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Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY)

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Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY) reported revenue of $67 million for Q2 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 June 2026, up 24.1% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $127,000, down 97.0% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $0.01. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 13 August 2026.

Revenue$67 millionup 24.1%
Net income$127,000down 97.0%
Diluted EPS$0.01
QuarterQ2 FY2026ended 30 June 2026

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) in brief

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) reported revenue of $212 million for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 13.7% on the year before.
Read moreNet income was $14 million and diluted earnings per share $0.89. Revenue was $187 million in fiscal 2024, $160 million in fiscal 2023, $142 million in fiscal 2022 and $119 million in fiscal 2021. Net income in the same years was $9 million, $11 million, $1 million and $3 million. Over the twelve months to 30 June 2026, Lifeway Foods reported revenue of $242 million and net income of $11 million. Revenue grew 15.8% a year, compounded, over the five years to fiscal 2025. Lifeway Foods had 15 million shares outstanding at the latest filed count. At 30 June 2026 it carried $22 million of debt and $7 million of cash. At the close of 30 October 2026 the market cap of Lifeway Foods was $346 million, 32.7 times its earnings over the last twelve months.

Ratios

From the filings

ROE12.9%
ROCE14.7%
Operating margin6.5%
Net margin4.5%
FCF margin-11.3%
Interest cover48.39
Debt to equity0.26
Cash conversion1.03
Share count, last 12 months-0.8%
Sales CAGR, 3 years14.5%
Profit CAGR, 3 years146.6%
EPS, TTM$0.70

At the close of 30 October 2026

Price$22.89
Market cap$346 million
Stock P/E32.71
Price to book4.09
EV / EBITDA18.04
Dividend yieldn/a
Market cap / sales1.43
52-week high$32.33
52-week low$17.80
Price, 1 year-5.5%
Price CAGR, 3 years29.0%
Price CAGR, 5 years33.3%
Worked from the filed figures; hover a name for the formula.
Read moreThe priced ones use the latest price, the last regular-hours trade on IEX. Debt to equity here stands on the borrowing lines of Lifeway Foods, Inc.'s balance sheet, added together, finance leases inside them only where the company puts them there; operating leases are a separate line. Nothing here is a valuation or a view.
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Daily prices to 30 October 2026, adjusted for splits; from 28 September 2026 each day's price is the last regular-hours trade on IEX.
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The public record on LWAY

Dividends$0.80 a share in FY2013
Filings28 in twelve months: 18 current reports (8-K), about 6 results of operations; 4 regulation FD disclosure; 4 officer or director change; 3 material agreement; 3 other events
Planned insider sales24 Form 144 notices in twelve months, $24.2 million; latest 13 October 2026
Options tapeput/call 0.31 by open interest at the 30 October 2026 close; the straddle prices a 15.0% move to 20 November 2026
13F holders96 funds reported a position for the quarter to 30 June 2026; largest Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP
Insider trading37 sales and 15 purchases on Form 4 in twelve months
Congress0 House trades disclosed in six months
Short interest670,181 shares short, 4.55 days to cover at 15 October 2026
Documentsthe 10-K, the 10-Qs, the proxy and 6 earnings press releases, each linked

Quarterly results, the last 20 quarters

Q3 FY2021Q4 FY2021 *Q1 FY2022Q2 FY2022Q3 FY2022Q4 FY2022 *Q1 FY2023Q2 FY2023Q3 FY2023Q4 FY2023 *Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 *Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026
Revenue29.631.034.133.538.135.837.939.240.942.144.649.246.146.946.153.957.155.463.066.9
Cost of revenue22.625.028.527.830.627.929.727.929.830.333.135.934.235.035.138.540.740.045.753.9
Gross profit7.06.05.65.77.67.98.211.311.111.811.513.311.911.911.015.416.415.417.413.0
Gross margin24%19%16%17%20%22%22%29%27%28%26%27%26%25%24%29%29%28%28%19%
Operating income1.00.4-1.00.21.22.01.44.85.05.83.65.44.20.71.65.85.03.86.30.6
Operating margin4%1%-3%1%3%5%4%12%12%14%8%11%9%2%3%11%9%7%10%1%
Interest expense0.00.00.00.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.10.2
Pre-tax income1.00.4-1.10.21.11.61.34.74.95.73.55.44.30.85.05.95.13.76.30.4
Tax rate52%126%n/a35%12%56%38%33%31%30%31%29%31%121%29%28%31%32%25%69%
Net income0.5-0.1-0.90.11.00.70.83.23.44.02.43.83.0-0.23.54.23.52.54.70.1
Net margin2%-0%-3%0%3%2%2%8%8%9%5%8%6%-0%8%8%6%5%7%0%
Diluted EPS$0.03-$0.00-$0.06$0.01$0.06$0.05$0.06$0.21$0.23$0.25$0.16$0.25$0.19$0.00$0.23$0.28$0.23$0.16$0.30$0.01
Operating cash flow2.8-0.9-0.60.14.20.33.02.46.74.81.56.57.5-2.6-0.13.96.90.34.4-0.3
Capital expenditure0.50.20.31.40.90.81.80.21.21.22.51.41.51.32.22.31.317.711.08.5
Free cash flow2.3-1.1-1.0-1.23.3-0.51.32.25.53.6-0.95.15.9-3.8-2.41.65.6-17.4-6.7-8.8
Buybacks1.60.0n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a4.9
Shares outstanding15m15m15m15m15m15m17m15m15m15m15m15m15m15m15m15m15m15m15m15m
Filing10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Income statement (profit and loss), 16 fiscal years and the trailing twelve months

