Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Interest Coverage Ratio (2010 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods' Interest Coverage Ratio came in at 179.19 for Q4 2025, down 24.6% from 237.67 a year earlier and down 25.3% from the prior quarter.
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Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Interest Coverage Ratio (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Lifeway Foods' Interest Coverage Ratio was 210.03, up 59.2% from FY2024.
- Interest Coverage Ratio has increased in each of the last three years.
- Going back by year, Interest Coverage Ratio was 131.92 in FY2024 (+198.1%), 44.26 in FY2023 (+403.1%), 8.80 in FY2022 (-82.6%) and 50.69 in FY2021 (+21.5%).
- The five-year range for quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio is -24.98 (Q1 2022) to 1047.25 (Q3 2024).
- Year-over-year, Interest Coverage Ratio increased in five of the last seven quarters, with growth averaging 117.7%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Interest Coverage Ratio over five years came in Q2 2023 (growth of 843.4%), and the weakest in Q2 2022 (a decline of 96.3%).
- Business Quant data shows LWAY's Interest Coverage Ratio at 240.00 (Q3 2025), 275.95 (Q2 2025) and 112.43 (Q1 2025) in the three quarters before Q4 2025.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Interest Cover (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 133.59 Bn | 108.95 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 75.71 Bn | 69.03 Bn | 3.99 Bn | - |
| 3 | Hershey | 32.64 Bn | 28.88 Bn | 1.26 Bn | - |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 27.82 Bn | 14.35 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -207.45 |
| 5 | General Mills | 18.09 Bn | 15.75 Bn | 1.49 Bn | - |
| 6 | Mccormick | 13.03 Bn | 12.90 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 4.41 |
| 7 | J M Smucker | 12.89 Bn | 12.68 Bn | 979.60 Mn | - |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.92 Bn | 7.61 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 5.65 |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.33 Bn | 4.62 Bn | 1.01 Bn | - |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 319.32 Mn | 319.32 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 179.19 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 240.00 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 275.95 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 112.43 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 237.67 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1,047.25 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 114.60 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 69.88 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 92.79 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 46.23 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 43.72 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 13.82 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 20.44 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 15.52 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.63 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -24.98 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 9.23 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 34.80 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 124.70 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 88.00 |
API Access
Lifeway Foods Interest Coverage Ratio 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=interest-coverage-ratio&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "interest-coverage-ratio", "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=interest-coverage-ratio&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();