Lifeway Foods (LWAY) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods' EBITDA Margin came in at 8.65% for Q4 2025, up 5.22 percentage points from 3.43% a year earlier but down 2.00 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Lifeway Foods' EBITDA Margin was 9.48%, up 0.26 percentage points from FY2024.
- EBITDA Margin carries a five-year change of +1.48 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, EBITDA Margin was 9.23% in FY2024 (-3.36 pp), 12.59% in FY2023 (+8.83 pp), 3.76% in FY2022 (-3.59 pp) and 7.35% in FY2021 (-0.65 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly EBITDA Margin is -0.76% (Q1 2022) to 15.58% (Q4 2023).
- Year-over-year, EBITDA Margin increased in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.57 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in EBITDA Margin over five years came in Q2 2023 (a gain of 11.28 percentage points), and the weakest in Q4 2024 (a drop of 12.14 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows LWAY's EBITDA Margin at 10.66% (Q3 2025), 12.55% (Q2 2025) and 5.45% (Q1 2025) in the three quarters before Q4 2025.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBITDA Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 136.33 Bn | 111.70 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 76.81 Bn | 70.13 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 24.54% |
| 3 | Hershey | 33.25 Bn | 29.49 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 27.94% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 27.93 Bn | 14.46 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -98.53% |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.97 Bn | 15.62 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 17.62% |
| 6 | Mccormick | 13.05 Bn | 12.93 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 18.07% |
| 7 | J M Smucker | 12.89 Bn | 12.67 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 28.80% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.99 Bn | 7.67 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 5.99% |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.48 Bn | 4.77 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 3.95% |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 322.64 Mn | 322.64 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8.65% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 10.66% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 12.55% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 5.45% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.43% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 10.94% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 12.66% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 9.77% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 15.58% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 14.25% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 14.15% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.86% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 7.52% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 5.03% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.88% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -0.76% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.70% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 5.83% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 10.74% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 9.36% |
Lifeway Foods EBITDA Margin 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
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import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebitda-margin", "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-margin&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();