Lifeway Foods (LWAY) EBT Margin (2010 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods' (LWAY) quarterly EBT Margin came in at 6.71% in Q4 2025, up 506.0% YoY from 1.11% in Q4 2024, and down 24.65% on a QoQ basis from 8.91% in Q3 2025.
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) EBT Margin (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) has 16 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 6.71% in Q4 2025.
- Quarterly EBT Margin rose 506.0% year-over-year to 6.71% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 9.26% (up 179.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 9.26%, up 179.0% from the prior year.
- EBT Margin retreated to 6.71% in Q4 2025, from 8.91% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 13.53% in Q4 2023 to a low of 3.2% in Q1 2022.
- A 5-year average of 6.61% and a median of 7.29% in 2024 frame the typical range for EBT Margin.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — EBT Margin surged 1139 bps — and 2024, when it plunged 1188 bps.
- Tracing LWAY's EBT Margin over 5 years: stood at 1.17% in 2021, then surged by 291 bps to 4.56% in 2022, then jumped by 197 bps to 13.53% in 2023, then tumbled by 88 bps to 1.65% in 2024, then surged by 306 bps to 6.71% in 2025.
- The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 6.71% (Q4 2025), 8.91% (Q3 2025), and 10.97% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
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| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kraft Heinz | 30.43 Bn | 27.75 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -101.82% |
| 2 | General Mills | 21.47 Bn | 21.02 Bn | 1.60 Bn | -48.42% |
| 3 | Mccormick | 15.16 Bn | 14.83 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 11.37% |
| 4 | Jbs | 14.73 Bn | 11.26 Bn | 4.91 Bn | -0.49% |
| 5 | J M Smucker | 13.26 Bn | 13.20 Bn | 862.10 Mn | 14.44% |
| 6 | Hormel Foods | 13.23 Bn | 12.37 Bn | 518.51 Mn | 6.93% |
| 7 | Magnum Ice Cream | 12.17 Bn | 11.45 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | Darling Ingredients | 10.61 Bn | 10.45 Bn | 503.37 Mn | 29.00% |
| 9 | Smithfield Foods | 8.73 Bn | 7.38 Bn | 478.00 Mn | 8.08% |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 390.49 Mn | 384.92 Mn | 15.36 Mn | 6.71% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.71% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 8.91% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 10.97% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 10.77% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.65% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 9.38% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 10.90% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 7.86% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 13.53% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 12.05% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 11.94% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.53% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.56% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.92% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.55% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -3.20% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.17% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.41% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 8.06% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 6.46% |