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Lifeway Foods, Inc.
LWAY Consumer Defensive Packaged Foods
Lifeway Foods, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $212.5 million, up 13.7% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 24.1%, EPS fell 96.4% and free cash flow fell 598.8%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for five consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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| Dec '25 | Dec '24 | Dec '23 | Dec '22 | Dec '21 | Dec '20 | Dec '19 | Dec '18 | Dec '17 | Dec '16 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P/E ratio |
26.63 | 40.00 | 17.17 | 97.23 | 22.45 | 25.76 | 56.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 52.09 |
Piotroski F-Score |
5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
P/S ratio |
1.73 | 1.96 | 1.23 | 0.61 | 0.60 | 0.83 | 0.33 | 0.29 | 1.14 | 1.46 |
Altman Z-Score |
15.09 | 15.89 | 9.65 | 5.90 | 5.27 | 6.90 | 4.26 | 4.27 | 7.42 | 10.24 |
P/FCF ratio |
0.00 | 58.32 | 15.55 | 160.83 | 19.62 | 18.77 | 9.93 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 88.74 |
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers) |
9.59 | 9.81 | 8.75 | 6.46 | 6.96 | 8.30 | 6.88 | 6.72 | 6.35 | 7.97 |
Beneish M-Score |
(2.31) | (2.53) | (2.77) | (2.42) | (2.38) | (2.63) | (2.77) | (3.11) | (2.66) | (2.68) |
P/Operating CF |
1,379.39 | (142.02) | 40.94 | 248.64 | (245.60) | 81.37 | (27.44) | 420.27 | (355.07) | 306.15 |
P/B ratio |
4.29 | 5.09 | 3.25 | 1.82 | 1.45 | 1.80 | 0.72 | 0.70 | 2.90 | 3.74 |
Price to Tangible BV |
5.39 | 6.80 | 4.69 | 3.04 | 2.43 | 2.57 | 1.04 | 1.02 | 4.29 | 5.54 |
EV/Sales |
1.73 | 1.89 | 1.17 | 0.64 | 0.60 | 0.80 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 1.12 | 1.44 |
EV/EBITDA |
18.20 | 20.51 | 9.30 | 16.93 | 8.14 | 10.04 | 21.73 | 20.38 | 51.59 | 19.59 |
EV/Operating CF |
33.50 | 27.27 | 11.06 | 22.60 | 12.80 | 12.84 | 8.01 | 13.59 | 35.04 | 34.95 |
EV/FCF |
(22.50) | 56.30 | 14.84 | 167.46 | 19.56 | 18.24 | 9.68 | (108.37) | (89.96) | 87.50 |
Quick Ratio |
1.35 | 2.11 | 1.63 | 1.22 | 1.62 | 1.89 | 1.18 | 1.61 | 1.21 | 2.00 |
Current Ratio |
2.23 | 2.81 | 2.30 | 2.07 | 2.41 | 2.85 | 2.02 | 2.54 | 1.87 | 2.94 |
Net Debt/EBITDA |
(0.28) | (0.97) | (0.58) | 0.15 | (0.34) | (0.63) | (0.78) | 1.86 | (0.72) | (0.28) |
Debt/Assets |
0.00% | 0.00% | 1.82% | 7.61% | 8.81% | 4.52% | 4.82% | 10.55% | 4.82% | 9.63% |
Debt/Equity |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.13 |
Asset Turnover |
2.17 | 2.17 | 2.13 | 2.02 | 1.80 | 1.73 | 1.65 | 1.70 | 1.83 | 1.90 |
Operating CF/Net income |
0.79 | 1.44 | 1.49 | 4.31 | 1.68 | 1.98 | 8.41 | (0.78) | (11.01) | 1.47 |
Capex/Depreciation |
(6.85) | (1.97) | (1.36) | (1.16) | (0.67) | (0.58) | (0.20) | (0.58) | (1.70) | (1.01) |
Interest Coverage |
210.03 | 131.92 | 44.26 | 8.80 | 50.69 | 41.72 | (7.76) | (11.48) | (2.17) | 27.66 |
| 17.57% | 13.64% | 21.05% | 1.91% | 6.90% | 7.17% | 1.06% | (6.94%) | (0.73%) | 7.43% | |
| 14.13% | 10.48% | 15.09% | 1.32% | 5.01% | 5.47% | 0.80% | (5.09%) | (0.53%) | 5.35% | |
ROIC |
12.60% | 15.69% | 21.80% | 3.03% | 7.96% | 7.38% | (2.87%) | (4.28%) | (0.74%) | 8.30% |
Return on Tangible Assets |
20.17% | 16.42% | 25.63% | 2.65% | 8.92% | 8.82% | 1.42% | (8.56%) | (0.96%) | 8.70% |
Average Days of Receivables |
29.15 | 31.37 | 31.63 | 29.54 | 31.50 | 28.74 | 28.73 | 31.87 | 33.84 | 29.18 |
Research and Development Expense of Revenue |
0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue |
19.53% | 18.30% | 15.55% | 16.88% | 19.07% | 21.42% | 25.51% | 26.21% | 25.70% | 22.80% |
