Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Cost of Revenue (2010 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) reported Cost of Revenue of $40 million for Q4 2025, up 14.2% from $35.04 million a year earlier but down 1.8% from the prior quarter.
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Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Cost of Revenue (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Lifeway Foods posted Cost of Revenue of $154.29 million, up 11.6% from FY2024.
- Cost of Revenue has increased for six consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 15.5% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Cost of Revenue came in at $138.25 million in FY2024 (+17.5%), $117.68 million in FY2023 (+2.5%), $114.78 million in FY2022 (+27.0%) and $90.36 million in FY2021 (+20.3%).
- Five-year quarterly Cost of Revenue spans a low of $21.33 million in Q1 2021 and a high of $40.74 million in Q3 2025.
- Year over year, Cost of Revenue has now increased in each of the last nine quarters, with growth averaging 14.6% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Cost of Revenue in five years was Q3 2022 (growth of 35.4%); the low point was Q3 2023 (a decline of 2.6%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q4 2025 came in at $40.74 million (Q3 2025), $38.5 million (Q2 2025) and $35.06 million (Q1 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Cost of Rev (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 130.23 Bn | 105.59 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 74.27 Bn | 67.59 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 5.37 Bn |
| 3 | Hershey | 32.39 Bn | 28.63 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 1.52 Bn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.34 Bn | 12.87 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 4.23 Bn |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.12 Bn | 14.77 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 2.90 Bn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.52 Bn | 12.30 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 1.24 Bn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.03 Bn | 11.67 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 1.23 Bn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 11.14 Bn | 7.83 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 2.49 Bn |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.29 Bn | 4.58 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 2.32 Bn |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 320.38 Mn | 320.38 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 40.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 40.74 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 38.50 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 35.06 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 35.04 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 34.23 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 35.88 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 33.10 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 30.30 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 29.75 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 27.95 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 29.68 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 27.92 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 30.55 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 27.79 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 28.52 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 24.98 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 22.56 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 21.49 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 21.33 Mn |
API Access
Lifeway Foods Cost of Revenue API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cost-of-revenue&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "cost-of-revenue", "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=cost-of-revenue&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();