FY2010FY2011 †FY2012 †FY2013FY2014FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020 †FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Revenue58.570.081.497.511911912411910393.7102119142160187212242
Cost of revenue38.348.754.769.990.188.788.888.277.571.575.190.4115118138154180
Gross profit20.221.326.627.628.929.935.030.725.922.126.928.726.842.448.658.262.1
Gross margin34.5%30.4%32.7%28.3%24.3%25.2%28.3%25.8%25.0%23.6%26.4%24.1%18.9%26.5%26.0%27.4%25.6%
Operating income6.35.18.88.04.24.46.1-0.5-3.1-1.94.95.92.317.013.916.215.7
Operating margin10.7%7.3%10.9%8.2%3.6%3.7%4.9%-0.4%-3.0%-2.1%4.8%4.9%1.7%10.6%7.4%7.6%6.5%
Interest expense0.40.20.20.20.30.20.20.20.30.20.10.10.30.40.10.10.3
Pre-tax income6.44.88.87.94.24.05.6-0.8-3.31.24.85.61.816.614.019.715.5
Income tax2.82.03.22.92.22.02.2-0.5-0.20.81.62.30.95.34.95.84.6
Effective tax rate43.8%40.9%36.3%36.5%53.4%50.6%38.3%n/an/a63.3%33.1%41.0%49.8%31.7%35.4%29.6%29.7%
Net income3.62.95.65.02.02.03.5-0.3-3.10.53.23.30.911.49.013.910.9
Net margin6.2%4.1%6.9%5.1%1.6%1.7%2.8%-0.3%-3.0%0.5%3.2%2.8%0.7%7.1%4.8%6.5%4.5%
Diluted EPS$0.22$0.17$0.34$0.31$0.12$0.12$0.22-$0.02-$0.19$0.03$0.21$0.21$0.06$0.75$0.60$0.89$0.70
Filing10-Q10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
From each year's 10-K, linked; TTM is the last four quarters.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are. † The year as the company last restated it in a later filing; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed.

Cash flow and capital returned

FY2010FY2011 †FY2012 †FY2013FY2014FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020 †FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Operating cash flow5.64.06.65.85.16.75.13.82.43.86.45.64.016.913.010.911.2
Capital expenditure2.21.41.48.53.72.03.25.32.81.21.91.93.44.46.727.438.5
Free cash flow3.42.65.2-2.61.44.81.9-1.5-0.42.64.53.60.512.66.3-16.4-27.3
Free cash flow margin5.8%3.7%6.4%-2.7%1.2%4.0%1.5%-1.3%-0.4%2.8%4.4%3.1%0.4%7.9%3.4%-7.7%-11.3%
Cash from investing1.4-2.1-1.6n/an/an/a-0.4-5.3-2.70.8-1.9-7.1-4.0-4.4-6.7-22.0-42.1
Cash from financing-4.4-4.0-3.9n/an/an/a-1.6-2.3-1.7-3.8-0.42.9-4.7-3.8-2.8-0.116.8
Depreciation and amortisation2.12.32.42.33.33.13.03.13.53.33.22.93.03.23.44.04.3
Share-based compensationn/an/an/an/an/a0.00.30.60.80.80.41.11.11.52.41.92.1
Buybacksn/an/an/an/an/a1.50.71.51.40.50.41.64.00.0n/an/an/a
Dividends paidn/an/a1.11.3n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Dividend per sharen/an/a$0.07$0.08n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Diluted shares, weightedn/an/an/an/an/a16m16m16m16m16m16m16m16m15m15m16m15m
Shares outstanding at period end17m16m16m16m16m16m16m16m16m16m16m15m15m15m15m15m15m
Filing10-Q10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
Cash paid in the year, from the cash flow statement.
Read moreThe dividend per share is as declared. Diluted shares are the weighted average for the year; a falling count is the buybacks net of issuance. TTM sums the last four quarters; the share counts are the latest quarter's.

