Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Operating Income (2010 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) recorded Operating Income of $3.76 million in Q4 2025, up 427.8% from $713,000 a year earlier but down 25.3% from the prior quarter.
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Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Operating Income (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Lifeway Foods reported Operating Income of $16.17 million, up 16.7% from FY2024.
- Annual Operating Income has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 26.9% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Operating Income came in at $13.85 million in FY2024 (-18.5%), $17 million in FY2023 (+623.5%), $2.35 million in FY2022 (-60.1%) and $5.88 million in FY2021 (+19.4%).
- Quarterly Operating Income has ranged from -$1.05 million in Q1 2022 to $5.8 million in Q2 2025 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Income has increased for three consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 57.0% over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Operating Income in the last five years was growth of 713.4% in Q1 2021, against a decline of 90.3% in Q2 2022 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at $5.04 million (Q3 2025), $5.8 million (Q2 2025) and $1.57 million (Q1 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Op. Inc (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 132.43 Bn | 107.80 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.80 Bn | 67.12 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 1.95 Bn |
| 3 | Hershey | 31.86 Bn | 28.11 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 642.64 Mn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.96 Bn | 13.49 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -6.43 Bn |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.20 Bn | 14.85 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 633.60 Mn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.70 Bn | 12.49 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 511.60 Mn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.49 Bn | 12.36 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 276.40 Mn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.97 Bn | 7.66 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 110.90 Mn |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.31 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 92.00 Mn |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 320.07 Mn | 320.07 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.76 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.04 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 5.80 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.57 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 713,000.00 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.19 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.39 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.56 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 5.75 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.04 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.77 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.44 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.96 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.20 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 241,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -1.05 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 406,000.00 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.04 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 2.49 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 1.94 Mn |
API Access
Lifeway Foods Operating Income API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-income&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-income", "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=operating-income&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();