Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods' Retained Earnings came in at $88.68 million for Q4 2025, up 18.5% from $74.82 million a year earlier and up 2.9% from the prior quarter.
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Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Going back to Q2 2010, Lifeway Foods' Retained Earnings data covers 60 quarters.
- Retained Earnings has increased in each of the last seven years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 12.1% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Retained Earnings was $74.82 million in FY2024 (+13.7%), $65.8 million in FY2023 (+20.9%), $54.43 million in FY2022 (+1.7%) and $53.51 million in FY2021 (+6.6%).
- The Q4 2025 figure represents the highest quarterly Retained Earnings in data going back to Q2 2010.
- Year-over-year, Retained Earnings has increased for 14 consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 18.1% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Retained Earnings over five years came in Q1 2024 (growth of 23.5%), and the weakest in Q2 2022 (a decline of 0.7%).
- Business Quant data shows LWAY's Retained Earnings at $86.14 million (Q3 2025), $82.61 million (Q2 2025) and $78.36 million (Q1 2025) in the three quarters before Q4 2025.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Retained Earnings (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 132.43 Bn | 107.80 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.80 Bn | 67.12 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 37.23 Bn |
| 3 | Hershey | 31.86 Bn | 28.11 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 5.81 Bn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.96 Bn | 13.49 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -9.29 Bn |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.20 Bn | 14.85 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 20.58 Bn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.70 Bn | 12.49 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 103.60 Mn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.49 Bn | 12.36 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 4.84 Bn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.97 Bn | 7.66 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 7.43 Bn |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.31 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 1.01 Bn | -1.18 Bn |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 320.07 Mn | 320.07 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 88.68 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 86.14 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 82.61 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 78.36 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 74.82 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 74.98 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 72.01 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 68.22 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 65.80 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 61.83 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 58.42 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 55.26 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 54.43 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 53.71 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 52.73 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 52.61 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 53.51 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 53.60 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 53.12 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 51.50 Mn |
API Access
Lifeway Foods Retained Earnings API
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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=retained-earnings&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "retained-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=retained-earnings&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();