Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Price to Earnings (2011 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods' Price to Earnings was 26.63 in Q4 2025, down 35.8% from 41.49 a year earlier and down 29.7% from the prior quarter.
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Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Price to Earnings (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
From Q1 2011 onward, Lifeway Foods has reported Price to Earnings for 51 quarters.
- In earlier years, Price to Earnings was 41.49 in FY2024 (+139.4%), 17.33 in FY2023 (-80.3%), 87.97 in FY2022 (+310.2%) and 21.44 in FY2021 (-17.9%).
- The Q4 2025 figure marks the lowest quarterly Price to Earnings since Q2 2024.
- Compared with a year earlier, Price to Earnings was higher in five of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 45.4%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Price to Earnings over five years was Q1 2022 (growth of 372.7%); the worst was Q3 2023 (a decline of 97.6%).
- Per Business Quant data, LWAY's Price to Earnings in the three quarters before Q4 2025 was 37.89 (Q3 2025), 35.38 (Q2 2025) and 36.66 (Q1 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 130.23 Bn | 105.59 Bn | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 74.27 Bn | 67.59 Bn | 3.99 Bn |
| 3 | Hershey | 32.39 Bn | 28.63 Bn | 1.26 Bn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.34 Bn | 12.87 Bn | 2.03 Bn |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.12 Bn | 14.77 Bn | 1.49 Bn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.52 Bn | 12.30 Bn | 979.60 Mn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.03 Bn | 11.67 Bn | 794.90 Mn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 11.14 Bn | 7.83 Bn | 471.52 Mn |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.29 Bn | 4.58 Bn | 1.01 Bn |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 320.38 Mn | 320.38 Mn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 26.63 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 37.89 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 35.38 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 36.66 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 41.49 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 29.19 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 13.90 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 19.52 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 17.33 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 18.72 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 16.89 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 39.39 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 87.97 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 770.71 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 100.40 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 21.44 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 23.46 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 16.12 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 21.24 |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 26.12 |
API Access
Lifeway Foods Price to Earnings 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=price-to-earnings&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "price-to-earnings", "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=price-to-earnings&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();