Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Return on Assets [ROA] (2011 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 12.88% for Q4 2025, up 2.96 percentage points from 9.93% a year earlier and up 2.14 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Return on Assets [ROA] (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Lifeway Foods posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 14.13%, up 3.65 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Assets [ROA] has a five-year change of +8.66 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 10.48% in FY2024 (-4.61 pp), 15.09% in FY2023 (+13.77 pp), 1.32% in FY2022 (-3.69 pp) and 5.01% in FY2021 (-0.46 pp).
- The Q4 2025 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since Q3 2024.
- Year over year, Return on Assets [ROA] gained in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.15 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Assets [ROA] in five years was Q4 2023 (a gain of 12.76 percentage points); the low point was Q2 2022 (a drop of 8.55 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q4 2025 came in at 10.74% (Q3 2025), 11.05% (Q2 2025) and 11.01% (Q1 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 129.94 Bn | 105.31 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.72 Bn | 67.04 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 4.96% |
| 3 | Hershey | 32.21 Bn | 28.45 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 10.71% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.65 Bn | 13.18 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -4.38% |
| 5 | General Mills | 16.93 Bn | 14.59 Bn | 1.49 Bn | -2.96% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.38 Bn | 12.16 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 1.42% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 11.89 Bn | 11.54 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 8.69% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 11.00 Bn | 7.68 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 2.57% |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.12 Bn | 4.40 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 7.77% |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 318.72 Mn | 318.72 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 12.88% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 10.74% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 11.05% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 11.01% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 9.93% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 14.93% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 16.21% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 15.77% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 14.06% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 10.66% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 7.96% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.79% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.29% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.16% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -0.55% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.57% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.69% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 5.50% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 8.00% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 7.12% |
API Access
Lifeway Foods Return on Assets [ROA] 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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();