lifeway foods - LWAY

LWAY

Close Chg Chg %
24.95 -0.13 -0.52%

Open Market

24.82

-0.13 (0.52%)

Volume: 14.07K

Last Updated:

Sep 9, 2026, 11:08 AM EDT

Company Overview: lifeway foods - LWAY

LWAY Key Data

Open

$24.84

Day Range

24.75 - 25.23

52 Week Range

17.31 - 34.20

Market Cap

$377.82M

Shares Outstanding

15.11M

Public Float

9.88M

Beta

0.44

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

35.69

EPS

$0.71

Yield

0.00%

Dividend

$0.08

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

May 29, 2013

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

175.48K

 

LWAY Performance

1 Week
 
-0.24%
 
1 Month
 
-20.79%
 
3 Months
 
-0.48%
 
1 Year
 
-25.34%
 
5 Years
 
381.66%
 

LWAY Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 3
Full Ratings ➔

About lifeway foods - LWAY

Lifeway Foods, Inc. engages in the manufacture of probiotic and nutritious foods. The firm's products include kefir, organic kefir, probiotic smoothie with collagen, muscle mates, probugs, and cheese. It distributes its products primarily through its direct sales force, brokers, and distributors. The company was founded by Michael Smolyansky and Ludmila Smolyansky in February 1986 and is headquartered in Morton Grove, IL.

LWAY At a Glance

Lifeway Foods, Inc.
6431 West Oakton Street
Morton Grove, Illinois 60053
Phone 1-847-967-1010 Revenue 212.50M
Industry Food: Meat/Fish/Dairy Net Income 13.86M
Sector Consumer Non-Durables 2025 Sales Growth 13.744%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026 Employees 293
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LWAY Valuation

P/E Current 35.693
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 27.167
Price to Sales Ratio 1.772
Price to Book Ratio 4.301
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 34.60
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 18.43
Enterprise Value to Sales 1.748
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.001

LWAY Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 725,242.321
Income Per Employee 47,300.341
Receivables Turnover 12.523
Total Asset Turnover 2.138

LWAY Liquidity

Current Ratio 2.227
Quick Ratio 1.512
Cash Ratio 0.335

LWAY Profitability

Gross Margin 27.137
Operating Margin 7.61
Pretax Margin 9.264
Net Margin 6.522
Return on Assets 13.943
Return on Equity 17.573
Return on Total Capital 16.062
Return on Invested Capital 17.525

LWAY Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 0.543
Total Debt to Total Capital 0.54
Total Debt to Total Assets 0.435
Long-Term Debt to Equity 0.419
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 0.417
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  • Balance Sheet
  • Cash Flow Statement

Annual Financials for Lifeway Foods - LWAY

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
141.57M 160.12M 186.82M 212.50M
Sales Growth
+18.90% +13.11% +16.67% +13.74%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
115.32M 118.22M 138.79M 154.83M
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
2.97M 3.16M 3.39M 3.98M
Depreciation
2.43M 2.62M 2.85M 3.44M
Amortization of Intangibles
540.00K 540.00K 540.00K 540.00K
COGS Growth
+27.46% +2.51% +17.39% +11.56%
Gross Income
26.25M 41.90M 48.03M 57.67M
Gross Income Growth
-8.19% +59.65% +14.64% +20.05%
Gross Profit Margin
+18.54% +26.17% +25.71% +27.14%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
23.90M 24.91M 34.18M 41.49M
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
23.90M 24.91M 34.18M 41.49M
SGA Growth
+5.62% +4.22% +37.24% +21.39%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
- - - 95.00K
-
EBIT after Unusual Expense
2.35M 17.00M 13.85M 16.08M
Non Operating Income/Expense
(241.00K) 38.00K 222.00K 3.69M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
267.00K 384.00K 105.00K 77.00K
Interest Expense Growth
+130.17% +43.82% -72.66% -26.67%
Gross Interest Expense
267.00K 384.00K 105.00K 77.00K
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
1.84M 16.65M 13.97M 19.69M
Pretax Income Growth
-67.22% +804.35% -16.10% +40.93%
Pretax Margin
+1.30% +10.40% +7.48% +9.26%
Income Tax
917.00K 5.28M 4.94M 5.83M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
1.09M 5.31M 4.88M 6.10M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(172.00K) (28.00K) 61.00K (270.00K)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
924.00K 11.37M 9.03M 13.86M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
924.00K 11.37M 9.03M 13.86M
Net Income Growth
-72.09% +1,130.19% -20.60% +53.56%
Net Margin Growth
+0.65% +7.10% +4.83% +6.52%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
924.00K 11.37M 9.03M 13.86M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
924.00K 11.37M 9.03M 13.86M
EPS (Basic)
0.06 0.775 0.6111 0.9118
EPS (Basic) Growth
-71.84% +1,191.67% -21.15% +49.21%
Basic Shares Outstanding
15.40M 14.67M 14.77M 15.20M
EPS (Diluted)
0.0588 0.7526 0.5965 0.8919
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-71.99% +1,179.93% -20.74% +49.52%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
15.72M 15.10M 15.13M 15.54M
EBITDA
5.32M 20.16M 17.24M 20.15M
EBITDA Growth
-39.78% +278.82% -14.48% +16.90%
EBITDA Margin
+3.76% +12.59% +9.23% +9.48%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation BUY Average Target Price 33.50
Number of Ratings 3 Current Quarters Estimate 0.06
FY Report Date 09 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 0.52
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.01 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 0.89 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 1.278
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 3 3 3 3
Mean Estimate 0.06 0.15 0.52 1.28
High Estimates 0.07 0.16 0.54 1.36
Low Estimate 0.05 0.14 0.50 1.12
Coefficient of Variance 16.39 7.29 3.92 10.71

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 3 3 1
OVERWEIGHT 0 0 0
HOLD 0 0 1
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Buy Buy Overweight

Insider Actions for Lifeway Foods - LWAY

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Jan 14, 2026 Eric A. Hanson CFO 45,384 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jan 14, 2026 Eric A. Hanson CFO 43,664 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $22.78 per share 994,665.92
Jan 14, 2026 Eric A. Hanson CFO 1,261 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jan 14, 2026 Eric A. Hanson CFO N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Dec 30, 2025 Ludmila Smolyansky 767,823 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $23.97 per share 18,404,717.31
Dec 30, 2025 Ludmila Smolyansky 757,823 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $25.15 per share 19,059,248.45
Sep 26, 2025 Edward P. Smolyansky 1,245,285 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.53 per share 33,037,411.05
Sep 26, 2025 Edward P. Smolyansky 1,235,285 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.69 per share 32,969,756.65

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