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Employees: 293
Size Lifeway Foods (LWAY) is a United States Consumer Staples company (Food: Meat/Fish/Dairy) with a market value of $327M, the 3040th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $21.65 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 15.4%, against -3.2% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 25.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.2%); the operating margin is 6.5% (peer median 3.2%).
Valuation It trades at 27.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 27.0× (8th cheapest of 15).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.2 points above its cost of capital (7.3% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 4.4% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 12 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $242M | $212M | $187M | $160M | $142M |
| Revenue growth | — | +14% | +17% | +13% | — |
| Gross profit | $61.6M | $57.7M | $48.0M | $41.9M | $26.2M |
| EBITDA | $20.0M | $20.2M | $17.2M | $20.2M | $5.32M |
| Net income | $10.9M | $13.9M | $9.03M | $11.4M | $924,000 |
| Free cash flow | -$31.1M | -$16.5M | $6.26M | $12.6M | $538,000 |
| Capital expenditure | $42.3M | $27.4M | $6.70M | $4.35M | $3.45M |
| Total debt | $22.5M | $466,000 | $117,000 | $2.92M | $6.68M |
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| Measure | LWAY | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +2.7% | -3.1% | 6th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -15.4% | -3.2% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -33.8% | -22.0% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +25.6% | +8.2% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 6.5% | 3.2% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 27.1× | 27.0× | 8th cheapest of 15 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +5.2 pp | -1.2 pp | 3rd highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 17.1× | 15.5× | 5th most expensive of 11 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.8× | 1.6× | 8th least indebted of 15 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lifeway Foods LWAY | United States | $327M | -15% | +26% | 6% | 27.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Marudai Food 2288.T | Japan | $325M | -10% | +1% | 3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Kyokuyo 1301.T | Japan | $331M | -3% | +11% | 3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Guangdong Yantang Dairy 002732.SZ | China | $310M | -20% | -5% | 3% | 8.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Joyvio Food 300268.SZ | China | $308M | -31% | -60% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Xinjiang Talimu Agriculture Development 600359.SS | China | $348M | -20% | -20% | -5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Panda Dairy 300898.SZ | China | $356M | -20% | +15% | 10% | 18.8× | 17.4% | +3.4% |
| Canada Packers CPKR.TO | Canada | $300M | -23% | -7% | 3% | 18.9× | -0.2% | +3.9% |
| Heritage Foods HERITGFOOD.NS | India | $366M | +2% | +14% | 3% | 27.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Hunan Xiangjia Animal Husbandry 002982.SZ | China | $425M | -4% | +8% | 2% | 69.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Parag Milk Foods PARAGMILK.NS | India | $435M | +42% | +13% | 5% | 27.6× | n/a | n/a |
| HaiXin Foods 002702.SZ | China | $444M | -10% | +11% | -1% | n/a | 22.8% | -1.0% |
| Xinjiang Terun Dairy 600419.SS | China | $465M | +2% | +5% | 5% | 26.8× | -4.3% | +9.4% |
| Binggrae 005180.KS | South Korea | $472M | +9% | +4% | 9% | 6.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Masoval AS MAS.OL | Norway | $508M | +16% | -1% | 4% | 45.6× | 28.2% | +22.3% |
| High Liner Foods HLF.TO | Canada | $536M | +91% | +14% | 5% | 8.7× | 3.5% | +5.3% |
| Australian Agricultural AAC.AX | Australia | $553M | +2% | +9% | -47% | 94.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Henan Huaying Agricultural Development 002321.SZ | China | $569M | -16% | +24% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Starzen 8043.T | Japan | $574M | +36% | +4% | 2% | 9.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Dodla Dairy DODLA.NS | India | $625M | -14% | +17% | 4% | 28.6× | 33.7% | +16.2% |
| Mama's Creations MAMA | United States | $632M | +2% | +54% | 5% | 46.4× | 17.6% | +33.3% |