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Lifeway Foods, Inc. LWAY

Dairy Products · CIK 0000814586 · Fiscal year ends 1231

Revenue
$212.50M
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Operating income
$16.17M
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Free cash flow
-$16.41M
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31

Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY) reported revenue of $212.50M and net income of $13.86M for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from Lifeway Foods, Inc.’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from.

Income

Lifeway Foods, Inc. income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312015-12-31
Revenue$212.50M$186.82M$160.12M$141.57M$119.06M$102.03M$93.66M$103.35M$118.89M$137.24M
Cost of revenue$154.29M$138.25M$117.68M$114.78M$90.36M$75.09M$71.51M$77.49M$88.20MUnavailable
Gross profit$58.21M$48.57M$42.44M$26.79M$28.71M$26.93M$22.15M$25.86M$30.70MUnavailable
Operating income$16.17M$13.85M$17.00M$2.35M$5.88M$4.92M-$1.93M-$3.11M-$526.00K$4.40M
Net income$13.86M$9.02M$11.37M$924.00K$3.31M$3.23M$453.00K-$3.09M-$346.00K$1.97M
Research & developmentUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 15.54Mshares 15.13Mshares 15.10Mshares 15.72Mshares 15.77Mshares 15.77Mshares 15.80Mshares 16.32Mshares 16.10Mshares 16.33M
Pretax income$19.69M$13.97M$16.65M$1.84M$5.62M$4.83M$1.24M-$3.31M-$804.00K$3.99M
Income tax expense$5.83M$4.94M$5.28M$917.00K$2.30M$1.60M$782.00K-$225.00K-$458.00K$2.02M
Diluted EPS$0.89$0.60$0.75$0.06$0.21$0.21$0.03$-0.19$-0.02$0.12
Selling, general & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
General & administrative$21.60M$19.44M$13.13M$12.59M$11.61M$11.66M$12.83M$13.62M$13.96M$12.87M
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

Lifeway Foods, Inc. balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312015-12-31
Cash & equivalents$5.57M$16.73M$13.20M$4.44M$9.23M$7.93M$3.84M$3.00M$4.98M$5.65M
Total assets$105.61M$90.55M$81.65M$69.00M$70.87M$61.25M$56.99M$56.81M$64.52M$64.92M
Current assets$37.06M$43.60M$38.20M$26.98M$29.05M$24.05M$19.20M$18.92M$24.68M$27.01M
Total liabilities$19.79M$18.64M$21.22M$21.43M$21.74M$14.40M$13.74M$14.40M$17.93M$19.66M
Current liabilities$16.64M$15.50M$16.62M$13.04M$12.06M$8.44M$9.52M$7.45M$13.20M$10.82M
Total equity incl. NCI$85.82M$71.91M$60.44M$47.57M$49.13M$46.85M$43.25M$42.40M$46.59M$45.26M
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Inventory$11.89M$8.68M$9.10M$9.63M$8.28M$6.93M$6.39M$5.82M$7.70M$7.66M
Accounts receivable$16.64M$15.42M$13.88M$11.41M$9.93M$8.00M$6.69M$6.28M$8.68M$9.89M
Goodwill$11.70M$11.70M$11.70M$11.70M$11.70M$12.95M$9.12M$9.12M$10.37MUnavailable
Long-term debtUnavailableUnavailable$2.75M$2.48M$3.47M$0UnavailableUnavailable$6.28M$7.12M
Accounts payable$11.01M$10.40M$9.98M$7.98M$6.61M$5.59M$5.28M$4.57M$6.85M$8.39M

Cash flow

Lifeway Foods, Inc. cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312015-12-31
Operating cash flow$10.95M$12.96M$16.94M$3.99M$5.56M$6.38M$3.81M$2.42M$3.81MUnavailable
Capital expenditures$27.36M$6.70M$4.35M$3.45M$1.92M$1.90M$1.18M$2.82M$5.34M$2.00M
Investing cash flow-$22.04M-$6.68M-$4.41M-$4.03M-$7.14M-$1.89M$838.00K-$2.72M-$5.32MUnavailable
Financing cash flow-$65.00K-$2.75M-$3.78M-$4.75M$2.88M-$405.00K-$3.81M-$1.68M-$2.33MUnavailable
Net change in cashUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$4.09M$838.00K-$1.98M-$3.83M$2.39M
Stock-based compensation$1.95M$2.45M$1.50M$1.11M$1.14M$393.00K$838.00K$802.00K$596.00K$0
Common dividends paidUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Common share repurchasesUnavailableUnavailable$0$4.00M$1.58M$405.00K$538.00K$1.38M$1.49M$1.54M
Depreciation & amortization$3.98M$3.39M$3.16M$2.97M$2.87M$3.24M$3.34M$3.48M$3.11M$3.13M

Derived

Lifeway Foods, Inc. derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312015-12-31
Free cash flow-$16.41M$6.26M$12.59M$538.00K$3.64M$4.49M$2.63M-$407.00K-$1.53MUnavailable
Gross margin27.4%26.0%26.5%18.9%24.1%26.4%23.6%25.0%25.8%Unavailable
Operating margin7.6%7.4%10.6%1.7%4.9%4.8%-2.1%-3.0%-0.4%Unavailable
FCF margin-7.7%3.4%7.9%0.4%3.1%4.4%2.8%-0.4%-1.3%Unavailable
SBC / revenue0.9%1.3%0.9%0.8%1.0%0.4%0.9%0.8%0.5%Unavailable
Current ratio2.23x2.81x2.30x2.07x2.41x2.85x2.02x2.54x1.87x2.50x
Revenue YoY growth13.7%16.7%13.1%18.9%16.7%8.9%-9.4%-13.1%UnavailableUnavailable
Net margin6.5%4.8%7.1%0.7%2.8%3.2%0.5%-3.0%-0.3%Unavailable
R&D / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
CapEx / revenue12.9%3.6%2.7%2.4%1.6%1.9%1.3%2.7%4.5%Unavailable
Long-term debt / equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate29.6%35.4%31.7%49.8%41.0%33.1%63.3%UnavailableUnavailable50.6%

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open LWAY in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-08-13View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-05-14View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-03-17View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-11-12View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-08-12View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-05-13View SEC filing

Reconciliation checks needing review

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Withheld: cost revenue, gross profit could not be reconciled with the rest of this filer’s statement.