Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Gross Margin (2010 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) reported Gross Margin of 27.75% for Q4 2025, up 240.0% on a YoY basis from 8.16% in Q4 2024, and down 3.35% quarter-over-quarter from 28.71% in Q3 2025.
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Gross Margin (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Lifeway Foods has reported Gross Margin for 16 years, with the latest figure at 27.75% in Q4 2025.
- For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Gross Margin rose 240.0% year-over-year to 27.75%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 27.39% (up 139.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 27.39%, up 139.0% from the prior year.
- Gross Margin for Q4 2025 stood at 27.75%, down from 28.71% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Gross Margin was 28.75% in Q2 2023, with the low at 16.36% in Q1 2022.
- Historically, Gross Margin has averaged 24.54% across 5 years, with a median of 25.79% in 2024.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Gross Margin plunged 1104 bps — and 2023, when it jumped 1174 bps.
- Lifeway Foods' Gross Margin stood at 19.34% in 2021, then gained by 14 bps to 22.1% in 2022, then grew by 27 bps to 28.01% in 2023, then decreased by 10 bps to 25.35% in 2024, then increased by 9 bps to 27.75% in 2025.
- The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 27.75% (Q4 2025), 28.71% (Q3 2025), and 28.57% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
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| 5 | Hormel Foods | 13.00 Bn | 12.16 Bn | 518.51 Mn | 17.44% |
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| 8 | J M Smucker | 11.05 Bn | 10.99 Bn | 827.80 Mn | 35.39% |
| 9 | Smithfield Foods | 10.57 Bn | 9.49 Bn | 511.00 Mn | 13.45% |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 358.72 Mn | 353.15 Mn | 15.36 Mn | 27.75% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |