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Lifeway Foods LWAY Ratios & Valuation

Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin28.1%+0.7pp27.4%+0.6pp26.8%+0.8pp26%+0.5pp25.5%-0.5pp
Operating margin9.1%+1.5pp7.6%+1.2pp6.4%+0.1pp6.4%+0.1pp6.3%-1.1pp
Net margin6.5%0.0pp6.5%+1.0pp5.5%0.0pp5.6%+0.1pp5.5%+0.6pp
Returns
Return on equity18.2%+0.7pp17.6%+2.9pp14.7%0.0pp14.7%-0.3pp15%+1.1pp
Return on invested capital21.3%+4.6pp16.7%+1.0pp15.7%+1.1pp14.6%+0.5pp14.2%-2.6pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover2.1×0.0×2.2×+0.1×-0.1×2.1×0.0×2.1×0.0×
Liquidity
Current ratio2.1×-0.1×2.2×-0.1×2.3×-0.7×+0.1×2.9×+0.1×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.0×0.0×0.0×0.0×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA-0.2×+0.1×-0.3×+1.1×-1.3×0.0×-1.3×-0.1×-1.3×-0.3×
Per Share
Book value per share$5.81+5.1%$5.52+2.9%$5.37+4.9%$5.11+5.7%$4.84+1.8%
Valuation
Market capitalization$463.5M+24.3%$368.99M-12.7%$422.69M+13.6%$372.18M+0.1%$371.72M+1.2%
Price / earnings30.9×-5.3×26.6×-10.7×37.3×+2.8×34.6×-1.5×36.1×-3.9×
Price / sales0.0×1.7×-0.3×2.1×+0.1×1.9×0.0×0.0×
Price / book5.1×+0.1×4.3×-0.8×5.1×+0.4×4.7×-0.3×-0.1×
EV / EBITDA18.3×-4.6×18.1×-5.5×23.6×+1.5×22×-0.8×22.9×+2.5×

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Questions, answered.

What are Lifeway Foods's profit margins?
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) runs a 28.1% gross margin and a 9.1% operating margin, with a 6.5% net margin.
Where do Lifeway Foods's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Lifeway Foods's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.