Balance sheet at year end

FY2010FY2011 †FY2012 †FY2013FY2014FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020 †FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Funded by
Shareholders' equity33.635.439.342.944.745.348.446.642.443.346.949.147.660.471.985.884.6
Debt6.17.15.59.99.08.07.16.30.0n/a2.87.26.52.80.00.022.1
Operating lease liabilitiesn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a0.00.50.20.10.10.10.10.40.4
Other liabilities12.39.08.710.99.711.79.711.714.413.211.514.414.818.418.619.425.3
Total liabilities and equity52.151.553.563.763.464.965.264.556.857.061.270.969.081.790.5106132
Owned
Fixed assets15.215.215.020.821.921.421.824.624.622.321.020.120.922.826.948.365.6
Goodwilln/an/an/a14.114.110.410.410.49.19.112.911.711.711.711.711.711.7
Intangible assets6.05.24.53.83.12.31.61.00.30.20.08.07.46.96.45.85.5
Investments1.11.71.92.52.82.10.0n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Cash and equivalents3.21.12.33.33.35.68.85.03.03.87.99.24.413.216.75.67.1
Receivables6.88.08.710.410.29.99.68.76.36.78.09.911.413.915.416.622.9
Inventory4.05.05.96.95.87.78.07.75.86.46.98.39.69.18.711.914.0
Other assets15.815.315.21.92.35.54.97.27.78.54.43.63.54.14.85.75.6
Total assets52.151.553.563.763.464.965.264.556.857.061.270.969.081.790.5106132
Filing10-Q10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
At the fiscal year end; the TTM column is the latest quarter end.
Read moreBoth totals are the company's own. Other liabilities is the filed total less the rows above it: payables, deferred revenue, taxes, borrowings the rows above do not carry and the rest; other assets is the same on the other side. Investments add the current and non-current lines as filed. Debt is the company's own stated total where it files one, otherwise its long-term debt with the current maturities, never parts added together. A row is left blank in a year where the lines shown overlap and the remainder would fall below nil.

Compounded growth

10 years5 years3 yearsTTM
Sales growth, compounded6.0%15.8%14.5%25.6%
Profit growth, compounded21.5%33.8%146.6%2.5%
Return on equity, average6.3%11.2%15.8%16.1%
Yearly growth, compounded; TTM is the last four quarters against the four before.
Read moreReturn on equity is net income over shareholders' equity at each year end, averaged over the window (the TTM column is the latest year alone); equity is the parent's shareholders' equity as tagged in the 10-K. Arithmetic on filed numbers, nothing forecast.

Questions

What was Lifeway Foods' revenue in fiscal 2025?

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) reported revenue of $212 million for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 13.7% on the year before.

How much did Lifeway Foods earn in fiscal 2025?

Net income was $14 million for fiscal 2025, and diluted earnings per share $0.89.

What is Lifeway Foods' P/E ratio?

At the close of 30 October 2026, Lifeway Foods traded at 32.7 times its earnings over the twelve months to 30 June 2026.

What is Lifeway Foods' market cap?

The market cap of Lifeway Foods was $346 million at the close of 30 October 2026.

How much debt does Lifeway Foods have?

At 30 June 2026 Lifeway Foods carried $22 million of debt and $7 million of cash.

