Lifeway Foods, Inc.
General ticker "LWAY" information:
- Sector: Consumer Staples
- Industry: Packaged Foods
- Capitalization: $370.3M (TTM average)
Lifeway Foods, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 26.5%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 2.1%: low 22.09$, high 23.03$
Factors to consider:
- Total employees count: 295 (+1.0%) as of 2025
- Top business risk factors: Market competition, Pricing pressure, Supply chain disruptions, Consumer preference shifts, Labor/talent shortage/retention
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 6 months up through Q2 are below 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 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [16.61$, 27.25$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [16.66$, 27.37$]
Financial Metrics affecting the LWAY estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 26.6 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: 4.60 < Operating profit margin, % of 7.61
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 11.60 > 10.70
- Positive: -4.55 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of -0.43
- Positive: 2.37 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 3.01
- Positive: -7.11 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -6.06
- Positive: 69.38 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 81.26 <= 81.92
- Negative: Industry earnings per price (median), % of 0 <= 0
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $160.12MM | $186.82MM | $212.50MM |
| Operating Expenses | $143.13MM | $172.97MM | $196.32MM |
| Operating Income | $17.00MM | $13.85MM | $16.17MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-0.35MM | $0.12MM | $3.51MM |
| Interest Expense | $0.38MM | $0.10MM | $0.08MM |
| Income(Loss) | $16.65MM | $13.97MM | $19.69MM |
| Taxes | $5.28MM | $4.94MM | $5.83MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $11.37MM | $9.03MM | $13.86MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $60.44MM | $71.91MM | $85.82MM |
| Inventory | $9.10MM | $8.68MM | $11.89MM |
| Assets | $81.65MM | $90.55MM | $105.61MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $16.94MM | $12.96MM | $10.95MM |
| Capital expenditure | $4.35MM | $6.70MM | $27.36MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-4.41MM | $-6.68MM | $-22.04MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-3.78MM | $-2.75MM | $-0.07MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $0.78 | $0.61 | $0.91 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.