Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Cash & Equivalents (2010 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) recorded Cash & Equivalents of $5.57 million in Q4 2025, down 66.7% from $16.73 million a year earlier and down 75.8% from the prior quarter.
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Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Cash & Equivalents (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Starting with Q2 2010, Lifeway Foods' Cash & Equivalents history includes 63 quarters.
- Annual Cash & Equivalents has a five-year compound annual growth rate of -6.8% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Cash & Equivalents came in at $16.73 million in FY2024 (+26.7%), $13.2 million in FY2023 (+197.0%), $4.44 million in FY2022 (-51.9%) and $9.23 million in FY2021 (+16.5%).
- The Q4 2025 figure is the lowest quarterly Cash & Equivalents since Q1 2023.
- On a year-over-year basis, Cash & Equivalents rose in seven of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 46.1%.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Cash & Equivalents in the last five years was growth of 335.7% in Q1 2021, against a decline of 66.7% in Q4 2025 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at $22.99 million (Q3 2025), $21.22 million (Q2 2025) and $19.45 million (Q1 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Cash & Equiv. (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 130.23 Bn | 105.59 Bn | - | 5.49 Bn |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 74.27 Bn | 67.59 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 1.72 Bn |
| 3 | Hershey | 32.39 Bn | 28.63 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 791.21 Mn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.34 Bn | 12.87 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 2.42 Bn |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.12 Bn | 14.77 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 433.10 Mn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.52 Bn | 12.30 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 43.20 Mn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.03 Bn | 11.67 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 331.10 Mn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 11.14 Bn | 7.83 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 839.64 Mn |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.29 Bn | 4.58 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 611.00 Mn |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 320.38 Mn | 320.38 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 5.57 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 22.99 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 21.22 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 19.45 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 16.73 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 20.56 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 14.63 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 12.03 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 13.20 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 12.63 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 7.45 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.21 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.44 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 8.93 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 6.49 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 7.99 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 9.23 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 10.02 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 10.41 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 8.62 Mn |
API Access
Lifeway Foods Cash & Equivalents API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cash-and-equivalents&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "cash-and-equivalents", "ticker": "LWAY", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cash-and-equivalents&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();