Growth Metrics

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) has disclosed Operating Margin for 16 consecutive years, with 8.82% as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q3 2025, Operating Margin fell 27.0% year-over-year to 8.82%, compared with a TTM value of 1.08% through Sep 2025, down 188.0%, and an annual FY2024 reading of 1.57%, down 61.0% over the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 8.82% for Q3 2025 at Lifeway Foods, down from 10.75% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 12.32% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 21.75% in Q4 2024.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 3.44%, with a median of 5.47% recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Operating Margin surged 1412bps in 2021, then tumbled -2388bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 1.31% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 318bps to 5.47% in 2022, then crashed by -436bps to 18.4% in 2023, then fell by -18bps to 21.75% in 2024, then surged by 141bps to 8.82% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for LWAY at 8.82% in Q3 2025, 10.75% in Q2 2025, and 3.41% in Q1 2025.