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.

22.09 0.12 −0.54%
Market cap
$335.5M
P/E
30.7×
Fwd P/E
23.4×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
15.09
Beneish M
−2.31
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 16.75
Total sells 93.24
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — 2 — — 2 — 1
Sell — 3 — — 3 1 3 5 3 1 — 1
Insider Ownership 35.23%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 335.52
Revenue 242.41
Net Income 10.87
Free Cash Flow (30.89)
Net Debt 14.86
Current Ratio 2.09 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.26 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 30.68
Fwd P/E 23.40
P/S ratio 1.38
P/B ratio 3.96
Past 5Y EPS Growth 34.79% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth (41.60%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 145.87% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 23.58% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 18.74% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 41.78%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 70.33%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 76.70%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 74.01%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
2018 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 13 17 6 7
Receivables 14 16 17 24
Inventory 9 9 12 14
Other — — — —
38 44 37 47
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 10 10 11 17
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
17 16 17 23

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 6.01% 15.81% 14.50%
Cash Flow 4.96% 11.39% 40.03%
Earnings 21.53% 33.80% 146.62%
Book Value 6.61% 12.87% 21.74%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 63 67 — — —
’25 46 54 57 55 212
’24 45 49 46 47 187
’23 38 39 41 42 160
’22 34 33 38 36 142
’21 29 29 30 31 119
’20 25 25 26 26 102
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 4 0 — — —
’25 0 4 7 0 11
’24 2 7 7 (3) 13
’23 3 2 7 5 17
’22 (1) 0 4 0 4
’21 1 2 2 0 6
’20 (1) 3 3 1 6
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (7) (9) — — —
’25 (2) 2 2 (17) (16)
’24 (1) 5 6 (4) 6
’23 1 2 6 4 13
’22 (1) (1) 3 0 1
’21 1 2 2 (1) 4
’20 (1) 3 3 0 4
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.30 0.01 — — —
’25 0.23 0.28 0.23 0.16 0.89
’24 0.16 0.25 0.19 (0.01) 0.60
’23 0.06 0.21 0.23 0.26 0.75
’22 (0.06) 0.01 0.06 0.05 0.06
’21 0.08 0.10 0.03 (0.01) 0.21
’20 0.01 0.06 0.12 0.02 0.20
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 8.68 7.20 1.81 1.84 1.43 4.51 4.55 5.26 9.93 19.50

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 18.48 12.09 8.66 4.75 8.89 7.20 9.00 17.33 28.61 34.20
People
People Employees 320 340 322 307 316 282 291 289 291 295
Revenue/emp, $m 0.39 0.35 0.32 0.31 0.32 0.42 0.49 0.55 0.64 0.72
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 124 119 103 94 102 119 142 160 187 212
Gross margin, % 28.28 25.82 25.02 23.65 26.40 24.11 18.92 26.51 26.00 27.39
EBT 6 (1) (3) 1 5 6 2 17 14 20
EBT margin, % 4.55 (0.68) (3.20) 1.32 4.73 4.72 1.30 10.40 7.48 9.26
Net income 3 0 (3) 0 3 3 1 11 9 14
Depreciation 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 7.67 7.38 6.51 5.95 6.54 7.66 9.20 10.92 12.65 13.98
Earnings 0.22 (0.02) (0.19) 0.03 0.21 0.21 0.06 0.77 0.61 0.91
Cash flow 0.32 0.24 0.15 0.24 0.41 0.36 0.26 1.16 0.88 0.72
Capex (0.19) (0.33) (0.17) (0.04) (0.12) (0.12) (0.22) (0.29) (0.45) (1.79)
Free cash flow 0.13 (0.09) (0.02) 0.20 0.29 0.23 0.03 0.86 0.43 (1.07)
Book value 2.99 2.89 2.67 2.75 3.00 3.16 3.09 4.12 4.87 5.65
Shares, m 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 52.09 0.00 0.00 56.21 25.76 22.45 97.23 17.17 40.00 26.63
P/S 1.46 1.14 0.29 0.33 0.83 0.60 0.61 1.23 1.96 1.73
P/B 3.74 2.90 0.70 0.72 1.80 1.45 1.82 3.25 5.09 4.29
EV/Sales 1.44 1.12 0.32 0.33 0.80 0.60 0.64 1.17 1.89 1.73
EV/FCF 87.50 (89.96) (108.37) 9.68 18.24 19.56 167.46 14.84 56.30 (22.50)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 5 4 2 4 6 6 4 17 13 11
Capex (3) (5) (3) (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (7) (27)
Free cash flow 2 (1) 0 3 4 4 1 13 6 (16)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 18 11 11 10 16 17 14 22 28 20
Total debt 6 3 6 3 3 6 5 1 — —
Net debt (3) (2) 3 (1) (5) (3) 1 (12) (17) (6)
Shareholders’ equity 48 47 42 43 47 49 48 60 72 86
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 5.35 (0.53) (5.09) 0.80 5.47 5.01 1.32 15.09 10.48 14.13
ROIC 8.30 (0.74) (4.28) (2.87) 7.38 7.96 3.03 21.80 15.69 12.60
ROE 7.43 (0.73) (6.94) 1.06 7.17 6.90 1.91 21.05 13.64 17.57
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Lifeway Foods, Inc. vs peers in Packaged Foods (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
MAMA Mama's Creations, Inc. $625.6M 74.1× 67.6× +55.05% (above 0%: growing) +100.00% (above 0%: growing) +373.41% (above 0%: growing) 23.96% 5.48% Compare
ENHA Enhanced Group Inc. $498.5M 17.1× — — n/m −483.42% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% (349.85%) Compare
OTLY Oatly Group AB Sponsored ADR $356.4M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +15.23% (above 0%: growing) n/m +89.27% (above 0%: growing) 33.89% (7.21%) Compare
PRE Prenetics Global Limited $347.3M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +288.57% (above 0%: growing) n/m −297.16% (below 0%: shrinking) 64.97% (45.13%) Compare
LWAY Lifeway Foods, Inc. $335.5M 30.7× 23.4× +24.10% (above 0%: growing) −96.43% (below 0%: shrinking) −598.84% (below 0%: shrinking) 19.47% 0.90%
USNA USANA Health Sciences, Inc. $284.2M — (loss-making) 14.0× −5.33% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +180.61% (above 0%: growing) 78.35% (8.96%) Compare
BRCC BRC Inc. $263.3M — (loss-making) 43.0× +12.85% (above 0%: growing) n/m +226.39% (above 0%: growing) 34.09% 1.03% Compare
NATR Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. $222.4M 12.4× 16.4× +1.95% (above 0%: growing) −31.03% (below 0%: shrinking) −164.92% (below 0%: shrinking) 73.66% 4.69% Compare
BGS B&G Foods, Inc. $196.7M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −9.70% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +19.28% (above 0%: growing) 20.78% 9.02% Compare
Median of peers $315.8M 17.1× 29.7× +12.85% — +54.28% 49.53% (3.09%)

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Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY) key facts

  • Strength: Lifeway Foods, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $212.5 million, up 13.7% from fiscal 2024.
  • Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY) is a Packaged Foods company in the Consumer Defensive sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, LWAY traded at $22.09, a market capitalization of $335.5 million.
  • Return on equity was 17.6% and debt-to-equity 0.26.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 15.09 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

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