Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY) Stock

About Lifeway Foods, Inc.

Lifeway Foods, Inc. is led by CEO Julie Smolyansky, employs 291 people, headquartered in US, publicly traded since 1988.

Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY) stock trades at $22.46 with a market capitalization of $339.30M. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 29.52, price-to-book of 3.80, price-to-sales of 1.34. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $17.31 and $32.71, and currently trades 31.3% below its 52-week high.

On profitability, Lifeway Foods, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 12.66%, return on capital employed of 14.32%, an operating margin of 7.55%, a net profit margin of 4.48%.

Lifeway Foods, Inc. by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 Lifeway Foods, Inc. reported revenue of $124.0M rising to $212.0M, a change of +71.0% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 15.8% a year over five years, 14.3% over three, 13.4% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $14.0M.

Operating margin went from 4.9% in 2016 to 7.6% in 2025, a gain of 2.7 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 4.48%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $242.0M and net profit $12.0M.

Borrowings fell from $7.0M to $0, cash from operations was $11.0M in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 11.1% over five years, and was 16.3% in the most recent year.

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Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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