Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Operating Margin (2010 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) reported Operating Margin of 6.8% for Q4 2025, up 528.0% on a YoY basis from 1.08% in Q4 2024, and down 22.93% quarter-over-quarter from 8.82% in Q3 2025.
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Operating Margin (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Lifeway Foods has reported Operating Margin for 16 years, with the latest figure at 6.8% in Q4 2025.
- For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Operating Margin rose 528.0% year-over-year to 6.8%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 7.61% (up 20.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 7.61%, up 20.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin for Q4 2025 stood at 6.8%, down from 8.82% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Operating Margin was 13.67% in Q4 2023, with the low at 13.87% in Q4 2021.
- Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 5.62% across 5 years, with a median of 6.69% in 2021.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin jumped 1934 bps — and 2024, when it tumbled 1215 bps.
- Lifeway Foods' Operating Margin stood at 13.87% in 2021, then soared by 139 bps to 5.47% in 2022, then surged by 150 bps to 13.67% in 2023, then slumped by 89 bps to 1.52% in 2024, then jumped by 347 bps to 6.8% in 2025.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 6.8% (Q4 2025), 8.82% (Q3 2025), and 10.75% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
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| 9 | Smithfield Foods | 9.80 Bn | 8.73 Bn | 511.00 Mn | 8.76% |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 384.86 Mn | 379.29 Mn | 15.36 Mn | 6.80% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.80% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 8.82% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 10.75% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.41% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.52% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 9.09% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 10.96% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 7.98% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 13.67% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 12.32% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 12.15% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.79% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 5.47% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.13% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.72% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -3.08% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -13.87% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.53% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 8.55% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 6.59% |