Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Invested Capital (2009 - 2026)
Lifeway Foods' Invested Capital was $71.91 million in Q4 2024, up 13.8% from $63.17 million a year earlier and up 0.5% from the prior quarter.
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Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Invested Capital (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
From Q2 2010 onward, Lifeway Foods has reported Invested Capital for 56 quarters.
- Invested Capital shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 9.3% (FY2019 to FY2024).
- In earlier years, Invested Capital was $63.17 million in FY2023 (+22.4%), $51.6 million in FY2022 (-8.5%), $56.38 million in FY2021 (+13.6%) and $49.62 million in FY2020 (+7.9%).
- The Q4 2024 figure marks the highest quarterly Invested Capital in data going back to Q2 2010.
- Compared with a year earlier, Invested Capital has increased for seven straight quarters, with growth averaging 12.7% over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Invested Capital over five years was Q4 2023 (growth of 22.4%); the worst was Q4 2022 (a decline of 8.5%).
- Per Business Quant data, LWAY's Invested Capital in the three quarters before Q4 2024 was $71.52 million (Q3 2024), $68 million (Q2 2024) and $66.02 million (Q1 2024).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Invested Cap. (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 144.95 Bn | 98.82 Bn | - | 45.87 Bn |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 84.23 Bn | 77.29 Bn | 3.92 Bn | 48.40 Bn |
| 3 | Hershey | 34.99 Bn | 31.72 Bn | 1.51 Bn | 10.00 Bn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 28.72 Bn | 16.47 Bn | 1.99 Bn | 54.08 Bn |
| 5 | General Mills | 18.50 Bn | 16.16 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 21.08 Bn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 14.27 Bn | 14.05 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 12.49 Bn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.58 Bn | 12.23 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 12.61 Bn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 12.22 Bn | 8.90 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 10.71 Bn |
| 9 | Chewy | 9.17 Bn | 6.46 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 962.20 Mn |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 336.24 Mn | 294.99 Mn | 13.03 Mn | 106.57 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 106.57 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 97.34 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 85.82 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 71.91 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 71.52 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 68.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 66.02 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 63.17 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 61.74 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 58.18 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 56.98 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 54.07 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 59.72 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 58.82 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 58.57 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 59.85 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 56.56 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 52.78 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 51.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 49.62 Mn |
API Access
Lifeway Foods Invested Capital 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=invested-capital&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "invested-capital", "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=invested-capital&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();