Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Net Margin (2010 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) reported Net Margin of 4.59% for Q4 2025, up 493.0% on a YoY basis from 0.77% in Q4 2024, and down 25.68% quarter-over-quarter from 6.18% in Q3 2025.
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Net Margin (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Lifeway Foods has reported Net Margin for 16 years, with the latest figure at 4.59% in Q4 2025.
- For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Net Margin rose 493.0% year-over-year to 4.59%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 6.52% (up 169.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 6.52%, up 169.0% from the prior year.
- Net Margin for Q4 2025 stood at 4.59%, down from 6.18% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Net Margin was 9.43% in Q4 2023, with the low at 2.62% in Q1 2022.
- Historically, Net Margin has averaged 4.36% across 5 years, with a median of 5.01% in 2024.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Net Margin surged 769 bps — and 2024, when it plunged 977 bps.
- Lifeway Foods' Net Margin stood at 0.3% in 2021, then jumped by 765 bps to 2.0% in 2022, then surged by 372 bps to 9.43% in 2023, then sank by 104 bps to 0.34% in 2024, then soared by 1446 bps to 4.59% in 2025.
- The last three Net Margin figures came in at 4.59% (Q4 2025), 6.18% (Q3 2025), and 7.88% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
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| 1 | Paranovus Entertainment Technology | 75,216.52 Bn | 75,216.52 Bn | - | - |
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| 3 | General Mills | 17.79 Bn | 17.02 Bn | 1.37 Bn | 6.71% |
| 4 | Jbs | 13.93 Bn | 9.37 Bn | 2.32 Bn | - |
| 5 | Hormel Foods | 13.00 Bn | 12.16 Bn | 518.51 Mn | 5.29% |
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| 7 | Magnum Ice Cream | 12.17 Bn | 11.70 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | J M Smucker | 11.05 Bn | 10.99 Bn | 827.80 Mn | -30.96% |
| 9 | Smithfield Foods | 10.57 Bn | 9.49 Bn | 511.00 Mn | 6.61% |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 358.72 Mn | 353.15 Mn | 15.36 Mn | 4.59% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.59% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.18% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 7.88% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 7.68% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -0.34% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 6.46% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 7.70% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.44% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 9.43% |
| 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% |