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Edward P Garden bought $7.7M of MIDD

director at MIDDLEBY Corp. 51,571 shares at an average of $148.63, traded May 14, 2025, filed May 16, 2025.

Conviction score
53
Value
$7.7M
51,571 shares
Holdings after
3,139,834
+2% from before
From 52-week low
+20%
low $99.77, close $119.65
From 52-week high
-14%
high $139.09, as of May 14, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $7.7M at market
    +25
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 1.7%
    0
  • Price context
    Near the top of the 52-week range
    0
  • Cluster
    2 insiders buying within 14 days
    +8
  • Repeat buying
    2 buys in 90 days
    +5
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

MIDDOct 9, 2026 · close 105.95
Since filing May 16, 2025: -13.1%SPY +33.2% · excess -46.3%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001213900-25-045047, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
May 14, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: Please see explanation below
+37,473$148.40$5.6M3,125,736May 16, 2025
May 15, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: Please see explanation below
+2,575$148.45$382k3,128,311May 16, 2025
May 15, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: Please see explanation below
+10,902$149.41$1.6M3,139,213May 16, 2025
May 16, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: Please see explanation below
+621$149.62$93k3,139,834May 16, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at MIDDLEBY Corp and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
52Moderate
MIDDbuy 2
MIDDLEBY Corp
Edward P Garden
director
$15M
102,903 shares
+3%
37Weak
MIDDbuy 2
MIDDLEBY Corp
Robert A Nerbonne
director
$100k
780 shares
+4%
57Moderate
MIDDbuy 2
MIDDLEBY Corp
Edward P Garden
director
$20M
137,000 shares
+4%
51Moderate
MIDDbuy 2
MIDDLEBY Corp
Stephen R. Scherger
director
$293k
2,000 shares
+89%
55Moderate
MIDDbuy 2
MIDDLEBY Corp
Edward P Garden
director
$66M
452,397 shares
+17%
31Weak
MIDDsell 2
MIDDLEBY Corp
Cathy L McCarthy
director
$71k
500 shares
-5%
29Weak
MIDDsell 2
MIDDLEBY Corp
Chapin Sarah Palisi
director
$34k
250 shares
-4%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

Edward P Garden bought $7.7M of MIDD | InsiderTell