Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2025)

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) reported Free Cash Flow of -$17.4 million for Q4 2025, down 354.69% on a YoY basis from $6.8 million in Q4 2024, and down 1084.12% quarter-over-quarter from $1.8 million in Q3 2025.

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Lifeway Foods has reported Free Cash Flow for 16 years, with the latest figure at -$17.4 million in Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow fell 354.69% year-over-year to -$17.4 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at -$16.4 million (down 361.98% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was -$16.4 million, down 361.98% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q4 2025 stood at -$17.4 million, down from $1.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Free Cash Flow was $5.9 million in Q3 2024, with the low at -$17.4 million in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Free Cash Flow has averaged $331100.0 across 5 years, with a median of $1.4 million in 2023.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Free Cash Flow soared 830.08% — and 2025, when it slumped 354.69%.
  • Lifeway Foods' Free Cash Flow stood at -$528000.0 in 2021, then grew by 6.82% to -$492000.0 in 2022, then soared by 830.08% to $3.6 million in 2023, then tumbled by 206.65% to -$3.8 million in 2024, then tumbled by 354.69% to -$17.4 million in 2025.
  • The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at -$17.4 million (Q4 2025), $1.8 million (Q3 2025), and $1.6 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Paranovus Entertainment Technology 75,216.52 Bn 75,216.52 Bn - -
2 Kraft Heinz 26.76 Bn 22.68 Bn 2.22 Bn 766.00 Mn
3 General Mills 17.79 Bn 17.02 Bn 1.37 Bn 295.50 Mn
4 Jbs 13.93 Bn 9.37 Bn 2.32 Bn 117.88 Mn
5 Hormel Foods 13.00 Bn 12.16 Bn 518.51 Mn 180.90 Mn
6 Mccormick 12.70 Bn 13.10 Bn 708.90 Mn 18.40 Mn
7 Magnum Ice Cream 12.17 Bn 11.70 Bn - 415.56 Mn
8 J M Smucker 11.05 Bn 10.99 Bn 827.80 Mn 487.00 Mn
9 Smithfield Foods 10.57 Bn 9.49 Bn 511.00 Mn -153.00 Mn
10 Lifeway Foods 358.72 Mn 353.15 Mn 15.36 Mn -17.42 Mn

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 -17.42 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -17.42 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 1.77 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 1.77 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 1.61 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 1.61 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -2.37 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -2.37 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -3.83 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -3.83 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 5.91 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 5.91 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 5.11 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 5.11 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -923,000.00
Mar 31, 2024 -923,000.00
Dec 31, 2023 3.59 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 3.59 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 5.53 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 5.53 Mn