Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025)

Lifeway Foods has reported Return on Capital Employed for 15 years, with the latest figure at 17.79% in Q4 2025.

• For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 58.0% year-over-year to 17.79%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 17.79% (down 58.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 19.86%, up 24.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 stood at 17.79%, up from 16.3% in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 28.4% in Q1 2024, with the low at 6.87% in Q2 2022.
• Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 13.63% across 5 years, with a median of 15.79% in 2023.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Capital Employed soared 2898 bps — and 2025, when it sank 1281 bps.
• Lifeway Foods' Return on Capital Employed stood at 4.92% in 2021, then dropped by 18 bps to 4.03% in 2022, then soared by 557 bps to 26.46% in 2023, then tumbled by 31 bps to 18.37% in 2024, then declined by 3 bps to 17.79% in 2025.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 17.79% (Q4 2025), 16.3% (Q3 2025), and 15.4% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.