Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2025)

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) posted Operating Expenses of $11.6 million for Q4 2025, up 2.04% on a QoQ basis from $11.4 million in Q3 2025, and up 3.72% year-over-year from $11.2 million in Q4 2024.

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Lifeway Foods' Operating Expenses history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $11.6 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 3.72% year-over-year to $11.6 million in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $42.0 million (up 21.06% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $42.0 million, up 21.06% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was $11.6 million for Q4 2025 at Lifeway Foods, up from $11.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $11.6 million in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $5.2 million in Q2 2021.
  • A 5-year average of $7.5 million and a median of $6.6 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Operating Expenses decreased 5.59% — and 2024, when it soared 85.2%.
  • Lifeway Foods' Operating Expenses stood at $5.6 million in 2021, then grew by 6.7% to $6.0 million in 2022, then grew by 1.34% to $6.0 million in 2023, then surged by 85.2% to $11.2 million in 2024, then gained by 3.72% to $11.6 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows LWAY's Operating Expenses at $11.6 million in Q4 2025, $11.4 million in Q3 2025, and $9.6 million in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Kraft Heinz 30.05 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.22 Bn 1.07 Bn
2 General Mills 19.11 Bn 18.67 Bn 1.60 Bn 3.70 Bn
3 Hormel Foods 13.78 Bn 12.93 Bn 518.51 Mn 318.62 Mn
4 Mccormick 13.51 Bn 13.76 Bn 778.20 Mn 441.80 Mn
5 Magnum Ice Cream 10.87 Bn 10.35 Bn - -
6 Smithfield Foods 10.26 Bn 8.88 Bn 511.00 Mn 180.00 Mn
7 Darling Ingredients 10.06 Bn 10.02 Bn 404.92 Mn 1.43 Bn
8 Conagra Brands 6.88 Bn 6.66 Bn 704.10 Mn 401.10 Mn
9 Lamb Weston Holdings 6.84 Bn 6.78 Bn 361.40 Mn 192.60 Mn
10 Lifeway Foods 523.92 Mn 518.35 Mn 15.36 Mn 11.60 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 11.60 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 11.37 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 9.61 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 9.46 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 11.18 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 7.68 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 7.89 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 7.97 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 6.04 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 6.10 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 6.51 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 6.79 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 5.96 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 6.39 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 5.46 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 6.63 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 5.59 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 5.95 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 5.18 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 6.11 Mn