-09 | Nerbonne Robert A | Director | 780 | $128.52 | $100,246 | +3.8% | SEC |
| 2025-05-22 | GARDEN EDWARD P | Director | 137,000 | $148.03 | $20.3M | +4.4% | SEC |
| 2025-05-16 | GARDEN EDWARD P | Director | 51,571 | $148.63 | $7.7M | +1.7% | SEC |
| 2025-05-14 | Scherger Stephen R. | Director | 2,000 | $146.70 | $293,400 | +89.0% | SEC |
| 2025-05-13 | GARDEN EDWARD P | Director | 452,397 | $144.90 | $65.6M | +17.2% | SEC |
| 2023-08-23 | Nerbonne Robert A | Director | 720 | $139.32 | $100,310 | +4.2% | SEC |
| 2022-05-25 | Ziyad Nassem | Director | 2,035 | $135.83 | $276,414 | +23.1% | SEC |
| 2022-05-16 | Nerbonne Robert A | Director | 1,450 | $139.57 | $202,376 | +9.2% | SEC |
| 2022-05-16 | FITZGERALD TIMOTHY JOHN | CEO | 7,500 | $132.29 | $992,175 | +60.0% | SEC |
| 2022-03-14 | Nerbonne Robert A | Director | 600 | $168.84 | $101,304 | +3.9% | SEC |
| 2021-09-17 | Nerbonne Robert A | Director | 1,165 | $173.09 | $201,650 | +8.3% | SEC |
| 2020-06-01 | Nerbonne Robert A | Director | 2,700 | $68.12 | $183,924 | +26.5% | SEC |
| 2020-05-21 | Nerbonne Robert A | Director | 1,540 | $64.92 | $99,977 | +17.8% | SEC |
| 2020-05-13 | Nerbonne Robert A | Director | 1,750 | $56.88 | $99,540 | +25.3% | SEC |
| 2020-05-11 | Nerbonne Robert A | Director | 1,670 | $60.62 | $101,235 | +31.9% | SEC |
| 2020-03-26 | Palisi Chapin Sarah | Director | 1,000 | $75.18 | $75,180 | +16.8% | SEC |
| 2020-03-18 | Ziyad Nassem | Director | 1,000 | $73.30 | $73,300 | +16.2% | SEC |
| 2020-03-18 | Nerbonne Robert A | Director | 1,390 | $71.76 | $99,746 | +36.1% | SEC |
| 2020-03-18 | McCarthy Cathy L | Director | 680 | $72.48 | $49,290 | +9.6% | SEC |
| 2020-03-18 | FITZGERALD TIMOTHY JOHN | CEO | 18,750 | $78.07 | $1.5M | +7.9% | SEC |
| 2020-03-11 | Nerbonne Robert A | Director | 1,105 | $91.19 | $100,762 | +40.3% | SEC |
| 2020-03-02 | Nerbonne Robert A | Director | 465 | $108.94 | $50,657 | +20.4% | SEC |
| 2019-11-12 | Nerbonne Robert A | Director | 420 | $120.24 | $50,501 | +22.6% | SEC |
| 2019-08-14 | Nerbonne Robert A | Director | 455 | $111.21 | $50,601 | +32.4% | SEC |
| 2019-08-13 | Nerbonne Robert A | Director | 450 | $113.85 | $51,232 | +47.1% | SEC |
| 2018-03-09 | Ziyad Nassem | Director | 2,000 | $118.50 | $237,000 | +200.0% | SEC |
| 2017-07-10 | Ziyad Nassem | Director | 1,000 | $131.07 | $131,070 | SEC |
Insider sales
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Type | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-03 | Palisi Chapin Sarah | Director | 500 | $163.51 | $81,755 | Sale | SEC |
| 2024-11-08 | McCarthy Cathy L | Director | 500 | $142.19 | $71,095 | Sale | SEC |
| 2024-06-06 | MILLER JOHN R III | Director | 2,000 | $126.32 | $252,640 | Sale | SEC |
| 2024-03-06 | McCarthy Cathy L | Director | 1,000 | $153.13 | $153,130 | Sale | SEC |
| 2024-02-26 | Palisi Chapin Sarah | Director | 350 | $151.47 | $53,014 | Sale | SEC |
| 2023-09-01 | Pool III James K | Officer | 1,750 | $146.72 | $256,760 | Sale | SEC |
| 2023-08-28 | Palisi Chapin Sarah | Director | 450 | $142.00 | $63,900 | Sale | SEC |
| 2023-08-15 | Pool III James K | Officer | 2,750 | $149.81 | $411,990 | Sale | SEC |
| 2023-05-24 | MILLER JOHN R III | Director | 1,135 | $141.13 | $160,183 | Sale | SEC |
| 2022-11-18 | MILLER JOHN R III | Director | 1,161 | $139.26 | $161,681 | Sale | SEC |
| 2022-08-16 | McCarthy Cathy L | Director | 500 | $157.07 | $78,535 | Sale | SEC |
| 2022-03-08 | MILLER JOHN R III | Director | 2,769 | $166.45 | $460,900 | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-12-09 | Palisi Chapin Sarah | Director | 300 | $183.04 | $54,912 | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-09-03 | Pool III James K | Officer | 1,000 | $183.00 | $183,000 | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-08-23 | Pool III James K | Officer | 4,000 | $177.79 | $711,160 | Sale | SEC |
Showing the latest 15 of 33 sales of $50,000+ since 2016.
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