Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) posted Free Cash Flow of -$17.42 million for Q4 2025, compared with -$3.83 million a year earlier.
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Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Lifeway Foods' Free Cash Flow came in at -$16.41 million.
- In prior years, Lifeway Foods' Free Cash Flow was $6.27 million in FY2024 (-50.2%), $12.59 million in FY2023, $538,000 in FY2022 (-85.2%) and $3.64 million in FY2021 (-18.9%).
- The Q4 2025 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Free Cash Flow in data going back to Q3 2010.
- On a year-over-year basis, Free Cash Flow increased in two of the last four quarters, with growth averaging 0.1%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Free Cash Flow in the past five years was Q2 2024, with growth of 132.2%; the weakest was Q3 2025, with a decline of 70.1%.
- According to Business Quant data, Free Cash Flow for the three prior quarters was $1.77 million (Q3 2025), $1.61 million (Q2 2025) and -$2.37 million (Q1 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 132.43 Bn | 107.80 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.80 Bn | 67.12 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 513.00 Mn |
| 3 | Hershey | 31.86 Bn | 28.11 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 329.49 Mn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.96 Bn | 13.49 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 893.00 Mn |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.20 Bn | 14.85 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 207.30 Mn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.70 Bn | 12.49 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 337.30 Mn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.49 Bn | 12.36 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 337.10 Mn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.97 Bn | 7.66 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 172.44 Mn |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.31 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 89.50 Mn |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 320.07 Mn | 320.07 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | -17.42 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.77 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.61 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -2.37 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -3.83 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.91 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.11 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -923,000.00 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.59 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.53 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.20 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.27 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -492,000.00 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.27 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -1.24 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -996,000.00 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -528,000.00 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.68 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 1.79 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 692,000.00 |
API Access
Lifeway Foods Free Cash Flow API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=free-cash-flow&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "free-cash-flow", "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=free-cash-flow&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();