Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. INIO scored 72.0, MIDD scored 40.4 — INIO leads.
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INIO
Innio N.V.
Specialty Industrial Machinery · Quality-Growth
72
$19.79 · $14.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
31.6
INIO leads
MIDD
The Middleby Corporation
Specialty Industrial Machinery · Quality-Growth
40.4
$105.95 · $4.8B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestMIDD1.4x
Fastest growthINIO+22.1%
Highest qualityINIO82 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueMIDD-11%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/S multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
INIO
stronger →← stronger
MIDD
82
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
65
89
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
23
53
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
44
INIO is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
INIO
MIDD
$676mC+
FCF
$482mC
+22.1%A-
Rev
+1.6%C
—
D/E
0.91C+
4.8xC
P/S
1.4xB+
—
PEG
1.51C+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
INIO
MIDD
6% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
11% below
~14%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~0%/yr
-19%
1-yr DCF upside
+15%
+6%
5-yr DCF upside
+12%
+56%
10-yr DCF upside
+8%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
INIO
Why this score
Short track record
MIDD
Why this score
Buying back stock
The companies
INIOInnio N.V.
Specialty Industrial Machinery · $19.79
Why now
Specialty Industrial Machinery · market cap $14.8b. Down 54% from 52-week high of $42.95 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +22%, comfortably above the S&P median. 10 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $37.20 (implying +88% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income, mostly because of cash released from working capital ($559m) — a release that doesn't repeat every year the way earnings can.
Risk
Down 54% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Net margin 0.8% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
Specialty Industrial Machinery · market cap $4.8b. Down 29% from 52-week high of $148.55 — deep drawdown territory. 9 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $155.67 (implying +47% upside).
Moat
ROE 11% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 151% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Currently unprofitable (margin -13.9%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where INIO and MIDD diverge
On the headline score the gap is 31.6 points in favor of INIO. The widest single difference is Growth, where INIO leads by 65.8 points.
GrowthINIO 88.9 · MIDD 23.1INIO +65.8
QualityINIO 82.1 · MIDD 64.8INIO +17.3
ValueINIO 53.3 · MIDD 44.0INIO +9.3
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is INIO or MIDD the better stock?
INIO scores higher: INIO 72.0, MIDD 40.4 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do INIO and MIDD differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where INIO leads by 66 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. INIO leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are INIO and MIDD scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.