Lifeway Foods (LWAY) FCF Margin (2010 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) posted FCF Margin of -31.46% for Q4 2025, down 23.30 percentage points from -8.16% a year earlier and down 34.56 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Lifeway Foods (LWAY) FCF Margin (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Lifeway Foods' FCF Margin came in at -7.72%, down 11.08 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual FCF Margin shows a five-year change of -12.12 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Lifeway Foods' FCF Margin was 3.35% in FY2024 (-4.51 pp), 7.86% in FY2023 (+7.48 pp), 0.38% in FY2022 (-2.68 pp) and 3.06% in FY2021 (-1.34 pp).
- The Q4 2025 figure stands as the lowest quarterly FCF Margin since Q3 2013.
- On a year-over-year basis, FCF Margin has declined in each of the last six quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -7.69 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for FCF Margin in the past five years was Q4 2023, with a gain of 9.91 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2025, with a drop of 23.30 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin for the three prior quarters was 3.10% (Q3 2025), 2.98% (Q2 2025) and -5.14% (Q1 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 136.33 Bn | 111.70 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 76.81 Bn | 70.13 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 5.48% |
| 3 | Hershey | 33.25 Bn | 29.49 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 11.82% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 27.93 Bn | 14.46 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 14.26% |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.97 Bn | 15.62 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 4.72% |
| 6 | Mccormick | 13.05 Bn | 12.93 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 17.41% |
| 7 | J M Smucker | 12.89 Bn | 12.67 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 15.20% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.99 Bn | 7.67 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 5.82% |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.48 Bn | 4.77 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 2.69% |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 322.64 Mn | 322.64 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | -31.46% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.10% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.98% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -5.14% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -8.16% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 12.82% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 10.39% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -2.07% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 8.53% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 13.53% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.61% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.34% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -1.37% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 8.57% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -3.71% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -2.92% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -1.70% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 5.70% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 6.15% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 2.36% |
API Access
Lifeway Foods FCF 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
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-margin&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "fcf-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=fcf-margin&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();