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Edward P Garden bought $15M of MIDD

director at MIDDLEBY Corp. 102,903 shares at an average of $145.73, traded Dec 11, 2025, filed Dec 15, 2025.

Conviction score
52
Value
$15M
102,903 shares
Holdings after
3,379,737
+3% from before
From 52-week low
+31%
low $89.85, close $117.55
From 52-week high
-15%
high $139.09, as of Dec 11, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $15.0M at market
    +25
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 3.1%
    0
  • Price context
    15% below the 52-week high
    +4
  • Cluster
    2 insiders buying within 14 days
    +8
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • 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.

This signal so far: 1m +4.6%, 3m -3.6%, 6m +11.0%.

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 12, 2026 · close 105.37
Since filing Dec 15, 2025: -11.1%SPY +15.5% · excess -26.6%

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 0001213900-25-121783, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Dec 11, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: Please see explanation below
+10,138$143.57$1.5M3,286,972Dec 15, 2025
Dec 11, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: Please see explanation below
+24,732$144.46$3.6M3,311,704Dec 15, 2025
Dec 11, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: Please see explanation below
+1,346$144.96$195k3,313,050Dec 15, 2025
Dec 11, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: Please see explanation below
+8,109$145.99$1.2M3,321,159Dec 15, 2025
Dec 12, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: Please see explanation below
+28,089$146.33$4.1M3,349,248Dec 15, 2025
Dec 12, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: Please see explanation below
+15,749$146.89$2.3M3,364,997Dec 15, 2025
Dec 15, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: Please see explanation below
+14,740$146.92$2.2M3,379,737Dec 15, 2025

Related signals

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

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
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%
53Moderate
MIDDbuy 2
MIDDLEBY Corp
Edward P Garden
director
$7.7M
51,571 shares
+2%
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%
23Weak
MIDDsell 2
MIDDLEBY Corp
Chapin Sarah Palisi
director
$19k
150 shares
-2%
41Moderate
MIDDsell 2
MIDDLEBY Corp
John R Miller III
director
$253k
2,000 shares
-15%
20Weak
MIDDsell
MIDDLEBY Corp
Chapin Sarah Palisi
director
$32k
235 shares
-3%

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.