Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods' (LWAY) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 17.79% in Q4 2025, down 58.0% YoY from 42.35% in Q4 2024, and up 9.09% on a QoQ basis from 16.3% in Q3 2025.
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) has 15 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 17.79% in Q4 2025.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 58.0% year-over-year to 17.79% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 17.79% (down 58.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 19.86%, up 24.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed grew to 17.79% in Q4 2025, from 16.3% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 30.27% in Q3 2021 to a low of 1.09% in Q2 2022.
- A 5-year average of 16.76% and a median of 16.3% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed plunged 2888 bps — and 2023, when it jumped 2243 bps.
- Tracing LWAY's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 24.54% in 2021, then plunged by 84 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.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kraft Heinz | 30.37 Bn | 27.69 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -4.62% |
| 2 | General Mills | 21.49 Bn | 21.03 Bn | 1.60 Bn | 3.63% |
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| 4 | Jbs | 14.80 Bn | 11.34 Bn | 4.91 Bn | 28.18% |
| 5 | J M Smucker | 13.21 Bn | 13.15 Bn | 862.10 Mn | 2.63% |
| 6 | Hormel Foods | 13.14 Bn | 12.28 Bn | 518.51 Mn | 6.10% |
| 7 | Magnum Ice Cream | 12.22 Bn | 11.50 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | Darling Ingredients | 10.40 Bn | 10.24 Bn | 503.37 Mn | 9.59% |
| 9 | Smithfield Foods | 8.75 Bn | 7.40 Bn | 478.00 Mn | 13.26% |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 391.40 Mn | 385.83 Mn | 15.36 Mn | 17.79% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 17.79% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 16.30% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 15.40% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 15.66% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 18.37% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 26.45% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 28.21% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 28.40% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 26.46% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 22.12% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 15.79% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 8.63% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.03% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.39% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.09% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.01% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 24.54% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 30.27% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 12.58% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 9.44% |