Lifeway Foods

LWAY · NASDAQ

$22.42+$0.26 (+1.17%)TodayMarket closed ·
Prev close $22.16

About LWAY

Lifeway Foods, Inc. engages in the manufacture of probiotic and nutritious foods. The company is headquartered in Morton Grove, Illinois and currently employs 293 full-time employees. In addition to its line of drinkable Kefir, the Company also produces a variety of cheeses and a ProBugs line for kids. Its primary product is drinkable kefir, a cultured dairy product. Lifeway kefir is tart and tangy, high in protein, calcium and vitamin D. It manufactures products under the Lifeway, Fresh Made and GlenOaks Farms brand names, as well as under private labels on behalf of certain customers. Its product categories are Drinkable kefir; European-style soft cheeses, including farmer cheese, white cheese, and Sweet Kiss; Cream and others, which consist primarily of cream, a byproduct of making its kefir; Drinkable yogurt, sold in a variety of sizes and flavors; ProBugs, a line of kefir products designed for children; and Other dairy, which consists primarily of Fresh Made butter and sour cream. The Company’s dairy products are sold across the United States, Mexico, and other countries.

Employees
293
Headquarters
Morton Grove, Illinois
Listed
Dec 29, 1988
Sector
Consumer Staples
Industry
Food Products

LWAY key statistics

Market cap
338.69M
Price-earnings ratio
32.12
Dividend yield
—
Average volume
137.67K
Volume
87.93K
Open price
$22.23
High today
$22.58
Low today
$22.08
52 Week high
$32.71
52 Week low
$17.31

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) at a glance

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) last traded at $22.42, with a market cap of 338.69M and a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.12.

Today the stock has traded between $22.08 and $22.58. The current price is 1.5% above the day's low and 0.7% below its high.

Volume so far is 87.93K shares, below the average of 137.67K shares a day.

Over the past year Lifeway Foods has ranged from $17.31 to $32.71, and now sits 33% of the way up that range.

Lifeway Foods met or beat analyst EPS estimates in 1 of the last 8 quarters. In Q2 FY26 it reported $0.01 per share against an estimate of $0.2703.

The average analyst price target is $33.66, 50.1% above the current price, from 2 recent ratings.

Analyst ratings

Latest rating from each analyst over the past 12 months

100%of 2 analyst ratings say Buy
  • Buy100.0%
  • Hold0.0%
  • Sell0.0%
Price target · 5 analystsAvg $33.66
Low
$32.32
Now
$22.42
High
$36.75

LWAY earnings

Earnings per share, reported against the analyst estimate

Beat the estimate in 1 of the last 8 quarters, by 52.5% on average.

  1. Q3 FY24: reported $0.19 per share against an estimate of $0.2754
  2. Q4 FY24: reported -$0.01 per share against an estimate of $0.2142
  3. Q1 FY25: reported $0.01 per share against an estimate of $0.1938
  4. Q2 FY25: reported $0.28 per share against an estimate of $0.1836
  5. Q3 FY25: reported $0.23 per share against an estimate of $0.2856
  6. Q4 FY25: reported $0.16 per share against an estimate of $0.2907
  7. Q1 FY26: reported $0.30 per share against an estimate of $0.306
  8. Q2 FY26: reported $0.01 per share against an estimate of $0.2703

LWAY news

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    Lifeway Foods Brings Frozen Kefir Back to Soft-Serve Machines through Foodservice

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    Lifeway Foods® Delivers Highest Quarterly Net Sales in Company History, Extending Record Growth in Second Quarter 2026

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    Lifeway Foods® to Report Second Quarter 2026 Results on August 13, 2026

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    Kefir-Leader Lifeway Foods CEO Julie Smolyansky Honored in Progressive Grocer's Top Women in Grocery for Second Consecutive Year

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    Lifeway® Foods' Farmer Cheese Selected as a Good Housekeeping 2026 Snack Awards Winner

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    Lifeway® Foods Celebrates 40 Years and National Kefir Day with Coast-to-Coast Events and Lifeway Kefir Shop Pop-Up in SoHo

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    EDWARD SMOLYANSKY, KEY LWAY SHAREHOLDER: TERMINATION OF POISON PILL MARKS IMPORTANT INFLECTION POINT FOR LIFEWAY SHAREHOLDERS AS GOVERNANCE QUESTIONS MOUNT AHEAD OF THE ELECTION

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    Lifeway Foods Announces Pricing of Secondary Underwritten Public Offering of Common Stock

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