Midera Food Processing, Inc.
Midera Food Processing, Inc. is a food processing equipment and automation company that provides integrated line solutions for industrial protein, bakery, and snack producers. Midera Food Processing, Inc. designs, manufactures, and installs equipment used across preparation, cooking, thermal processing, handling, and packaging operations. Its product range includes mixers, ovens, proofers, frying systems, conveyors, and automated processing lines that support production of meat, poultry, alternative protein, baked goods, crackers, bars, and related food categories. The company serves food manufacturers that need consistent, high-throughput systems for converting raw ingredients into finished packaged products. Headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois, Midera Food Processing, Inc. plays a specialized role in the food manufacturing supply chain by combining machinery, automation, and process integration for industrial-scale production.
$41.19
-$0.11 (-0.27%)
EOD Oct 22, 2026
Operating margin is thin at 7.48%. Limited cushion if revenue slows or costs rise, not the profile of a wide-moat business.
Revenue grew 10.5%, still solid. Margins contracted 13.1pp, which offsets some of the top-line progress.
At 57x earnings, the current multiple leaves limited room for execution misses or growth deceleration. Free cash flow declined 48% versus the prior year, cash generation momentum has weakened.
57.2x earnings, 30.9x FCF. The market is pricing in years of above-average growth. If that thesis breaks, downside from multiple compression alone could be 30%+. This is a stock where you're paying for the future, not the present.
Price History
Valuation & Multiples
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (FY)
$853M
▲ +10.5% YoY
Net Income (FY)
$32M
▼ -73.4% YoY
Op. Margin
7.48%
▼ -13.1pp YoY
ROIC
3.40%
▼ -8.5pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (FY)
$60M
▼ -48.2% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (FY)
$102M
▼ -21.2% YoY
Net Debt
-$53M
Net Cash Position
Cash & Equiv.
$91M
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Is Midera Food Processing (MFP) overvalued?
At a P/E of 57.2 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 30.9, Midera Food Processing (MFP) trades above a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $24.24 per share, so at $41.19 the stock looks overvalued (41.1% above estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Midera Food Processing scores 43/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a mixed business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from company filings; read the full methodology, or see how the market compares in our US profitability statistics. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Frequently asked
What is Midera Food Processing's fair value?+
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $24.24 per share for MFP, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $18.18. At today's $41.19, that puts the stock about 41.1% above estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
Is Midera Food Processing a high-quality business?+
Midera Food Processing scores 43 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a mixed business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 7.5% operating margin and a 3.4% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from company filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Is Midera Food Processing a good stock to buy right now?+
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. MFP currently trades above its estimated intrinsic value and scores 43/100 on quality (mixed). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from company filings, not investment advice.
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