Lifeway Foods, Inc.
General ticker "LWAY" information:
- Sector: Consumer Staples
- Industry: Packaged Foods
- Capitalization: $369.8M (TTM average)
Lifeway Foods, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 12.0%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.6%: low 21.41$, high 22.12$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-03-13 bmo
- Total employees count: 292 (+1.0%) as of 2024
- Top business risk factors: Supply chain disruptions, Market competition, Regulatory and compliance, Economic downturns and volatility, Product liability
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [16.03$, 27.35$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [15.32$, 26.59$]
Financial Metrics affecting the LWAY estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 39.7 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: -4.75 < Operating profit margin, % of 7.41
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 9.06 > 6.11
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of -0.94 <= -0.75
- Positive: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 79.42 > 64.29
- Positive: -9.07 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of -0.27
- Negative: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 4.55 <= 5.46
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.03 <= 0.73
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Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $141.57MM | $160.12MM | $186.82MM |
| Operating Expenses | $139.22MM | $143.13MM | $172.97MM |
| Operating Income | $2.35MM | $17.00MM | $13.85MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-0.51MM | $-0.35MM | $0.12MM |
| Interest Expense | $0.27MM | $0.38MM | $0.10MM |
| Income(Loss) | $1.84MM | $16.65MM | $13.97MM |
| Taxes | $0.92MM | $5.28MM | $4.94MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $0.92MM | $11.37MM | $9.03MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $47.57MM | $60.44MM | $71.91MM |
| Inventory | $9.63MM | $9.10MM | $8.68MM |
| Assets | $69.00MM | $81.65MM | $90.55MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $3.99MM | $16.94MM | $12.96MM |
| Capital expenditure | $3.45MM | $4.35MM | $6.70MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-4.03MM | $-4.41MM | $-6.68MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-4.75MM | $-3.78MM | $-2.75MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $0.06 | $0.78 | $0.61 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.