LIFEWAY FOODS, INC. (LWAY)

25.01USD -2.53% (-0.65)

Over 1M: -20.6%

Style
Area Line Line with markers Steps Candles Hollow candles Bars

Candles and bars need the day’s open, high and low, and need room to be drawn in: past about a year of trading a body is thinner than a hairline, so those three offer the longest window that fits instead.

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Financials Quarterly

Figures
Revenue Gross Profit Operating Income Cost of Revenue Operating Cash Flow Free Cash Flow Net Income

A share count and earnings a share are not here: neither is money, so neither can share this axis. Both have their own panel on All charts.

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Q3 '21 — Operating Income: 1M Q3 '21 — Operating Cash Flow: 2.2M Q3 '21 — Net Income: 480K Q4 '21 — Operating Income: 406K Q4 '21 — Operating Cash Flow: -291K Q4 '21 — Net Income: -93K Q1 '22 — Operating Income: -1M Q1 '22 — Operating Cash Flow: -648K Q1 '22 — Net Income: -895K Q2 '22 — Operating Income: 241K Q2 '22 — Operating Cash Flow: 119K Q2 '22 — Net Income: 120K Q3 '22 — Operating Income: 1.2M Q3 '22 — Operating Cash Flow: 4.2M Q3 '22 — Net Income: 983K Q4 '22 — Operating Income: 2M Q4 '22 — Operating Cash Flow: 348K Q4 '22 — Net Income: 716K Q1 '23 — Operating Income: 1.4M Q1 '23 — Operating Cash Flow: 3M Q1 '23 — Net Income: 830K Q2 '23 — Operating Income: 4.8M Q2 '23 — Operating Cash Flow: 2.4M Q2 '23 — Net Income: 3.2M Q3 '23 — Operating Income: 5M Q3 '23 — Operating Cash Flow: 6.7M Q3 '23 — Net Income: 3.4M Q4 '23 — Operating Income: 5.8M Q4 '23 — Operating Cash Flow: 4.8M Q4 '23 — Net Income: 4M Q1 '24 — Operating Income: 3.6M Q1 '24 — Operating Cash Flow: 1.5M Q1 '24 — Net Income: 2.4M Q2 '24 — Operating Income: 5.4M Q2 '24 — Operating Cash Flow: 6.5M Q2 '24 — Net Income: 3.8M Q3 '24 — Operating Income: 4.2M Q3 '24 — Operating Cash Flow: 7.5M Q3 '24 — Net Income: 3M Q4 '24 — Operating Income: 713K Q4 '24 — Net Income: -160K Q1 '25 — Operating Income: 1.6M Q1 '25 — Operating Cash Flow: -150K Q1 '25 — Net Income: 3.5M Q2 '25 — Operating Income: 5.8M Q2 '25 — Operating Cash Flow: 3.9M Q2 '25 — Net Income: 4.2M Q3 '25 — Operating Income: 5M Q3 '25 — Operating Cash Flow: 6.9M Q3 '25 — Net Income: 3.5M Q4 '25 — Operating Income: 3.8M Q4 '25 — Operating Cash Flow: 267K Q4 '25 — Net Income: 2.5M Q1 '26 — Operating Income: 6.3M Q1 '26 — Operating Cash Flow: 4.4M Q1 '26 — Net Income: 4.7M Q2 '26 — Operating Income: 600K Q2 '26 — Operating Cash Flow: -339K Q2 '26 — Net Income: 127K 0 2M 4M 6M 8M
Q4 '21 Q3 '22 Q2 '23 Q1 '24 Q4 '24 Q3 '25 Q2 '26
Operating Income Operating Cash Flow Net Income

How it scores

For a valuation multiple, the low end is the good end.

Quality

How much of the revenue is really kept — and what did it take to earn it?

3.7
SBC / sales 0.87%
ROIC 16.0%
OE margin -13.7%
Accruals -0.27%
ROA 8.2%
ROCE 14.3%
ROE 12.9%
Gross margin 25.6%
OCF margin 4.6%
FCF margin -12.8%
OCF / EBIT 0.71×

5 of 17 counted in the score. The rest are measures this model does not include here, or figures these filings do not carry — switch any of them on and the score changes.

Valuation

What does the price ask for what the company earns, owns and pays out?

3.9
EV/EBIT 23.6×
EV/OE -11.2×
EV/Sales 1.5×
EV/GP 6.0×
P/B 4.5×
P/E 34.8×
FCF yield -8.2%
P/C 53.4×
Div. yield —
Fwd P/E —
PEG —

2 of 12 counted in the score. The rest are measures this model does not include here, or figures these filings do not carry — switch any of them on and the score changes.

Durability

How predictable is the revenue, and how much of it is already committed?

7.7
RPO / sales —
RPO growth —
Segment HHI —

3 of 7 counted in the score. The rest are measures this model does not include here, or figures these filings do not carry — switch any of them on and the score changes.

Resilience

Can the balance sheet absorb a bad year?

8.3
ND/EBITDA 0.019
Debt / Eq 0.0×
Debt payback 0.0 yr
Payout 0.0%
Quick ratio 1.5×
F-score 4.5 pts
Cash runway 0.23 yr
Cash / Debt —

3 of 12 counted in the score. The rest are measures this model does not include here, or figures these filings do not carry — switch any of them on and the score changes.

Growth

Is the business getting bigger, and is it getting more profitable?

5.0
Sales/sh Y/Y +22.3%
Sales CAGR 4Y +15.6%
Div. growth +14.1%
EBIT CAGR +72.3%
EPS CAGR 4Y +43.5%
EBIT Y/Y +28.2%
Sales Q/Q +24.1%
EPS Y/Y -0.19%
EPS next Y —

4 of 13 counted in the score. The rest are measures this model does not include here, or figures these filings do not carry — switch any of them on and the score changes.

A measure absent from a block could not be computed from this company's filings. It is left out rather than scored as though it were bad, and the dimension is averaged over what remains. A score is measured against a fixed scale this model states; the bar is measured against the other companies, so the two can disagree — and where they do, that disagreement is the more interesting figure.