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Lifeway Foods, Inc.
LWAY
NASDAQ·Consumer Defensive·Packaged Foods·Mkt cap $450.1M
$30.94
▲ +5.06%
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Our plain-language verdict, the thesis, risk factors, and what is changing about the business.
View research view52-Week Range
$17.31 - $34.20
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Price action
Price chart
Up 13.5% over the trailing year
Total returns
Price performance
Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.
Why we rate it this way
The thesis at a glance
Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.
Bull Case
5 reasons
- Pioneer and market leader in drinkable kefir category in North America
- Established brand recognition with 35+ years of operational history and expertise
- Diverse product portfolio addressing multiple consumer segments (adults, children, health-conscious, mainstream)
- Proprietary probiotic formulations and fermentation expertise
- Established distribution network through direct sales, brokers, and retail partnerships
Bear Case
2 risks
- Low volatility (beta 0.5).
- Significant premium - growth priced in
Growth
Stable outlook
Rising consumer demand for probiotics and functional foods supporting digestive health
Value
Significant premium - growth priced in
Momentum
Hot
+33.7% over 3m
Quality
Stable
Excellent business quality
Dividend
None
No dividend
Smart-money signal
Who's buying LWAY right now
Insider Form 4s, 13F institutional filings, and Congressional disclosures - at a glance.
Earnings track record
Latest print - beat on both lines
AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.
Next: May 7, 2026
MAY 14, 2026
Reported EPS of $0.30 vs $0.30 consensus (0.0% surprise). Revenue of $63.0M vs $60.8M expected (+3.6%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.
EPS surprise · last 4Q
1 of 1 beats
Q2 26
0.0%
Next: May 7, 2026
Revenue trend · last 8Q
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+12%
+3%
+10%
+24%
+18%
+37%
Q2 24
Q3 24
Q4 24
Q1 25
Q2 25
Q3 25
Q4 25
Q1 26
$49.2M
$46.1M
$46.9M
$46.1M
$53.9M
$57.1M
$55.4M
$63.0M
Margins · last 8Q
Gross
—
Operating
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Profit
7.4%
Wall Street consensus
1 analyst · 0% Buy
Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.
Buy
0%
Hold
100%
Sell
0%
Median Price Target
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Latest: Freedom Broker · May 15, 2026
vs Industry
How LWAY stacks vs Packaged Foods
Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.
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