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Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY)

Consumer Defensive | Packaged Foods | Morton Grove, United States | NasdaqGM
26.15 USD -0.55 (-2.042%) ⇩ (April 21, 2026, 10:54 a.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★★★★★ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:30 a.m. EDT

Exceptional long-term buy driven by strong revenue growth (18%), record Q4 2025 results, and upgraded guidance for H1 2026 (32-35% Q1 growth), though short-term momentum shows a technical pullback from recent highs with a neutral AI forecast (-0.41%) and no dividend yield to consider.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.058980
AutoETS0.059893
MSTL0.061936
AutoARIMA0.087410

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 40%
H-stat 109.45
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.772
Excess Kurtosis -0.01
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Defensive
Ex Dividend Date 2013-05-28
Last Dividend Date 2013-05-28
Debt to Equity Ratio 0.543
Revenue per Share 13.98
Market Cap 398,232,160
Trailing P/E 29.38
Forward P/E 19.09
Beta 0.23
Profit Margins 6.52%
Website https://lifewaykefir.com

Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2013-05-29 0.08 0.471976
2012-05-25 0.07 0.706097
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2013-05-29
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.08
lastDividendDate 2013-05-29
dividendDate 2013-06-28

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.13617027
Address1 6,431 West Oakton Street
All Time High 34.2
All Time Low 0.234375
Ask 33.43
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 7
Average Analyst Rating 1.0 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 69,570
Average Daily Volume3 Month 58,067
Average Volume 58,067
Average Volume10Days 69,570
Beta 0.226
Bid 19.03
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 6
Book Value 5.634
City Morton Grove
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,735,603,200
Compensation Risk 8
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 26.15
Current Ratio 2.227
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 26.75
Day Low 25.775
Debt To Equity 0.543
Display Name Lifeway Foods
Dividend Date 1,372,377,600
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,763,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,763,600
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,761,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,778,761,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,778,761,800
Ebitda 20,152,000
Ebitda Margins 0.09483
Enterprise To Ebitda 19.815
Enterprise To Revenue 1.879
Enterprise Value 399,313,568
Eps Forward 1.37
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.89
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,369,785,600
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 847 967 6558
Fifty Day Average 21.5744
Fifty Day Average Change 4.5755997
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.21208468
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 13.617027
Fifty Two Week High 34.2
Fifty Two Week High Change -8.050001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.23538014
Fifty Two Week Low 17.31
Fifty Two Week Low Change 8.84
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.5106875
Fifty Two Week Range 17.31 - 34.2
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 599,409,000,000
Float Shares 4,319,151
Forward Eps 1.37
Forward P E 19.087591
Free Cashflow -14,906,625
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Full Time Employees 293
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.2901
Gross Profits 61,646,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.64632004
Held Percent Institutions 0.32931998
Implied Shares Outstanding 15,228,763
Industry Packaged Foods
Industry Disp Packaged Foods
Industry Key packaged-foods
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,369,785,600
Last Dividend Value 0.08
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,155,686,400
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Lifeway Foods, Inc. produces and markets probiotic-based products in North America. The company's primary product is drinkable kefir, a cultured dairy product in various organic and non-organic sizes, flavors, and milk types. It offers European-style soft cheeses, including farmer and white cheeses, and sweet kiss; cream and other products; drinkable yogurt; ProBugs, a line of kefir products designed for children; and Fresh Made butter and sour cream. The company sells its products under the Lifeway, Fresh Made, and GlenOaks Farms brand names, as well as under private labels on behalf of customers primarily through direct sales force, brokers, and distributors. Lifeway Foods, Inc. was incorporated in 1986 and is based in Morton Grove, Illinois.
Long Name Lifeway Foods, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 398,232,160
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_284751
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 13,859,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 404,418,572
Number Of Analyst Opinions 1
Open 25.89
Operating Cashflow 10,948,000
Operating Margins 0.06797
Overall Risk 6
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 3.5
Phone 847 967 1010
Previous Close 26.695
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 4.641463
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.874069
Profit Margins 0.06522
Quick Ratio 1.355
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.0
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.5450001
Regular Market Change Percent -2.0415812
Regular Market Day High 26.75
Regular Market Day Low 25.775
Regular Market Day Range 25.775 - 26.75
Regular Market Open 25.89
Regular Market Previous Close 26.695
Regular Market Price 26.15
Regular Market Time 1,776,783,254
Regular Market Volume 18,076
Return On Assets 0.10306
Return On Equity 0.17573
Revenue Growth 0.18
Revenue Per Share 13.98
Sand P52 Week Change 0.34445214
Sector Consumer Defensive
Sector Disp Consumer Defensive
Sector Key consumer-defensive
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 15,149,600
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0156
Shares Short 235,574
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 232,216
Short Name Lifeway Foods, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.040900003
Short Ratio 4.34
Source Interval 15
State IL
Symbol LWAY
Target High Price 35.0
Target Low Price 35.0
Target Mean Price 35.0
Target Median Price 35.0
Total Cash 5,571,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.368
Total Debt 466,000
Total Revenue 212,496,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 0.89
Trailing P E 29.382023
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 24.6445
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.5054989
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.061088633
Type Disp Equity
Volume 18,076
Website https://lifewaykefir.com
Zip 60,053