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

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) posted Net Margin of 13.07% for Q4 2025, up 111.56% on a QoQ basis from 6.18% in Q3 2025, and up 444.0% year-over-year from 2.4% in Q4 2024.

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

Lifeway Foods' Net Margin history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 13.07% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Net Margin rose 444.0% year-over-year to 13.07% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 8.73% (up 165.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 8.73%, up 165.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin was 13.07% for Q4 2025 at Lifeway Foods, up from 6.18% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 19.3% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 2.62% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 5.73% and a median of 5.86% in 2021 frame the typical range for Net Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Net Margin surged 1730 bps — and 2024, when it tumbled 1068 bps.
  • Lifeway Foods' Net Margin stood at 0.3% in 2021, then soared by 765 bps to 2.0% in 2022, then surged by 866 bps to 19.3% in 2023, then sank by 55 bps to 8.62% in 2024, then soared by 52 bps to 13.07% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows LWAY's Net Margin at 13.07% in Q4 2025, 6.18% in Q3 2025, and 7.88% in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Kraft Heinz 30.05 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.22 Bn 13.21%
2 General Mills 19.11 Bn 18.67 Bn 1.60 Bn -43.20%
3 Hormel Foods 13.78 Bn 12.93 Bn 518.51 Mn 5.29%
4 Mccormick 13.51 Bn 13.76 Bn 778.20 Mn 8.09%
5 Magnum Ice Cream 10.87 Bn 10.35 Bn - -
6 Smithfield Foods 10.26 Bn 8.88 Bn 511.00 Mn 6.61%
7 Darling Ingredients 10.06 Bn 10.02 Bn 404.92 Mn 8.84%
8 Conagra Brands 6.88 Bn 6.66 Bn 704.10 Mn -39.62%
9 Lamb Weston Holdings 6.84 Bn 6.78 Bn 361.40 Mn 6.07%
10 Lifeway Foods 523.92 Mn 518.35 Mn 15.36 Mn 13.07%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 13.07%
Sep 30, 2025 6.18%
Jun 30, 2025 7.88%
Mar 31, 2025 7.68%
Dec 31, 2024 8.62%
Sep 30, 2024 6.46%
Jun 30, 2024 7.70%
Mar 31, 2024 5.44%
Dec 31, 2023 19.30%
Sep 30, 2023 8.34%
Jun 30, 2023 8.04%
Mar 31, 2023 2.19%
Dec 31, 2022 2.00%
Sep 30, 2022 2.58%
Jun 30, 2022 0.36%
Mar 31, 2022 -2.62%
Dec 31, 2021 -0.30%
Sep 30, 2021 1.62%
Jun 30, 2021 5.55%
Mar 31, 2021 4.45%