Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Payables (2010 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) reported Payables of $11.01 million for Q4 2025, up 5.8% from $10.4 million a year earlier but down 37.1% from the prior quarter.
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Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Payables (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Dating back to Q2 2010, Lifeway Foods' Payables record includes 60 quarters.
- Payables has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 14.5% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Payables came in at $10.4 million in FY2024 (-7.3%), $11.23 million in FY2023 (+21.6%), $9.23 million in FY2022 (-16.7%) and $11.08 million in FY2021 (+98.2%).
- Five-year quarterly Payables spans a low of $5.29 million in Q2 2021 and a high of $17.5 million in Q3 2025.
- Year over year, Payables has now increased in each of the last four quarters, with growth averaging 15.2% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Payables in five years was Q1 2022 (growth of 144.8%); the low point was Q2 2023 (a decline of 37.1%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q4 2025 came in at $17.5 million (Q3 2025), $11.88 million (Q2 2025) and $11.64 million (Q1 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Payables (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 132.43 Bn | 107.80 Bn | - | 22.45 Bn |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.80 Bn | 67.12 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 11.74 Bn |
| 3 | Hershey | 31.86 Bn | 28.11 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 1.82 Bn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.96 Bn | 13.49 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 4.48 Bn |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.20 Bn | 14.85 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 3.92 Bn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.70 Bn | 12.49 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 1.40 Bn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.49 Bn | 12.36 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 2.84 Bn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.97 Bn | 7.66 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 678.00 Mn |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.31 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 1.17 Bn |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 320.07 Mn | 320.07 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 11.01 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 17.50 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 11.88 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 11.64 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 10.40 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 11.12 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 9.37 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 11.27 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 11.23 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 10.35 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 6.82 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 12.37 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 9.23 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 12.84 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 10.83 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 12.95 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 11.08 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 8.87 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 5.29 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 5.29 Mn |
API Access
Lifeway Foods Payables API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=payables&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "payables", "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=payables&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();