Consumer Defensive
Lifeway Foods, Inc.(LWAY)
Live Price
Offline$25.43
+1.72% today
1Y Change
+21.13%
Window
Jun 26, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
- Market Cap
- $410.00M
- Revenue Growth
- +13.7%
- EPS Growth
- +49.2%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 249 bars ยท Jun 26, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $410.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $25.43 and up 21.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 26, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +13.7%, EPS growth of +49.2%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +13.7%, EPS +49.2%, free cash flow -363.0% with operating margin 7.6% and ROIC 12.8%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 29.8 and price/sales 1.9. Stock Foundry combines LWAY price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+13.7% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Near sector median
+7.6% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
29.8 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 14, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +13.7% and EPS at +49.2%, with operating margin around 7.6%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -4.0% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 0 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 14, 2026 | โ | -6.9% | -3.4% | -3.6% |
2026 Mar 17, 2026 | -44.8% | -3.8% | -6.0% | +27.9% |
2025 Nov 12, 2025 | -17.9% | -3.7% | -2.5% | +0.9% |
Benchmark Edge
LWAY vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
LWAY
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Normalized return
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
LWAY Max Drawdown
-47.37%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for LWAY and SPY.
Company Overview
Lifeway Foods, Inc.
NASDAQ Global Market
Lifeway Foods, Inc. produces and markets probiotic-based products in the United States and internationally. Its primary product is drinkable kefir, a cultured dairy product in various organic and non-organic sizes, flavors, and types, including low fat, non-fat, whole milk, protein, and BioKefir. The company also offers European-style soft cheeses; cream and other products; ProBugs, a line of kefir products designed for children; cupped kefir and Icelandic Skyr, a line of strained kefir and yogurt products; and frozen kefir in soft serve and pint-size containers. It sells its products under the Lifeway and Fresh Made brand names, as well as under private labels on behalf of customers primarily through direct sales force, brokers, and distributors. The company was founded in 1986 and is based in Morton Grove, Illinois.
- Leadership
- Julie Smolyansky
- IPO Date
- Dec 29, 1988
- Employees
- 291
- Street Address
- 6431 West Oakton Street
- Mailing
- Morton Grove, IL, 60053
- Region
- Morton Grove, IL, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 847 967 1010
- Last Updated
- May 2, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 29.8
- EV/EBITDA
- 20.2
- Price/Sales
- 1.9
- Price/Book
- 4.8
Growth
- Revenue
- +13.7%
- EPS
- +49.2%
- Free Cash Flow
- -363.0%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 27.4%
- Operating Margin
- 7.6%
- Net Margin
- 6.5%
- ROE
- 17.2%
- ROIC
- 12.8%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.01
- Current Ratio
- 2.23
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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