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Consumer Defensive

Lifeway Foods, Inc.(LWAY)

Live Price

Offline

$30.33

+1.95% 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.

Decision context

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 $30.33 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.

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.

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Relative to SPY

LWAY Max Drawdown

-47.37%

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Financial profile

Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY)

Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.

FY Revenue

$119.1M

-15.9% YoY

FY Net Income

$3.3M

+258.3% YoY

Free Cash Flow

$3.6M

+577.0% YoY

Revenue Growth

+13.7%

EPS Growth

+49.2%

Gross Margin

27.4%

Net Margin

6.5%

Income statement

USD

Annual
Metric20252024202320222021
Revenue212M187M160M142M119M
Gross Profit58M49M42M27M29M
Operating Income16M14M17M2M6M
EBITDA20M17M20M5M9M
Net Income14M9M11M924K3M
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Balance sheet

USD

Point-in-time
Metric20252024202320222021
Cash & Equivalents6M17M13M4M9M
Total Assets106M91M83M69M72M
Total Liabilities20M19M22M21M22M
Shareholder Equity86M72M60M48M49M
Total Debt466K117K3M7M7M
Net Debt-5M-17M-10M2M-2M

Cash flow positioning

Latest Full Year

Operating Cash Flow

6M

+39.6% YoY

Capital Expenditures

2M

+44.3% YoY

Free Cash Flow

4M

+577.0% YoY

Key ratios

  • Gross Margin

    27.4%

  • Operating Margin

    7.6%

  • Net Margin

    6.5%

  • ROE

    17.2%

  • Debt / Equity

    0.01x

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