Lifeway Foods LWAY
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$25.70 -0.20 (-0.79%)
As of: Aug 21, 2026 · 3:44 PM EDT

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2024)

Lifeway Foods' (LWAY) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.01 in Q1 2024, down 62.03% YoY from 0.04 in Q2 2023, and down 17.83% on a QoQ basis from 0.02 in Q4 2023.

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2024) Analysis & Trends

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) has 15 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.01 in Q1 2024.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio fell 62.03% year-over-year to 0.01 in Q1 2024, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2024 was 0.01 (down 62.03% YoY) and the FY2023 annual result came in at 0.02, down 49.41% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio retreated to 0.01 in Q1 2024, from 0.02 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 5.04 in Q3 2021 to a low of 0.01 in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.65 and a median of 0.04 in 2023 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2020 — Debt Ratio surged 2907.97% — and 2022, when it tumbled 99.27%.
  • Tracing LWAY's Debt Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.05 in 2020, then grew by 8.34% to 0.05 in 2021, then decreased by 26.68% to 0.04 in 2022, then plunged by 49.41% to 0.02 in 2023, then fell by 17.83% to 0.01 in 2024.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.01 (Q1 2024), 0.02 (Q4 2023), and 0.02 (Q3 2023), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Kraft Heinz 30.33 Bn 27.65 Bn 2.03 Bn 0.26
2 General Mills 21.43 Bn 20.98 Bn 1.60 Bn 0.48
3 Mccormick 14.91 Bn 14.58 Bn 778.20 Mn 0.30
4 Jbs 14.78 Bn 11.31 Bn 4.91 Bn 0.49
5 J M Smucker 13.16 Bn 13.10 Bn 862.10 Mn 0.43
6 Hormel Foods 13.14 Bn 12.28 Bn 518.51 Mn 0.21
7 Magnum Ice Cream 12.20 Bn 11.48 Bn - 0.35
8 Darling Ingredients 10.43 Bn 10.27 Bn 503.37 Mn 0.36
9 Smithfield Foods 8.73 Bn 7.38 Bn 478.00 Mn 0.17
10 Lifeway Foods 391.70 Mn 386.13 Mn 15.36 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2024 0.01
Dec 31, 2023 0.02
Sep 30, 2023 0.02
Jun 30, 2023 0.03
Mar 31, 2023 0.04
Dec 31, 2022 0.04
Sep 30, 2022 0.04
Jun 30, 2022 0.04
Mar 31, 2022 0.04
Dec 31, 2021 0.05
Sep 30, 2021 5.04
Jun 30, 2021 0.08
Mar 31, 2021 0.08
Dec 31, 2020 0.05
Jun 30, 2020 4.67
Mar 31, 2020 0.16
Dec 31, 2019 0.05
Sep 30, 2019 0.16
Jun 30, 2019 0.16
Mar 31, 2019 0.16