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets |
0.17 | 0.20 | 0.23 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.24 |
Share Based Compensation of Revenue |
0.92% | 1.31% | 0.93% | 0.78% | 0.96% | 0.39% | 0.89% | 0.78% | 0.50% | 0.26% |
Graham Net Nets |
0.05 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
Graham Number |
10.75 | 8.24 | 8.50 | 2.00 | 3.82 | 3.77 | 1.48 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.81 |
Earnings Yield |
3.76% | 2.50% | 5.83% | 1.03% | 4.45% | 3.88% | 1.78% | (10.40%) | (0.32%) | 1.92% |
Free Cash Flow Yield |
(4.43%) | 1.71% | 6.43% | 0.62% | 5.10% | 5.33% | 10.07% | (1.02%) | (1.10%) | 1.13% |
Revenue per Share |
13.98 | 12.65 | 10.92 | 9.20 | 7.66 | 6.54 | 5.95 | 6.51 | 7.38 | 7.67 |
Operating CF per Share |
0.72 | 0.88 | 1.16 | 0.26 | 0.36 | 0.41 | 0.24 | 0.15 | 0.24 | 0.32 |
Capex per Share |
(1.79) | (0.45) | (0.29) | (0.22) | (0.12) | (0.12) | (0.04) | (0.17) | (0.33) | (0.19) |
Free Cash Flow per Share |
(1.07) | 0.43 | 0.86 | 0.03 | 0.23 | 0.29 | 0.20 | (0.02) | (0.09) | 0.13 |
Cash per Share |
0.37 | 1.13 | 0.90 | 0.29 | 0.59 | 0.51 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.31 | 0.55 |
Shareholders Equity per Share |
5.65 | 4.87 | 4.12 | 3.09 | 3.16 | 3.00 | 2.75 | 2.67 | 2.89 | 2.99 |
Interest Debt per Share |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Book value per Share |
5.65 | 4.87 | 4.12 | 3.09 | 3.16 | 3.00 | 2.75 | 2.67 | 2.89 | 2.99 |
Free Cash Flow |
(16.30) | 6.28 | 12.63 | 0.54 | 3.64 | 4.50 | 3.16 | (0.30) | (1.48) | 2.04 |
Working Capital |
20.42 | 28.10 | 21.58 | 13.94 | 16.98 | 15.61 | 9.68 | 11.46 | 11.48 | 18.16 |
Capital Expenditures |
(27.25) | (6.68) | (4.31) | (3.45) | (1.92) | (1.89) | (0.66) | (2.72) | (5.29) | (3.06) |
Net Current Asset Value |
17.27 | 24.97 | 16.98 | 5.55 | 7.30 | 9.66 | 5.46 | 4.51 | 6.75 | 10.69 |
EV/EBIT |
22.68 | 25.52 | 11.03 | 38.35 | 12.12 | 16.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 29.32 |
Capex to Sales |
0.13 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
Price to Operating Income |
22.77 | 26.44 | 11.56 | 36.84 | 12.15 | 17.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 29.73 |
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Depreciation/Fixed assets |
0.08 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.19 | 0.13 | 0.14 |
Cash ROIC |
(17.83%) | 7.08% | 16.82% | 0.94% | 5.64% | 7.81% | 6.33% | (0.59%) | (2.71%) | 3.21% |
Accounts Receivable Turnover |
12.87 | 12.48 | 12.64 | 13.03 | 13.01 | 13.25 | 11.42 | 10.31 | 11.36 | 12.24 |
Accounts Payable Turnover |
14.41 | 13.57 | 13.11 | 15.73 | 14.81 | 13.81 | 14.52 | 13.57 | 14.04 | 12.59 |
Inventory Turnover |
15.00 | 15.55 | 12.56 | 12.81 | 11.88 | 11.27 | 11.71 | 11.47 | 11.21 | 11.31 |
Average Days of Payables |
26.04 | 27.46 | 30.94 | 25.37 | 26.72 | 27.18 | 26.96 | 21.53 | 28.34 | 23.49 |
Days of Inventory on Hand |
28.13 | 22.91 | 28.24 | 30.63 | 33.47 | 33.68 | 32.62 | 27.40 | 31.85 | 33.04 |
Average Receivables |
16.51 | 14.97 | 12.67 | 10.87 | 9.15 | 7.70 | 8.20 | 10.02 | 10.46 | 10.12 |
Average Payables |
10.70 | 10.19 | 8.98 | 7.30 | 6.10 | 5.44 | 4.93 | 5.71 | 6.28 | 7.06 |
Average Inventory |
10.28 | 8.89 | 9.37 | 8.96 | 7.61 | 6.66 | 6.10 | 6.76 | 7.87 | 7.85 |
Average Assets |
98.08 | 86.10 | 75.33 | 69.94 | 66.06 | 59.12 | 56.90 | 60.66 | 64.87 | 65.07 |
Average Common Equity |
78.87 | 66.17 | 54.00 | 48.35 | 47.99 | 45.05 | 42.83 | 44.50 | 47.48 | 46.81 |
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