Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Gross Margin (2010 - 2025)

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) posted Gross Margin of 27.75% for Q4 2025, down 3.35% on a QoQ basis from 28.71% in Q3 2025, and up 240.0% year-over-year from 8.16% in Q4 2024.

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Gross Margin (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Lifeway Foods' Gross Margin history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 27.75% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin rose 240.0% year-over-year to 27.75% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 27.39% (up 139.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 27.39%, up 139.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was 27.75% for Q4 2025 at Lifeway Foods, down from 28.71% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 28.75% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 16.36% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 24.54% and a median of 25.79% in 2024 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Gross Margin tumbled 1104 bps — and 2023, when it jumped 1174 bps.
  • Lifeway Foods' Gross Margin stood at 19.34% in 2021, then climbed by 14 bps to 22.1% in 2022, then rose by 27 bps to 28.01% in 2023, then dropped by 10 bps to 25.35% in 2024, then gained by 9 bps to 27.75% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows LWAY's Gross Margin at 27.75% in Q4 2025, 28.71% in Q3 2025, and 28.57% in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Kraft Heinz 30.05 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.22 Bn 36.70%
2 General Mills 19.11 Bn 18.67 Bn 1.60 Bn 34.79%
3 Hormel Foods 13.78 Bn 12.93 Bn 518.51 Mn 17.44%
4 Mccormick 13.51 Bn 13.76 Bn 778.20 Mn 40.18%
5 Magnum Ice Cream 10.87 Bn 10.35 Bn - -
6 Smithfield Foods 10.26 Bn 8.88 Bn 511.00 Mn 13.45%
7 Darling Ingredients 10.06 Bn 10.02 Bn 404.92 Mn 26.11%
8 Conagra Brands 6.88 Bn 6.66 Bn 704.10 Mn 24.43%
9 Lamb Weston Holdings 6.84 Bn 6.78 Bn 361.40 Mn 20.42%
10 Lifeway Foods 523.92 Mn 518.35 Mn 15.36 Mn 27.75%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 27.75%
Sep 30, 2025 28.71%
Jun 30, 2025 28.57%
Mar 31, 2025 23.94%
Dec 31, 2024 25.35%
Sep 30, 2024 25.74%
Jun 30, 2024 27.01%
Mar 31, 2024 25.84%
Dec 31, 2023 28.01%
Sep 30, 2023 27.25%
Jun 30, 2023 28.75%
Mar 31, 2023 21.70%
Dec 31, 2022 22.10%
Sep 30, 2022 19.90%
Jun 30, 2022 17.01%
Mar 31, 2022 16.36%
Dec 31, 2021 19.34%
Sep 30, 2021 23.66%
Jun 30, 2021 26.33%
Mar 31, 2021 27.40%