Peers: Food Products

CompanyMarket capP/EROEOp. marginSales growth
TTM
Debt to equityDiv. yield
J&J Snack Foods Corp. JJSF$1.6 billionn/an/an/an/a0.033.7%
Flowers Foods Inc. FLO$1.3 billion24.154.2%2.7%2.5%1.4615.6%
Seneca Foods Corp. SENEA$1.1 billion9.2415.4%8.6%12.5%0.29n/a
Bellring Brands, Inc. BRBR$1.1 billion6.45n/a13.3%5.9%n/an/a
Simply Good Foods Co. SMPL$995 millionn/a-10.7%-13.2%-6.5%0.24n/a
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. JBSS$636 million11.2515.2%7.0%3.1%0.287.4%
Once Upon a Farm, PBC OFRM$631 millionn/an/an/an/a0.00n/a
Mama's Creations, Inc. MAMA$597 million74.534.4%4.5%53.9%0.03n/a
Vital Farms, Inc. VITL$372 millionn/a0.1%0.0%16.4%0.11n/a
Lifeway Foods, Inc. LWAY$346 million32.7112.9%6.5%25.6%0.26n/a
B&G Foods, Inc. BGS$189 millionn/a-17.9%3.6%-4.9%6.3828.7%
Medifast Inc. MED$137 millionn/a-22.7%-11.6%-30.3%0.000.0%
All 35 in Food Products
CompanyMarket capP/EROEOp. marginSales growth
TTM
Debt to equityDiv. yield
Mondelez International, Inc. MDLZ$82.2 billion20.4915.3%13.7%6.0%0.823.1%
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. ADM$37.1 billion21.087.5%n/a-0.8%0.342.7%
Hershey Co. HSY$33.6 billion18.7336.8%20.8%6.7%1.05n/a
Kraft Heinz Co. KHC$28.8 billionn/a-9.4%-12.8%-1.6%0.536.6%
Tyson Foods, Inc. TSN$20.1 billion35.203.2%2.3%2.9%0.44n/a
Bunge Global SA BG$18.6 billion16.247.1%n/a55.5%1.032.9%
General Mills Inc. GIS$18.3 billionn/a-12.0%-1.1%-4.5%1.837.1%
J.M. Smucker Co. SJM$13.9 billion60.674.0%9.0%5.1%1.173.4%
McCormick & Co. Inc. MKC$12.7 billion8.5521.3%13.4%13.2%0.724.0%
Hormel Foods Corp. HRL$11.7 billion33.784.4%4.7%0.7%0.365.5%
Darling Ingredients Inc. DAR$8.8 billion15.0211.4%14.5%14.9%0.75n/a
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. LW$7.5 billion29.5714.1%7.8%2.6%2.172.8%
Smithfield Foods Inc. SFD$7.2 billion8.0512.8%7.6%-0.6%0.296.5%
Conagra Brands Inc. CAG$7.0 billionn/a-29.8%-15.2%-1.8%1.218.4%
Pilgrims Pride Corp. PPC$6.8 billion21.298.3%3.4%-0.1%0.88n/a
Campbell's Co. CPB$6.4 billion16.3610.5%8.7%-5.0%1.857.3%
Ingredion Inc. INGR$6.1 billion10.5813.1%11.9%-1.4%0.393.4%
Post Holdings, Inc. POST$3.7 billion15.319.5%9.6%6.2%2.48n/a
Beyond Meat, Inc. BYND$3.6 billionn/a509.4%-121.5%-14.1%5.77n/a
Freshpet, Inc. FRPT$3.3 billion17.7616.4%8.1%12.8%0.32n/a
Marzetti Co. MZTI$3.0 billion15.7518.2%12.4%1.1%0.193.6%
Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. TR$2.8 billion28.2710.0%11.9%1.6%0.011.0%
Utz Brands, Inc. UTZ$2.1 billionn/a-4.2%0.7%1.9%1.23n/a
J&J Snack Foods Corp. JJSF$1.6 billionn/an/an/an/a0.033.7%
Flowers Foods Inc. FLO$1.3 billion24.154.2%2.7%2.5%1.4615.6%
Seneca Foods Corp. SENEA$1.1 billion9.2415.4%8.6%12.5%0.29n/a
Bellring Brands, Inc. BRBR$1.1 billion6.45n/a13.3%5.9%n/an/a
Simply Good Foods Co. SMPL$995 millionn/a-10.7%-13.2%-6.5%0.24n/a
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. JBSS$636 million11.2515.2%7.0%3.1%0.287.4%
Once Upon a Farm, PBC OFRM$631 millionn/an/an/an/a0.00n/a
Mama's Creations, Inc. MAMA$597 million74.534.4%4.5%53.9%0.03n/a
Vital Farms, Inc. VITL$372 millionn/a0.1%0.0%16.4%0.11n/a
Lifeway Foods, Inc. LWAY$346 million32.7112.9%6.5%25.6%0.26n/a
B&G Foods, Inc. BGS$189 millionn/a-17.9%3.6%-4.9%6.3828.7%
Medifast Inc. MED$137 millionn/a-22.7%-11.6%-30.3%0.000.0%
No other company here shares its SEC industry code (Dairy Products); these are the names nearest in size in its wider industry, Food Products, one of the Fama-French 48 industries, a published grouping of SEC industry codes.
Read moreBy market capitalisation; a click on a heading sorts by it, largest first, and a second click turns it round. Each figure is the same arithmetic as the ratio box above, on each company's own filings and latest close; a name marked * is a foreign company that files once a year, on its latest fiscal year.

Filings

FilingPeriodFiledWhere
10-Q30 June 202613 August 2026EDGAR
10-Q31 March 202614 May 2026EDGAR
10-K31 December 202517 March 2026EDGAR
10-Q30 September 202512 November 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 June 202512 August 2025EDGAR
10-Q31 March 202513 May 2025EDGAR
10-K/A31 December 202429 April 2025EDGAR
10-K31 December 202414 March 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 September 202414 November 2024EDGAR
10-Q30 June 202413 August 2024EDGAR