What is Lifeway Foods's free cash flow yield?

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) reported free cash flow yield of -7.6% in Q1 2026.

What is the long-term trend for Lifeway Foods's free cash flow yield?

Over 2 years (2020 to 2025), Lifeway Foods's free cash flow yield has grown at a -4.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 5.4% to -4.9%.

What does free cash flow yield mean?

Trailing-twelve-month free cash flow divided by market capitalization at the quarter end. The cash return the business generates relative to its market price.

Lifeway Foods LWAY Free cash flow yield

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$63.0M+36.7%

Gross profit$17.4M+57.2%

Operating income$6.3M+302%

Net income$4.7M+32.0%

EPS (diluted)$0.30+30.4%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$5.6M-71.2%

Total debt$627.0K+475%

Total equity$90.3M+21.8%

Total assets$120.5M+28.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$4.4M+3,019%

CapEx$11.0M+398%

Free cash flow-$6.7M-181%

Valuation

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Market cap$463.5M+24.3%

Enterprise value$458.52M+29.7%

P/E30.9×-5.3×

P/S2×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin28.1%+2.6pp

Operating margin9.1%+2.8pp

Net margin6.5%+1.1pp

FCF margin-9.7%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity18.2%+3.3pp

Debt / equity0×0.0×

Current ratio2.1×-0.8×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Lifeway Foods’s reported figures.

free cash flow/market cap=-7.6%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Lifeway Foods’s 10-Q, filed May 14, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Lifeway Foods's free cash flow yield?: Lifeway Foods (LWAY) reported free cash flow yield of -7.6% in Q1 2026.
What is the long-term trend for Lifeway Foods's free cash flow yield?: Over 2 years (2020 to 2025), Lifeway Foods's free cash flow yield has grown at a -4.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 5.4% to -4.9%.
What does free cash flow yield mean?: Trailing-twelve-month free cash flow divided by market capitalization at the quarter end. The cash return the business generates relative to its market price.