Lifeway Foods (LWAY) EBITDA (2010 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) reported EBITDA of $4.79 million for Q4 2025, up 197.1% from $1.61 million a year earlier but down 21.3% from the prior quarter.
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Lifeway Foods (LWAY) EBITDA (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Lifeway Foods posted EBITDA of $20.15 million, up 16.9% from FY2024.
- EBITDA has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 19.8% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, EBITDA came in at $17.24 million in FY2024 (-14.5%), $20.16 million in FY2023 (+278.8%), $5.32 million in FY2022 (-39.2%) and $8.75 million in FY2021 (+7.2%).
- Five-year quarterly EBITDA spans a low of -$258,000 in Q1 2022 and a high of $6.76 million in Q2 2025.
- Year over year, EBITDA has now increased in each of the last three quarters, with growth averaging 25.5% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year EBITDA in five years was Q2 2023 (growth of 476.5%); the low point was Q4 2024 (a decline of 75.4%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q4 2025 came in at $6.09 million (Q3 2025), $6.76 million (Q2 2025) and $2.51 million (Q1 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBITDA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 136.33 Bn | 111.70 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 76.81 Bn | 70.13 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 2.30 Bn |
| 3 | Hershey | 33.25 Bn | 29.49 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 778.74 Mn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 27.93 Bn | 14.46 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -6.17 Bn |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.97 Bn | 15.62 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 773.40 Mn |
| 6 | Mccormick | 13.05 Bn | 12.93 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 349.90 Mn |
| 7 | J M Smucker | 12.89 Bn | 12.67 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 639.10 Mn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.99 Bn | 7.67 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 177.33 Mn |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.48 Bn | 4.77 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 131.70 Mn |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 322.64 Mn | 322.64 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.79 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.09 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.76 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.51 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.61 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.04 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.22 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.36 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 6.56 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.83 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.55 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 2.22 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.70 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.92 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 963,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -258,000.00 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.15 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.72 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 3.13 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 2.75 Mn |
API Access
Lifeway Foods EBITDA 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=ebitda&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebitda", "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=ebitda&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();