Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods' (LWAY) quarterly Retained Earnings came in at $3.8 million in Q4 2025, down 94.86% YoY from $74.8 million in Q4 2024, and up 14.78% on a QoQ basis from $3.3 million in Q3 2025.
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) has 16 years of Retained Earnings data on file, last reported at $3.8 million in Q4 2025.
- Quarterly Retained Earnings fell 94.86% year-over-year to $3.8 million in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $3.8 million (down 94.86% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $3.8 million, down 94.86% from the prior year.
- Retained Earnings grew to $3.8 million in Q4 2025, from $3.3 million in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $78.4 million in Q1 2025 to a low of $2.4 million in Q3 2021.
- A 5-year average of $33.9 million and a median of $28.7 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Retained Earnings.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Retained Earnings soared 2019.41% — and 2025, when it plunged 96.05%.
- Tracing LWAY's Retained Earnings over 5 years: stood at $53.5 million in 2021, then sank by 93.23% to $3.6 million in 2022, then surged by 33.14% to $4.8 million in 2023, then soared by 1450.72% to $74.8 million in 2024, then slumped by 94.86% to $3.8 million in 2025.
- The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at $3.8 million (Q4 2025), $3.3 million (Q3 2025), and $2.8 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
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| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Retained Earnings (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kraft Heinz | 30.37 Bn | 27.69 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 50.39 Bn |
| 2 | General Mills | 21.49 Bn | 21.03 Bn | 1.60 Bn | 20.51 Bn |
| 3 | Mccormick | 14.93 Bn | 14.60 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 4.84 Bn |
| 4 | Jbs | 14.80 Bn | 11.34 Bn | 4.91 Bn | 118.49 Mn |
| 5 | J M Smucker | 13.21 Bn | 13.15 Bn | 862.10 Mn | -134.10 Mn |
| 6 | Hormel Foods | 13.14 Bn | 12.28 Bn | 518.51 Mn | 7.53 Bn |
| 7 | Magnum Ice Cream | 12.22 Bn | 11.50 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | Darling Ingredients | 10.40 Bn | 10.24 Bn | 503.37 Mn | 4.60 Bn |
| 9 | Smithfield Foods | 8.75 Bn | 7.40 Bn | 478.00 Mn | 4.01 Bn |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 391.40 Mn | 385.83 Mn | 15.36 Mn | 88.68 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.84 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.35 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.84 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 | 4.83 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 61.83 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.17 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 55.26 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.62 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.27 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 52.73 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 52.61 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 53.51 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.39 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 2.49 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 2.66 Mn |