Lifeway Foods (LWAY) EBIT Margin (2010 - 2025)

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) posted EBIT Margin of 6.8% for Q4 2025, down 22.93% on a QoQ basis from 8.82% in Q3 2025, and up 528.0% year-over-year from 1.08% in Q4 2024.

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) EBIT Margin (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Lifeway Foods' EBIT Margin history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 6.8% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly EBIT Margin rose 528.0% year-over-year to 6.8% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 7.61% (up 20.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 7.61%, up 20.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin was 6.8% for Q4 2025 at Lifeway Foods, down from 8.82% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBIT Margin topped out at 13.67% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 3.08% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 6.37% and a median of 6.69% in 2021 frame the typical range for EBIT Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — EBIT Margin soared 1143 bps — and 2024, when it slumped 1215 bps.
  • Lifeway Foods' EBIT Margin stood at 1.31% in 2021, then jumped by 318 bps to 5.47% in 2022, then jumped by 150 bps to 13.67% in 2023, then plunged by 89 bps to 1.52% in 2024, then soared by 347 bps to 6.8% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows LWAY's EBIT Margin at 6.8% in Q4 2025, 8.82% in Q3 2025, and 10.75% in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT Margin (Qtr)
1 Kraft Heinz 30.05 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.22 Bn 18.94%
2 General Mills 19.11 Bn 18.67 Bn 1.60 Bn -45.40%
3 Hormel Foods 13.78 Bn 12.93 Bn 518.51 Mn 7.30%
4 Mccormick 13.51 Bn 13.76 Bn 778.20 Mn 14.27%
5 Magnum Ice Cream 10.87 Bn 10.35 Bn - -
6 Smithfield Foods 10.26 Bn 8.88 Bn 511.00 Mn 8.76%
7 Darling Ingredients 10.06 Bn 10.02 Bn 404.92 Mn 14.62%
8 Conagra Brands 6.88 Bn 6.66 Bn 704.10 Mn -57.54%
9 Lamb Weston Holdings 6.84 Bn 6.78 Bn 361.40 Mn 9.54%
10 Lifeway Foods 523.92 Mn 518.35 Mn 15.36 Mn 6.80%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 6.80%
Sep 30, 2025 8.82%
Jun 30, 2025 10.75%
Mar 31, 2025 3.41%
Dec 31, 2024 1.52%
Sep 30, 2024 9.09%
Jun 30, 2024 10.96%
Mar 31, 2024 7.98%
Dec 31, 2023 13.67%
Sep 30, 2023 12.32%
Jun 30, 2023 12.15%
Mar 31, 2023 3.79%
Dec 31, 2022 5.47%
Sep 30, 2022 3.13%
Jun 30, 2022 0.72%
Mar 31, 2022 -3.08%
Dec 31, 2021 1.31%
Sep 30, 2021 3.53%
Jun 30, 2021 8.55%
Mar 31, 2021 6.59%