Opinions
Greg Dean
Middleby Corp.
MIDD-Q
TOP PICK
Apr 09, 2018
Stock price when the opinion was issued
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(A Top Pick December 27, 2017. Down 4.49%). This is a player in restaurant equipment. They have done a great job deploying capital into complementary kitchen equipment businesses. They do a great sales job, explaining the value of new equipment for water savings, energy savings, etc. Their margins have been under pressure but he believes this will improve over the year.
High-end restaurant kitchen equipment. Covid was a game-changer -- restaurants were just trying to survive, not spend on capex, so revenue growth slowed. Not a great return over that long a time. Really good track record of acquisitions. North of $10B now, so too big for him, but he's always liked management and the asset base.
Restaurant kitchen equipment manufacturer that ventured into residential brands. They own 30-40 commercial equipment brands. They are not a customer facing brand so no one knows of them. They have done 15-20% compounding growth. He thinks they will continue to compound at these rates over a multi year period. (Analysts’ target: $139.86).