Middleby vs Tennant
MIDD and TNC side by side, both in industrial and commercial machinery and computer equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How MIDD and TNC compare
Middleby is the larger company, worth 4.8 times as much as Tennant ($6.3B against $1.3B).
Middleby grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (8.4% versus −2.9% for Tennant).
Tennant keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 1.5% compared with −13.9% at Middleby.
Tennant pays a dividend yielding 1.6%; Middleby does not pay one.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | MIDD | TNC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.3B | $1.3B |
| Share price | $138.27 | $76.25 |
| Change, 1 year | 12.2% | 3.1% |
| Change, 5 years | −26.3% | −7.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.08 | 0.86 |
| Employees | 2,393 | 4,484 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 8 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 3 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 75.5× |
| P/S | 1.8× | 1.1× (better) |
| P/B | 2.8× | 2.4× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.2× (better) | 40.7× |
| P/FCF | 13.0× | – |
| FCF yield | 7.7% (better) | −0.21% |
| Fair value | $149.50 | $34.16 |
| Margin of safety | 7.5% (better) | −123% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 8.4% (better) | −2.9% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 5.0% (better) | 3.8% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −211% | −69.9% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −217% | −68.5% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 5.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 38.4% | 38.8% (better) |
| Operating margin | 16.5% (better) | 3.2% |
| Net margin | −13.9% | 1.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | 14.2% (better) | −0.22% |
| Return on equity | −16.2% | 3.1% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 8.5% (better) | 3.6% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.90 | 0.67 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.74 (better) | 7.25 |
| Current ratio | 1.99 | 2.04 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 3.41 (better) | 3.04 |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 1.6% |
| Payout ratio | – | 119% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 16 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 6.1% |
| Buyback yield | 15.0% (better) | 9.1% |
| Shareholder yield | 15.0% (better) | 10.7% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 105% | 108% |
| Held by insiders | 9.3% | 6.9% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $15.1M (better) | $882K |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.7% | 8.4% |
Go deeper
- MIDD stock overview
- MIDD income statement
- MIDD valuation and score
- TNC stock overview
- TNC income statement
- TNC valuation and score
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