Lifeway Foods LWAY Ratios & Valuation
| FY'25 | FY'24 | FY'23 | FY'22 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | |||||
| Gross margin | 27.4%+1.4pp | 26%-0.5pp | 26.5%+7.6pp | 18.9%-5.2pp | |
| Operating margin | 7.6%+0.2pp | 7.4%-3.2pp | 10.6%+9.0pp | 1.7%-3.3pp | |
| Net margin | 6.5%+1.6pp | 4.9%-2.2pp | 7.1%+6.4pp | 0.7%-2.2pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 9.5%+0.3pp | 9.2%-3.4pp | 12.6%+8.8pp | 3.8%-3.6pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | -8.5%— | —— | 7.9%— | —— | |
| Returns | |||||
| Return on equity | 17.6%+3.7pp | 13.9%-7.2pp | 21%+19.1pp | 1.9%-5.2pp | |
| Return on assets | 14.1%+3.5pp | 10.7%-4.4pp | 15.1%+13.8pp | 1.3%-3.8pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 16.7%0.0pp | 16.8%-6.8pp | 23.6%+21.0pp | 2.6%-5.7pp | |
| Efficiency | |||||
| Asset turnover | 2.2×0.0× | 2.2×0.0× | 2.1×+0.1× | 2×+0.2× | |
| Inventory turnover | 15×-0.5× | 15.5×+3.0× | 12.6×-0.3× | 12.8×+0.9× | |
| Liquidity | |||||
| Current ratio | 2.2×-0.6× | 2.8×+0.5× | 2.3×+0.2× | 2.1×-0.3× | |
| Quick ratio | 1.5×-0.7× | 2.3×+0.5× | 1.8×+0.4× | 1.3×-0.4× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.3×-0.7× | 1.1×+0.3× | 0.8×+0.5× | 0.3×-0.4× | |
| Leverage | |||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0×0.0× | 0×-0.1× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.3×+0.7× | -1×-0.5× | -0.4×-0.3× | -0.1×+0.4× | |
| Interest coverage | 210×+78.1× | 131.9×+87.7× | 44.3×+35.5× | 8.8×-41.9× | |
| Per Share | |||||
| Book value per share | $5.52+16.2% | $4.75+18.8% | $4.00+32.2% | $3.03-2.8% | |
| Valuation | |||||
| Market capitalization | $463.5M+24.3% | $367.45M+86.5% | $197.01M+129% | $86M+21.1% | |
| Enterprise value | $458.52M+29.7% | $350.84M+86.6% | $188M+120% | $85.45M+28.6% | |
| Price / earnings | 30.9×-5.3× | 40×+22.7× | 17.3×-75.7× | 93.1×+72.2× | |
| Price / sales | 2×0.0× | 2×+0.7× | 1.2×+0.6× | 0.6×0.0× | |
| Price / book | 5.1×+0.1× | 5.1×+1.9× | 3.3×+1.5× | 1.8×+0.4× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 18.3×-4.6× | 20.4×+11.0× | 9.3×-6.7× | 16.1×+8.5× | |
| EV / sales | 2×+0.1× | 1.9×+0.7× | 1.2×+0.6× | 0.6×0.0× | |
| Free cash flow yield | -4.8%— | —— | 6.4%— | —— | |
| Earnings yield | 3.2%+0.5pp | 2.5%-3.3pp | 5.8%+4.7pp | 1.1%-3.7pp | |
| PEG ratio | 0.7×— | —— | 0×— | —— |
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Compare these in charts →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.
