Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 17.79% for Q4 2025, down 0.58 percentage points from 18.37% a year earlier but up 1.48 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Lifeway Foods' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 19.86%, up 0.24 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] carries a five-year change of +10.14 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 19.62% in FY2024 (-9.33 pp), 28.95% in FY2023 (+24.82 pp), 4.13% in FY2022 (-6.76 pp) and 10.89% in FY2021 (+1.17 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] is 1.09% (Q2 2022) to 28.40% (Q1 2024).
- Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined for five consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.98 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years came in Q4 2023 (a gain of 22.43 percentage points), and the weakest in Q2 2022 (a drop of 13.15 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows LWAY's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at 16.30% (Q3 2025), 15.40% (Q2 2025) and 15.66% (Q1 2025) in the three quarters before Q4 2025.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 130.23 Bn | 105.59 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 74.27 Bn | 67.59 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 8.97% |
| 3 | Hershey | 32.39 Bn | 28.63 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 20.49% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.34 Bn | 12.87 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -4.62% |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.12 Bn | 14.77 Bn | 1.49 Bn | -0.89% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.52 Bn | 12.30 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 5.93% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.03 Bn | 11.67 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 8.50% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 11.14 Bn | 7.83 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 5.01% |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.29 Bn | 4.58 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 24.87% |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 320.38 Mn | 320.38 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic 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 | 10.04% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 11.27% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 14.24% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 12.58% |
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Lifeway Foods Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "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-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();