Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Return on Equity [ROE] (2011 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) recorded Return on Equity [ROE] of 16.44% in Q4 2025, up 3.86 percentage points from 12.58% a year earlier and up 2.62 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Return on Equity [ROE] (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Lifeway Foods reported Return on Equity [ROE] of 17.57%, up 3.93 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Equity [ROE] has a five-year change of +10.40 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 13.64% in FY2024 (-7.41 pp), 21.05% in FY2023 (+19.14 pp), 1.91% in FY2022 (-4.99 pp) and 6.90% in FY2021 (-0.27 pp).
- The Q4 2025 figure is the highest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] since Q3 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Equity [ROE] rose in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.84 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Equity [ROE] in the last five years was a gain of 17.64 percentage points in Q4 2023, against a drop of 11.04 percentage points in Q2 2022 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 13.82% (Q3 2025), 13.88% (Q2 2025) and 13.88% (Q1 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 132.43 Bn | 107.80 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.80 Bn | 67.12 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 13.45% |
| 3 | Hershey | 31.86 Bn | 28.11 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 32.04% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.96 Bn | 13.49 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -8.70% |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.20 Bn | 14.85 Bn | 1.49 Bn | -12.01% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.70 Bn | 12.49 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 4.06% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.49 Bn | 12.36 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 21.14% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.97 Bn | 7.66 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 4.33% |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.31 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 68.88% |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 320.07 Mn | 320.07 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 16.44% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 13.82% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 13.88% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 13.88% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 12.58% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 18.86% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 20.66% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 20.91% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 19.53% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 15.00% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 11.27% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.50% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.88% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.23% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -0.80% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.28% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 6.74% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 7.44% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 10.24% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 9.24% |
API Access
Lifeway Foods Return on Equity [ROE] 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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();