Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2025)

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) posted Retained Earnings of $3.8 million for Q4 2025, up 14.78% on a QoQ basis from $3.3 million in Q3 2025, and down 94.86% year-over-year from $74.8 million in Q4 2024.

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Lifeway Foods' Retained Earnings history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $3.8 million for 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 was $3.8 million for Q4 2025 at Lifeway Foods, up from $3.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $78.4 million in Q1 2025 and bottomed at $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 tumbled 96.05%.
  • Lifeway Foods' Retained Earnings stood at $53.5 million in 2021, then tumbled by 93.23% to $3.6 million in 2022, then jumped by 33.14% to $4.8 million in 2023, then surged by 1450.72% to $74.8 million in 2024, then plunged by 94.86% to $3.8 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows LWAY's Retained Earnings at $3.8 million in Q4 2025, $3.3 million in Q3 2025, and $2.8 million in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Kraft Heinz 30.05 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.22 Bn -2.45 Bn
2 General Mills 19.11 Bn 18.67 Bn 1.60 Bn 20.51 Bn
3 Hormel Foods 13.78 Bn 12.93 Bn 518.51 Mn -227.99 Mn
4 Mccormick 13.51 Bn 13.76 Bn 778.20 Mn 4.84 Bn
5 Magnum Ice Cream 10.87 Bn 10.35 Bn - -
6 Smithfield Foods 10.26 Bn 8.88 Bn 511.00 Mn 3.90 Bn
7 Darling Ingredients 10.06 Bn 10.02 Bn 404.92 Mn 4.21 Bn
8 Conagra Brands 6.88 Bn 6.66 Bn 704.10 Mn 2.32 Bn
9 Lamb Weston Holdings 6.84 Bn 6.78 Bn 361.40 Mn 2.93 Bn
10 Lifeway Foods 523.92 Mn 518.35 Mn 15.36 Mn 3.84 Mn

Historic Data

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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