Is The Middleby Corp. technically bullish or bearish?

As of 3 October 2025, the technical trend for The Middleby Corp. has changed from bearish to mildly bearish. The current stance is mildly bearish, driven by bearish signals in the weekly and monthly MACD, as well as mildly bearish readings in the Bollinger Bands and moving averages on the daily timeframe. The KST shows a mixed signal with a bearish weekly and bullish monthly, while the Dow Theory indicates a mildly bearish weekly trend with no trend on the monthly.
In terms of performance, the stock has underperformed the S&P 500 across all multi-period returns, with a year-to-date return of 2.33% compared to the S&P 500's 14.18%, and a 1-year return of 3.57% versus 17.82% for the index.