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Lifeway Foods, Inc. - Common Stock

Consumer Staples · Food Products Website · IPO Dec 1988
$22.02
▼ $-0.70 (-3.08%)
Vol 116K
12
Quality Score
ok
Deep Check
2/5 ok
Mkt Cap
$369.0M
P/E
33.1
ROE
14.5%
Margin
5.5%
D/E
0.00
Beta
0.12
52W
$20–$34

Wall Street Consensus

8 analysts · Apr 2026
2
Strong Buy
5
Buy
1
Hold
0
Sell
0
Strong Sell
87.5%
Buy Rating

Price Chart

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Earnings

Beat rate: 25.0%
Next Report May 11, 2026
EPS Estimate: $0.20
Quarter EPS Est EPS Act Surprise
Mar 2026 $0.20 — —
Dec 2025 $0.29 $0.16 $-0.13
Sep 2025 $0.29 $0.23 $-0.06
Jun 2025 $0.18 $0.28 +$0.10

Fundamentals Trend

Metric 2025-06-30 2025-09-02 2025-10-02 2025-11-03 2025-12-03 2026-01-02
ROE (TTM) 14.3% 14.2% 14.3% 14.3% 14.5% 14.5%
P/E (TTM) 35.34 45.09 36.94 34.45 33.28 33.07
Net Margin 7.9% 5.4% 5.5% 5.5% 5.5% 5.5%
Gross Margin 28.6% 25.5% 26.0% 26.0% 26.8% 26.8%
D/E Ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Current Ratio 3.03 2.89 3.03 3.03 2.30 2.30

Key Ratios

ROA (TTM)
11.4%
P/S (TTM)
1.81
P/B
5.1
EPS (TTM)
$0.73
CF/Share
$0.74
Rev Growth 3Y
+16.2%
52W High
$34.20
52W Low
$19.50
$19.50 52-Week Range $34.20

How does LWAY compare to Food Products peers?

Peer group: Small-cap Food Products ($300M+) · 29 companies

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LWAY valuation vs Food Products peers

P/E ratio
33.1
▲ 130% above peers (14.4)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Overvalued
P/S ratio
1.8
▲ 148% above peers (0.7)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Overvalued
P/B ratio
5.1
▲ 172% above peers (1.9)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Overvalued
Div yield
—
▼ 0% below peers (5.6%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
In line

LWAY profitability vs Food Products peers

ROE
14.5%
▲ 84% above peers (7.9%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Top tier
Net margin
5.5%
▲ 47% above peers (3.7%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Below avg
Gross margin
26.8%
▲ 12% above peers (24.0%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
In line
ROA
11.4%
▲ 139% above peers (4.8%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Top tier

LWAY financial health vs Food Products peers

D/E ratio
0.0
▼ 100% below peers (27.0)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Low debt
Current ratio
2.3
▲ 13% above peers (2.0)
vs Peers
vs Industry
In line
Beta
0.1
▼ 67% below peers (0.4)
vs Peers
vs Industry
More volatile

LWAY fundamentals radar

LWAY Peer median Industry

LWAY profitability vs leverage

Bubble size = market cap · X = net margin · Y = D/E ratio

LWAY vs peers: key metrics

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Latest News

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