Alger Mid Cap Focus Fund recently released its Q3 2020 Investor Letter, a copy of which you can download here. Class Z shares of the Alger Mid Cap Focus Fund outperformed the Russell Midcap Growth Index during the third quarter of 2020. You should check out Alger Mid Cap Focus Fund’s top 5 stock picks for investors to buy right now, which could be the biggest winners of 2021.
In the Q3 2020 Investor Letter, Alger Mid Cap Focus Fund highlighted a few stocks and Middleby Corp (NASDAQ:MIDD) is one of them. Middleby Corp (NASDAQ:MIDD) is a global leader in the foodservice equipment industry. Year-to-date, Middleby Corp (NASDAQ:MIDD) stock gained 15.5% and on December 28th it had a closing price of $126.48. Here is what Alger Mid Cap Focus Fund said:
“Middleby Corp. sells foodservice equipment. It operates through three segments: Commercial Foodservice, Food Processing and Residential Kitchen. The Commercial Foodservice segment offers foodservice equipment that enables cooking and warming applications in restaurants and commercial kitchens. The Food Processing segment includes processing equipment and solutions for customers producing pre-cooked meat products and bakery products. The Residential Kitchen segment sells cookers, stoves, ovens, refrigerators, cooktops, wine coolers, ice machines and outdoor equipment for the residential market. Following a sharp second quarter recovery from a Covid-19 low price in March. the shares underperformed in the third quarter. The company’s second quarter revenues were better than consensus expectations but demand for Middleby’s Commercial Foodservice equipment declined sharply in response to restaurants closing or operating at reduced capacity due to the pandemic; however, demand is showing signs of improvement and demand from quick-serve restaurant chains and institutional kitchens has been resilient. Additionally, Middleby is benefitting from demand for freshly prepared food delivered to the home while the work-from-home trend is driving increased expenditures on residential kitchen equipment.”
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In Q3 2020, the number of bullish hedge fund positions on Middleby Corp (NASDAQ:MIDD) stock increased by about 15% from the previous quarter (see the chart here), so a number of other hedge fund managers believe in Middleby’s growth potential. Our calculations showed that Middleby Corp (NASDAQ:MIDD) isn’t ranked among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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